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Daniel P. Berrangé 4cbdd186e1 docs: update all GIT repo examples to use https:// protocol
The https:// protocol is much more reliably usable than git:// when
faced with unreasonably strict firewalls. The libvirt.org web server is
now setup to support the smart https:// protocol, which is just as fast
as git://, so change all the docs to use https://

Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
2018-03-21 14:48:01 +00:00

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-*- outline -*-
These notes intend to help people working on the checked-out sources.
These requirements do not apply when building from a distribution tarball.
See also docs/hacking.html (after building libvirt using the information
included in this file) for more detailed contribution guidelines.
* Requirements
We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the GIT repository.
This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
Note the requirements to build the released archive are much less and
are just the requirements of the standard ./configure && make procedure.
Specific development tools and versions will be checked for and listed by
the bootstrap script.
Valgrind <http://valgrind.org/> is also highly recommended, if
Valgrind supports your architecture.
While building from a just-cloned source tree may require installing a
few prerequisites, later, a plain `git pull && make' should be sufficient.
* First GIT checkout
You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
$ git clone https://libvirt.org/git/libvirt.git
$ cd libvirt
As an optional step, if you already have a copy of the gnulib git
repository on your hard drive, then you can use it as a reference to
reduce download time and disk space requirements:
$ export GNULIB_SRCDIR=/path/to/gnulib
The next step is to get all required pieces from gnulib,
to run autoreconf, and to invoke ./configure:
$ ./autogen.sh
And there you are! Just
$ make
$ make check
At this point, there should be no difference between your local copy,
and the GIT master copy:
$ git diff
should output no difference.
Enjoy!
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