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authorChris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>2013-04-25 15:05:16 +1000
committerChris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>2013-04-25 15:05:16 +1000
commit1a3c4846190e5db562007656ecff99c7145f98af (patch)
tree0c1c5ae2e79c52d74ff81ce052406c60ecd6804a /doc
parentMove the common snapshots to the common config tree. Add gdb. (diff)
downloadrtems-source-builder-1a3c4846190e5db562007656ecff99c7145f98af.tar.bz2
Add a tip about using --dry-run before an initial build to check all is ok.
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@@ -1625,10 +1625,16 @@ and install them then build your tool set. The commands are:
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$ ../source-builder/sb-set-builder --log=l-4.11-at.txt \
--prefix=$HOME/development/rtems/4.11 4.11/rtems-autotools
-$ export PATH=~/development/rtems/4.11/bin:$PATH
+$ export PATH=~/development/rtems/4.11/bin:$PATH <1>
$ ../source-builder/sb-set-builder --log=l-4.11-sparc.txt \
--prefix=$HOME/development/rtems/4.11 4.11/rtems-sparc
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+<1> Setting the path.
+
+TIP: If this is your first time building the tools and RTEMS it pays to add the
+`--dry-run` option. This will run through all the configuration files and if
+any checks fail you will see this quickly rather than waiting for until the
+build fails a check.
To build snapshots for testing purposes you use the available macro maps
passing them on the command line using the `--macros` option. For RTEMS these