Prerequisites
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Due to sheer diversity of the environments, build machine is expected to provide
strict minimum amount of software (don't forget --no-install-recommends on
dpkg-based systems):
To access the build machine:
* SSH server
* Bundled one on Unixes
* FreeSSHd on Windows
* 'build' account with SSH key installed
To transfer files back and forth:
* rsync on Unixes
* 7z on Windows
To be able to install packages and run tests:
* passwordless sudo access for 'build' account
* sudo should not require TTY (remove 'Defaults requiretty' from /etc/sudoers)
To build everything:
* GCC (gcc)
* GNU make (make)
* libc development package (libc-dev, glibc-devel)
* bison (bison)
* flex (flex)
* fakeroot (but not fakeroot 1.12, it is horribly slow!)
To create packages:
* Native packaging manager
* rpm-build on RPM-based systems
* dpkg-dev, debhelper, fakeroot
* WiX on Windows
To build MySQL library (yeah!):
* g++ (gcc-c++, g++)
* ncurses (ncurses-devel, libncurses5-dev)
To build libvirt:
* pkg-config (pkg-config, pkgconfig)
Anything else is either preprocessed on buildbot slave or built and installed
during build.
Documentation build pre-requisites
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* texinfo
* texlive
* cm-super
* texlive-fonts-extra
Non-requisites
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Build machines should not contain the following items, which may interfere with
build process:
* CFEngine itself, either in source or binary form (build machines are
short-living, so this is not a problem)
* Development packages for anything beside libc to avoid picking them up
instead of bundled ones accidentally.
* MySQL and PostgreSQL servers, clients and libraries
The following packages should not be installed on build machines as well, to
avoid accidentally regenerating files transferred from buildslave:
* automake
* autoconf
* libtool