[Xorp-hackers] about add new process to xorp

[Pavlin Radoslavov]

Pavlin Radoslavov <pavlin at icir.org> wrote:

> Kristian Larsson <kristian at spritelink.se> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:58:17PM +0800, ?? ?? wrote:
> > > Hi xorp
> > >   I'm newer to xorp and also newer to automake/autoconf. Now I want to add 
> > > new function to xorp. from <<An Introduction to Writing a XORP Process>> 
> > > ,I've setup my interface file(ids.xif) in xrl/interfaces.In order to setup 
> > > ids_xif.cc and ids_xif.hh by python, I must modify Makefile.am to add :
> > > 	noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libidsxif.la
> > > 	libtestxif_la_SOURCES = ids_xif.hh ids_xif.cc
> > > and then execute 'automake' in xorp's directory and then make. but xorp 
> > > didn't build ids_xif.cc & ids_xif.hh. 
> > > I'd know why??? further More when I create ids directory which store my ids 
> > > stub file. How can i build makefile automatically???
> > I'm not really the guy to answer all these
> > questions.. but have a look at the bootstrap file
> > in the xorp root directory. I think it will help
> > you build new makefiles and stuff :)
> 
> Yes, after a Makefile.am is modified, you must run the top-level
> ./bootstrap to generate the new Makefile.in file(s). Note that your
> autoconf/automake/libtool versions must match the versions specified
> in the top-level README file. Currently, those versions are:
>     - autoconf version 2.53
>     - automake version 1.5
>     - libtool version 1.3.4
> 
> After that you must run ./configure to generate the new Makefile
> file(s).
> Finally, you must run gmake, and the ids_xif.hh and ids_xif.cc files
> will generated. 

Forgot to mention that you need to run ./bootstrap and ./configure
only once (after you modify the Makefile.am). After that, if you
make any changes to your ids.xif file, the "gmake" will take care of
auto-generating the ids_xif.hh and ids_xif.cc files.

Pavlin


> FYI, for testing purpose you could generate those auto-generated
> files by hand:
> 
> cd xrl/interfaces
> python ../scripts/clnt-gen ids.xif
> 
> Pavlin
> 
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