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* A build environment: autotools, libtool, C compiler, ...
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+ * When building from Git, you also need the flex lexical analyzer generator
+ and bison parser generator (other lex and yacc compatible tools might work
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* A POSIX + Single UNIX Specification compatible C library.
- * asciidoc, xsltproc:
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+ * asciidoc, xsltproc, xmlto:
The AsciiDoc text document format is used to write the manpages.
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+ * libedit or libreadline:
+ A readline compatible command line editor and history library is used for
+ handling input in the sysdb client program.
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+ The following optional libraries may be used by various plugins:
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+ * libdbi:
+ The database independent abstraction layer is used for database access by
+ the puppet::store-configs plugin.
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+Testing
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+ Unit tests for SysDB are shipped along with the source code in the âtâ
+ subdirectory. Run âmake testâ to run all available tests.
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+ Some tests require the âfopencookieâ function as provided by the GNU libc
+ library. It used used to mock I/O related functions. In case this function
+ is not available, the respective tests will be disabled automatically.
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+ Code coverage testing using Gcov may be enabled when using the
+ â--enable-gcovâ configure option.
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Configuring / Compiling / Installing
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To configure, build and install SysDB with the default settings, run
- `./configure && make && make install'. For detailed, generic instructions
+ â./configure && make && make installâ. For detailed, generic instructions
see INSTALL. For a complete list of configure options and their description,
- run `./configure --help'.
+ run â./configure --helpâ.
- By default, SysDB will be installed into `/opt/sysdb'. You can adjust this
- setting by specifying the `--prefix' configure option - see INSTALL for
- details. If you pass DESTDIR= to `make install', will be
+ By default, SysDB will be installed into â/opt/sysdbâ. You can adjust this
+ setting by specifying the â--prefixâ configure option - see INSTALL for
+ details. If you pass DESTDIR= to âmake installâ, will be
prefixed to all installation directories. This might be useful when creating
packages for SysDB.
Author
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- Sebastian "tokkee" Harl
+ Sebastian âtokkeeâ Harl