From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D398138247 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CCA04E0A03; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5415E0A00 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6B1833F257 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D89FAE54CD for ; Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:32 +0000 (UTC) From: "Brian Dolbec" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Brian Dolbec" Message-ID: <1385024410.069af8590e30d2760c1e9bddfb95dda122987896.dol-sen@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/catalyst:3.0 commit in: doc/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/catalyst X-VCS-Files: doc/HOWTO.txt X-VCS-Directories: doc/ X-VCS-Committer: dol-sen X-VCS-Committer-Name: Brian Dolbec X-VCS-Revision: 069af8590e30d2760c1e9bddfb95dda122987896 X-VCS-Branch: 3.0 Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: e5f483e8-3e10-483f-bb1e-3a3452bc2716 X-Archives-Hash: 1984df555b1cfe9b475813c3b0be0d3e commit: 069af8590e30d2760c1e9bddfb95dda122987896 Author: W. Trevor King tremily us> AuthorDate: Sat Feb 9 20:40:33 2013 +0000 Commit: Brian Dolbec gmail com> CommitDate: Thu Nov 21 09:00:10 2013 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/catalyst.git;a=commit;h=069af859 doc/HOWTO.txt: Explain how to run catalyst without installing Thanks to Chris White for explaining this to me. Reviewed-by: Matt Turner gmail.com> --- doc/HOWTO.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/HOWTO.txt b/doc/HOWTO.txt index ea9c8f4..5717f80 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO.txt +++ b/doc/HOWTO.txt @@ -202,3 +202,18 @@ and `dd`: replacing `X` with the appropriate drive letter for your USB disk. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251719[bug 251719] for details. + +Running catalyst from a Git checkout +------------------------------------ + +If you're developing catalyst, you'll want to test your altered +version. An easy way to run it without reinstalling is to setup a +local configuration file and run: + + # ./catalyst -c catalyst.conf -f path/to/your.spec + +The local configuration file can use all the defaults except for +`sharedir`, which you should change to point to your development +directory: + + sharedir="/home/wking/src/catalyst"