Re: [PATCH openbmc] Added ubuntu dependencies to readme

[Kenneth Wilke <kenneth.wilke@RACKSPACE.COM>]

I like the idea of having Dockerfiles handy to aid in the process of automating builds and stuff, and providing an easy means to test on various distros. I'd like to see the dependencies and build procedures documented outside of code as well.

Thanks,
Kenneth

From: Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 12:23 AM
To: OpenBMC Patches; openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Kenneth Wilke
Subject: Re: [PATCH openbmc] Added ubuntu dependencies to readme

OpenBMC Patches <openbmc-patches@stwcx.xyz> writes:
> From: kenneth-wilke <kenneth.wilke@rackspace.com>
> ---
>  README.md | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
> index 49d4f94..0df0ad4 100644
> --- a/README.md
> +++ b/README.md
> @@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ OpenBMC uses Yocto/Open-Embedded for a build system, which supports an
>  out-of-tree build.  It is recommended that you create an empty directory
>  somewhere to hold the build.  This directory will get big.
>
> +On Ubuntu 14.04 the following packages are required to build the default target
> +```
> +sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libsdl1.2-dev texinfo gawk chrpath diffstat
> +```
> +
>  To start a build:
>
> +```
>      cd <builddir>
>      . <repodir>/openbmc-env
>      bitbake obmc-phosphor-image
> -
> +```

(not saying you have to do this)

But i've been experimenting with including a skeleton Dockerfile in
projects to say "here are the build deps on platform X" which is then
programatically testable.

Might be worth it here too.