Re: [PATCHSET 0/8 version 4] exofs for kernel 2.6.30

[Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>]

Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On 04/01/2009 12:23 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>> If anyone wants to actually run this code and test it
>>> then please start reading at:
>>>     http://open-osd.org
>>> You will need to checkout the out-of-tree git (below) for the user-mode utilities.
>>> Also the exofs.txt file in patch 7/8 should help
>>
>> hum...  trying to play with this.  If you want exofs to go upstream, I 
>> think you should have a release tarball containing the user-mode utils 
>> posted somewhere.  Would make life a lot easier, both on early adopters 
>> and also on distribution packagers.
>>
>> 	Jeff
> 
> You are absolutely right, once 2.6.30 will be out there will not be a need
> to compile Kernel modules.
> 
> About the binary package. I must admit I'm a total novice. What do I need to do?

All you need on your end is a sane setup for installation, including 
building of shared libraries and installing necessary headers for 
userland programs.

Each individual distribution can easily package your exofs-utils into a 
deb or RPM.

Some of my projects have to do this.  Here is one way, the highly 
standardized GNU autotools.

Take a look at autogen.sh, configure.ac, Makefile.am, 
include/Makefile.am and lib/Makefile.am from 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/daemon/distsrv/chunkd.git

That demonstrates how to handle building and installing a shared 
library, header files and programs.

A lot of people dislike GNU autotools, but it's main benefit here is 
that Debian/Red Hat/Novell/Canonical/etc. are well-versed in creating 
.deb or .rpm from GNU autotools builds.  It makes integration into a 
Linux distribution much easier.


> BTW:
>   Source tar balls are available from the gitweb GUI by pressing on the
>   "snapshot" link next to any commit. I should link to it from the WiKi

Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

	Jeff