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authorKarel Zak2011-11-04 20:59:52 +0100
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docs: add notes about tools/config-gen
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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@@ -31,3 +31,26 @@ util-linux build system
...) is missing an error is printed and ./configure aborted
"no" - the util/feature is unwanted
+
+
+ - some basic scenarios for the ./configure script are defined in the
+ tools/config-gen.d/ directory. If you want to use these predefined scenarios
+ then call
+
+ ./tools/config-gen [<scenario> ...]
+
+ for example
+
+ ./tools/config-gen all selinux
+
+ will build all utils with enabled selinux support. You can also define some
+ CFLAGS, for example:
+
+ CFLAGS=$(rpm --eval '%optflags') ./tools/config-gen all
+
+ will use the default distro flags.
+
+ - the tools/config-gen script is also used for build system regression tests,
+ the test is not enabled by default, you have to use
+
+ tests/run.sh build-sys --force