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| + | =Buiding Mer.= |
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| - | This section documents how to use the [http://build.opensuse.org openSUSE Build Service] with Mer. More on the openSUSE Buildservice [http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service here].
| + | Mer is based on Ubuntu Jaunty |
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| - | A simple way to think of OBS is as a version control system for source tarballs and .dsc files and whenever you commit a tarball the build farm compiles it for you.
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| - | Over and above this OBS provides a local tool called osc that lets you do clean builds not only for your own OS and architecture but also for other distros and even other architectures (armel).
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| - | ==Getting Started==
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| - | Approaching OBS can look overwhelming... but it is perfectly possible to get an existing package built for Mer just using a web browser.
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| - | The first thing to do is to [[/Install OBS|install OBS]]. This will provide access to the tools and source used to build Mer.
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| - | Then you should become familiar with building an application using OBS but outside the Mer repository. This is explained in detail in [[/Application Building|Application Building]] which takes you through an example application.
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| - | ==Mer Internals==
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| - | When you are comfortable building your own applications for Mer then you can look at the [[Mer/Packages|Mer Packages]] and start helping to improve Mer itself.
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| - | There are [[/Processes|processes]] used to manage the Mer packages which may include [[/UsingGitorious|Using Gitorious]].
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| - | The OBS [[/Cross Build|cross build]] page describes how the OBS has been accelerated.
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| - | == OBS Build Farm ==
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| - | http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Documentation/Build/Common_Problems
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| - | == QEMU armel image ==
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| - | An Ubuntu armel image for QEMU is available from here:<br>
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| - | http://gitorious.org/mer-toggles/qemu-armel-image (login: qemu/qemu) | + | |
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| - | Based on these instructions:<br>
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| - | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RootfsFromScratch<br>
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| - | This is NOT a Mer development image like Mer VMDK is.
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| - | == Mer Source ==
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| - | Currently you cannot <code>apt-get source</code> for Mer.
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| - | Our approach requires you to get a Novell account and is similar to the one in HHGTTG:
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| - | <blockquote>
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| - | "`...You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.'<br>
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| - | `But the plans were on display...'<br>
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| - | `On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.'<br>
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| - | `That's the display department.'<br>
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| - | `With a torch.'<br>
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| - | `Ah, well the lights had probably gone.'<br>
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| - | `So had the stairs.'<br>
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| - | `But look you found the notice didn't you?'<br>
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| - | `Yes,' said Arthur, `yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".'"
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| - | </blockquote>
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| - | But slightly simpler...
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| - | Nb... the fix is trivial and simply requires you to modify the GPL licensed OBS system to publish debian style source distros ... patches accepted.
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