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| author | Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com> | 2024-04-08 12:14:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> | 2024-04-08 12:37:34 +0200 |
| commit | e71b40fd0026c0884ca26eb4f0a9fbe4d9285cfa (patch) | |
| tree | ffff55b46e0d9b2268f979a05d6d8612f3a14784 /docs | |
| parent | Merge pull request #32141 from DaanDeMeyer/mkosi (diff) | |
| download | systemd-e71b40fd0026c0884ca26eb4f0a9fbe4d9285cfa.tar.xz systemd-e71b40fd0026c0884ca26eb4f0a9fbe4d9285cfa.zip | |
docs: Add note on RuntimeBuildSources= to hacking guide
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diff --git a/docs/HACKING.md b/docs/HACKING.md index 8abb5e040f..23ea7b10b1 100644 --- a/docs/HACKING.md +++ b/docs/HACKING.md @@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ to `mkosi.local.conf`: QemuFirmware=uefi ``` +To avoid having to build a new image all the time when iterating on a patch, add +the following to `mkosi.local.conf`: + +```conf +[Host] +RuntimeBuildSources=yes +``` + +After enabling this setting, the source and build directories will be mounted to +`/work/src` and `/work/build` respectively when booting the image as a container +or virtual machine. To build the latest changes and re-install, run +`meson install -C /work/build --only-changed` in the container or virtual machine +and optionally restart the daemon(s) you're working on using +`systemctl restart <units>` or `systemctl daemon-reexec` if you're working on pid1. + Putting this all together, here's a series of commands for preparing a patch for systemd: |