[netfilter-cvslog] r3379 - trunk/nfsim/doc

rusty at netfilter.org rusty at netfilter.org
Tue Dec 14 07:56:06 CET 2004


Author: rusty at netfilter.org
Date: 2004-12-14 07:56:06 +0100 (Tue, 14 Dec 2004)
New Revision: 3379

Modified:
   trunk/nfsim/doc/simulator.xml
Log:
Remove "make restorelinks": ./configure now does this.
Talk about "configure" instead of "import"
Recommend "make distclean" when reusing trees before ./configure.


Modified: trunk/nfsim/doc/simulator.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/nfsim/doc/simulator.xml	2004-12-14 06:53:30 UTC (rev 3378)
+++ trunk/nfsim/doc/simulator.xml	2004-12-14 06:56:06 UTC (rev 3379)
@@ -92,28 +92,16 @@
  <section id="building">
   <title>Building the simulator</title>
   
-  <section id="restorelinks">
-   <title>Restore symlinks</title>
-   <para>If (and only if) the simulator has been checked out from the
-    Subversion repository, you will need to
-    <command>make restorelinks</command>
-    in order to create necessary symlinks
-   </para>
-
-  </section>
-
-  <section id="import">
-   <title>Importing the netfilter code</title>
-   <para>First, the netfilter code needs to be imported - the source directory
-   is speficified in <filename>Makefile</filename>, as the
-   <envar>KERNELDIR</envar> variable. By default, it is set to the current
+  <section id="configure">
+   <title>Configuring and importing the netfilter code</title>
+   <para>First, the netfilter code needs to be configured - the source directory
+   is specified to <command>./configure</command>, using the 
+   <arg>--kerneldir</arg> flag. By default, it is set to the current
    kernel's build directory:
    <filename><![CDATA[/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build]]></filename>
   </para>
-  <para>Usually, the netfilter sources can be imported with
-   <userinput>make import</userinput>
-   However, if another kernel tree is to be used as the source - 
-   <userinput>make KERNELDIR=<replaceable>/path/to/somewhere/else/</replaceable> import</userinput>
+  <para>If you are reusing your source tree, it is recommended you do a 
+   <userinput>make distclean</userinput> before running <command>./configure</command>.
   </para>
   <note>
    <para>At present, the imported .config file is not used - instead, the




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