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+Build tools requirements
+========================
+
+When building and testing directly from the repository it is important to
+have at least automake version 1.10 or later installed. All modern
+distributions should default to the latest version, but it seems that
+Debian's default is still an earlier version:
+
+ Check version
+ # dpkg -l '*automake*'
+
+ Install new version
+ # apt-get install automake1.10
+ # update-alternatives --config automake
+
+
Working with the source code repository
=======================================
like this:
Checkout repository
- # git-clone git://git.moblin.org/projects/connman.git
+ # git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/connman/connman.git
# cd connman
Configure and build
# make maintainer-clean
+Running from within the source code repository
+==============================================
+
+When using "./configure --enable-maintainer-mode" the automake scripts will
+use the plugins directly from within the repository. This removes the need
+to use "make install" when testing "connmand". The "bootstrap-configure"
+automatically includes this option.
+
+ Run daemon in foreground with debugging
+ # sudo ./src/connmand -n -d 'plugins/*'
+
+The debugging option -d takes an argument. This argument can be a comma
+separated list of file names like 'plugins/wifi.c,plugins/ethernet.c' to
+enable debugs in these files. Simple glob style pattern matching is
+supported in this list.
+
+For production installations or distribution packaging it is important that
+the "--enable-maintainer-mode" option is NOT used.
+
+Some times it is important to restrict the available interfaces. For example
+in cases where testing happens over a network connection. The "-i" command
+line switch allows to specify a glob pattern for the interface names.
+
+ Run daemon for wireless interfaces
+ # sudo ./src/connmand -n -i wlan*
+
+
+Debugging the D-Bus interface during runtime
+============================================
+
+Running the daemon with debugging information in the foreground is quite
+verbose and sometimes not really helpful. The "monitor-connman" script
+allows to monitor "PropertyChanged" D-Bus signals from various interfaces.
+
+Every "PropertyChanged" signal will generate a line of output. Some of them
+can get very complex. The first detail inside "{ ... }" is the interface
+name (without its service name prefix). The second detail inside "[ ... ]"
+is the object path. And after that it is followed by a key and value of
+the property that changed.
+
+
Generating source code documentation
====================================
Every distribution should provide a package for this, but the naming of the
package might be different:
- Ubuntu/Debian
+ Debian
+ # apt-get install gtk-doc-tools
+
+ Ubuntu
# apt-get install gtk-doc-utils
Fedora
View documentation
# firefox doc/html/index.html
+