How do I build Haiku, in Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Puppy Linux, using Git...

Forum thread started by Luposian on Thu, 2011-12-01 21:08

I used to do my own builds of Haiku, but now I don't know what to do, because the repository has been changed from Svn to Git. How much has changed about the process? Just the download of tools/source or more? There doesn't seem to be an all-in-one document, detailing the entire build process, except mine, which is no no longer valid, because various aspects have changed. I can write up a revised one, but I need to know how much has changed and what hasn't.

This is a snippet of my most recently updated docs, based on what I think has changed, based on what I could find:

Changes are in bold.
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Ready to begin? Great! Let's go!

Bring up the Terminal (it's in Application → Accessories).

Type: sudo apt-get install git autoconf automake texinfo flex bison gawk build-essential

Type in your System password and hit [Enter]. Ubuntu will download/install various files.

When you see the Terminal prompt again, type:

git clone git://git.haiku-os.org/buildtools.git haiku/buildtools

When the Terminal reappears, type:

cd haiku/buildtools/jam
make
sudo ./jam0 install

Type your System password, if necessary, on the last command.

When the Terminal prompt reappears, type:

cd ../../..

This will take you back to where Terminal started, when you first ran it.

Now type:

git clone git://git.haiku-os.org/haiku.git haiku/haiku

This will download the entire Haiku source tree.
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Let me know if this is the right way to go about doing it or not. Thanks!

Comments

Re: How do I build Haiku, in Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Puppy Linux, ...

by fano - 2011-12-02 13:39

Yep it seems right to me, too :-)
You can then compile with:

jam -q

... but the last time I've tried to compile Haiku (2-3 days ago)I get a lot of build errors... and:

git pull --rebase

does nothing sadly :-(((

Is it fixed now?

Re: How do I build Haiku, in Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Puppy Linux, ...

by fano - 2011-12-02 19:26

I've updated now and I got this error:

C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATAChannel.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATADevice.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATAHelper.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATAModule.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATAPIDevice.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATARequest.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku/x86/release/add-ons/kernel/bus_managers/ata/ATATracing.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/settype.o 
Link generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/settype 
Chmod1 generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/settype 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/mimeset.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/Mime.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/database_support.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/UpdateMimeInfoThread.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/MimeUpdateThread.o 
C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/AppFileInfo.o 
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp: In member function 'virtual status_t BAppFileInfo::GetType(char*) const':
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:183:54: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp: In member function 'virtual status_t BAppFileInfo::SetType(const char*)':
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:226:12: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:229:40: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp: In member function 'status_t BAppFileInfo::GetSignature(char*) const':
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:261:9: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp: In member function 'status_t BAppFileInfo::SetSignature(const char*)':
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:304:12: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope
src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp:308:45: error: 'B_MIME_STRING_TYPE' was not declared in this scope

gcc -c "src/build/libbe/storage/AppFileInfo.cpp" -O2 -Wall -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -Woverloaded-virtual -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Wno-multichar -include headers/build/HaikuBuildCompatibility.h -D_ZETA_USING_DEPRECATED_API_=1 -D_ZETA_TS_FIND_DIR_=1 -DARCH_x86 -D_NO_INLINE_ASM -DCOMPILE_FOR_R5 -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -DHAIKU_HOST_PLATFORM_HAIKU -iquote build/user_config_headers -iquote build/config_headers -iquote src/tools -iquote generated/objects/common/tools -iquote generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/common/tools -iquote generated/objects/haiku/x86/common/tools -iquote src/bin -I headers/build -I headers/build/private/app -I headers/build/private/storage -I headers/build/host/haiku_host -I headers/build/os/storage -o "generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/AppFileInfo.o" ;

...failed C++ generated/objects/haiku_host/x86/release/tools/AppFileInfo.o ...

BUILD FAILURE:
...failed updating 1 target(s)...
...skipped 4 target(s)...
...updated 130 target(s)...

I'm doing something wrong?
I'm compilin' on Haiku itself... I suppose this release is broken :-(

I'm, in reality, interested to compile only libbe.so (Support Kit) there is a way to compile only this target and not all the Haiku image (that, incidentally not compile)?

Thanks!