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| author | Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com> | 2024-04-17 23:38:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com> | 2024-04-18 09:58:50 +0200 |
| commit | 9fede461ca07eee2fdaf04b729e43377ca95328f (patch) | |
| tree | 47c76b2a5fc4fc4a6d9dfc491f6622b998c6f7f5 /docs/HACKING.md | |
| parent | udev: fix assignment of ret_truncated (diff) | |
| download | systemd-9fede461ca07eee2fdaf04b729e43377ca95328f.tar.xz systemd-9fede461ca07eee2fdaf04b729e43377ca95328f.zip | |
docs: Add note on packages produced by mkosi builds
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diff --git a/docs/HACKING.md b/docs/HACKING.md index 82b6434984..f95d191b80 100644 --- a/docs/HACKING.md +++ b/docs/HACKING.md @@ -88,6 +88,26 @@ and optionally restart the daemon(s) you're working on using `systemctl restart <units>` or `systemctl daemon-reexec` if you're working on pid1 or `systemctl soft-reboot` to restart everything. +Aside from the image, the `mkosi.output` directory will also be populated with a +set of distribution packages. Assuming you're running the same distribution and +release as the mkosi image, you can install these rpms on your host or test +system as well for any testing or debugging that cannot easily be performed in a +VM or container. + +By default, no debuginfo packages are produced. To produce debuginfo packages, +run mkosi with the `WITH_DEBUG` environment variable set to `1`: + +```sh +$ mkosi -E WITH_DEBUG=1 -f +``` + +or configure it in `mkosi.local.conf`: + +```conf +[Content] +Environment=WITH_DEBUG=1 +``` + Putting this all together, here's a series of commands for preparing a patch for systemd: ```sh |