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| == So why GAR? Why not <name-of-favorite-build-system>? == | == So why GAR? Why not <name-of-favorite-build-system>? == |
| The goals of GAR are best suited to the compilation of /third-party/ | The goals of GAR are best suited to the compilation of *third-party* |
| software. We theoretically could set up everything in a big autoconf tree, or scheme- or Java-based build system, but that would require a | software. We theoretically could set up everything in a big autoconf tree, or scheme- or Java-based build system, but that would require a |
| /lot/ of hacking. GAR is designed to support a heterogeneous set of | *lot* of hacking. GAR is designed to support a heterogeneous set of |
| autoconfiguration and build tools, and to make the best of what a software package already has. | autoconfiguration and build tools, and to make the best of what a software package already has. |
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| Issue the following commands. ----8<---- | Issue the following commands. ----8<---- |
| cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs co gar | tla register-archive lnx-bbc-devel@zork.net--gar http://www.lnx-bbc.org/arch tla get lnx-bbc-devel@zork.net--gar/lnx-bbc--research gar |
| ----8<---- Just hit return when it asks you for a password. | ----8<---- Just hit return when it asks you for a password. |
| Alternately, you can download <http://cvs.lnx-bbc.org/cvs/gar/gar.tar.gz?tarball=1 the latest CVS snapshot>, updated immediately from the latest CVS checkin. For the STABLE branch, issue the following instead: | For the stable branch, issue the following instead: |
| ----8<---- | ----8<---- |
| cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.lnx-bbc.org:/var/cvs co -r STABLE gar | tla register-archive lnx-bbc-devel@zork.net--gar http://www.lnx-bbc.org/arch tla get lnx-bbc-devel@zork.net--gar/lnx-bbc--stable gar |
| ----8<---- | ----8<---- |
| == When I try to get GAR, it hangs on wireless-tools! How do I fix this? == This is because you have a broken version of CVS, such as the one shipped with Red Hat. Try issuing the above commands without the -z3 flag. | |
| == When I try to build GAR, it fails on one package. How do I fix it? == Sadly, the nature of compilation is that it will behave differently on | == When I try to build GAR, it fails on one package. How do I fix it? == Sadly, the nature of compilation is that it will behave differently on |