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----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Pfaff" <b...@nicira.com> > To: dev@openvswitch.org > Cc: "Ben Pfaff" <b...@nicira.com>, "Gurucharan Shetty" <shet...@nicira.com>, > "Mark Hamilton" <mhamil...@nicira.com> > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:30:07 AM > Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL.RHEL: Explain how to work around old Autoconf; add > more prereqs. > > The new text is adapted from INSTALL.XenServer. > > Mark Hamilton supplied the list of additional build prerequisites. > > Reported-by: Mark Hamilton <mhamil...@nicira.com> > CC: Gurucharan Shetty <shet...@nicira.com> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> > --- > INSTALL.RHEL | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/INSTALL.RHEL b/INSTALL.RHEL > index cbb91de..26b47d9 100644 > --- a/INSTALL.RHEL > +++ b/INSTALL.RHEL > @@ -17,12 +17,27 @@ Before you begin, note the RPM source directory on your > version of > RHEL. On RHEL 5, the default RPM source directory is > /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES. On RHEL 6, it is $HOME/rpmbuild/SOURCES. > > -1. Install build prerequisites: > +1. If you are building from a distribution tarball, proceed to step 2. > + Otherwise, if you are building from an Open vSwitch Git tree, > + determine the version of Autoconf available in the RHEL version you > + are using. If it is not at least version 2.64, then you have two > + choices: > + > + a. Install Autoconf 2.64 or later, one way or another. > + > + b. Create a distribution tarball on some other machine, by > + running "./boot.sh; ./configure; make dist" in the Git tree. > + You must run this on a machine that has the tools listed in > + INSTALL as prerequisites for building from a Git tree. > + Afterward, proceed with the rest of the instructions using the > + distribution tarball. > + > +2. Install build prerequisites: > > yum install gcc make python-devel openssl-devel kernel-devel \ > - kernel-debug-devel > + kernel-debug-devel autoconf automake rpm-build redhat-rpm-config > > -2. Some versions of the RHEL 6 kernel-devel package contain a broken > +3. Some versions of the RHEL 6 kernel-devel package contain a broken > "build" symlink. If you are using such a version, you must fix > the problem before continuing. > > @@ -48,16 +63,16 @@ RHEL. On RHEL 5, the default RPM source directory is > contain some extra parts. Once you have done this, verify the fix with > the same procedure you used above to check for the problem. > > -3. If you are building from an Open vSwitch Git tree, then you will > +4. If you are building from an Open vSwitch Git tree, then you will > need to first create a distribution tarball by running "./boot.sh; > ./configure; make dist" in the Git tree. > > -4. Copy the distribution tarball into the RPM source directory. > +5. Copy the distribution tarball into the RPM source directory. > > -5. Unpack the distribution tarball into a temporary directory and "cd" > +6. Unpack the distribution tarball into a temporary directory and "cd" > into the root of the distribution tarball. > > -6. To build Open vSwitch userspace, run: > +7. To build Open vSwitch userspace, run: > > rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch.spec > > @@ -68,7 +83,7 @@ RHEL. On RHEL 5, the default RPM source directory is > then the kernel-devel package is missing or buggy. Go back to step > 1 or 2 and fix the problem. > > -7. On RHEL 6, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, copy > +8. On RHEL 6, to build the Open vSwitch kernel module, copy > rhel/openvswitch-kmod.files into the RPM source directory and run: > > rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-kmod-rhel6.spec > -- > 1.7.10.4 > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
