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-rw-r--r--tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr31
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr b/tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr
index 0c7d32d21..8761702d2 100644
--- a/tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr
+++ b/tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ words, even if it only runs on Linux in its current state there is no loss of
functionality on any other platforms (just a lack of a gaining a feature). In
addition, determining the proper location to insert the library call was the
hard part with the actual implementation being quite straightforward. Adding
-additional backends for other platforms should be pretty easy.
+additional backends for other platforms should be pretty easy[7].
-To test the code build and install it[7] then run the following from the
+To test the code build and install it[8] then run the following from the
commandline in e.g. Konsole:
$ cd PATH_SUPPORTING_USER_XATTRS_AT_THE_FILESYSTEM_LEVEL
@@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ Enjoy!
in /etc/xattr.conf; other platforms may need special handling.
(source: File::ExtAttr(3pm), personal testing)
-[7] Instead of doing a full install one can simply copy the updated library:
+[7] These files in the tdelibs repository need to be updated when adding
+ support for a new platform (search for DO_USER_XATTR_COPYING):
+
+ CMakeLists.txt
+ Add test for any external library used; the library to be linked must
+ be given in USER_XATTR_LIBRARIES.
+
+ tdeio.tdeio/CMakeLists.txt
+ Add the new C preprocessor definition (after the existing one for
+ HAVE_ATTR__ATTR_COPY_FILE).
+
+ tdeio/tdeio/job.cpp
+ Add new boilerplate code and attribute copy function call (both wrapped
+ in a conditional checking for the definition set above).
+
+ tdeio/tdeio/README.xattr (this file)
+ Add additional notes as appropriate.
+
+ Also add any distribution-specific library requirements to the tde-packaging
+ repository.
+
+[8] Instead of doing a full install one can simply copy the updated library:
cp -va "BUILD_DIR/tdeio/libtdeio.so.14.0.0" /opt/trinity/lib/ && ldconfig
+
+ One may also need to run:
+
+ killall tdeio_file