Willie Walker wrote: > Hi All: > > I'm toying with creating a patch for > http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=5908, which involves > modifying GRUB. > > The problem is that I'm not quite sure how to go about building it and > then updating the MBR once I've done so. I've grabbed the sources from > anon at hg.opensolaris.org/hg/onnv/onnv-gate and I've played with the > config file. From the -Wall entries and such in the configure file, > it appears to rely upon gcc, but I can't get past the configure phase > even if I install SUNWgcc. I think grub sources in onnv gate do not build with gnu tools, looks they require sysv make and sun compiler, e.g. Makefile.solaris. So I guess applying your patch to the local workspace which is a clone of onnv gate and build that workspace with /opt/onbld/bin/nightly (delivered by SUNWonbld) could be easier.
> > Does anyone have any tips or tricks for how I might go about building > this? I'm not sure how to build some components selectively, probably you need /opt/onbld/bin/bldenv. Here is a long guide: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/devref_toc/ lin
