README
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Fri Aug 28 12:09:04 2009 +0200 (2009-08-28)
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This is the README for crosstool-NG
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TABLE OF CONTENT /
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  - GETTING STARTED
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  - PARTICIPATING
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    - Sending a bug report
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    - Sending patches
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  - CREDITS
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  - KNOWN ISSUES
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GETTING STARTED /
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To get you started, just enter:
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  ./configure --help
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You can find a (terse and WIP) documentation in docs/overview.txt.
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You can also point your browser to
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  http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/projects/crosstool
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PARTICIPATING /
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_____________/
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Sending a bug report
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--------------------
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If you need to send a bug report, please send a mail with subject
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prefixed with "[CT_NG]" with to following destinations:
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    TO: yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr
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    CC: crossgcc (at) sourceware.org
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Sending patches
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---------------
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If you want to enhance crosstool-NG, there's a to-do list in the TODO file.
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Patches should come with the appropriate SoB line. A SoB line is typically
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something like:
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   Signed-off-by: John DOE <john.doe@somewhere.net>
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The SoB line is clearly described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches , section
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12, of your favourite Linux kernel source tree.
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Then you'll need to correctly configure Mercurial. There are two extensions
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that you may find usefull:
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  - mq        : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/MqExtension
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  - patchbomb : http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/PatchbombExtension
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Here's a typical hacking session:
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  hg clone http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/hg/crosstool-ng crosstool-ng
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  cd crosstool-ng
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  hg qinit
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  hg qnew -D -U -e my_first_patch
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  *edit patch description*
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  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
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  hg qref -D -e
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  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
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  hg qnew -D -U -e my_second_patch
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  *edit patch description*
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  *hack* *hack* *check* *fails* *hack* *hack* *check* *works*
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  hg qref -D -e
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  *edit patch description, serving as commit message*
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  hg email --outgoing --intro   \
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           --from '"Your Full NAME" <your.email (at) your.domain>'   \
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           --to '"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 (at) anciens.enib.fr>'    \
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           --cc 'crossgcc (at) sourceware.org'
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  *edit introductory message*
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  *wait for feedback*
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  *re-send if no answer for a few days*
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Note: replace' (at) ' above with a plain '@'.
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CREDITS /
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_______/
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The people that helped are listed in docs/CREDITS. Many thanks to them! :-)
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KNOWN ISSUES /
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The list of known issues is listed in docs/known-issues.txt.
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Aloha!