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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/developer/build-run-debug/building.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/gettingstarted/troubleshooting/sanitizer.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/spelling_wordlist.txt | 1 |
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/developer/build-run-debug/building.rst b/docs/developer/build-run-debug/building.rst index ca7fdef0222..9e9e79db376 100644 --- a/docs/developer/build-run-debug/building.rst +++ b/docs/developer/build-run-debug/building.rst @@ -116,6 +116,22 @@ To get the VPP sources that are used to create the build, run the following comm $ git clone https://gerrit.fd.io/r/vpp $ cd vpp +As VPP version is derived from git description (which is based on git tags), +if the github generated tarballs are used, the version information +will be missing from the version file (.../src/scripts/.version) +which is required by the version script when building +in a non-git based workspace or the build will fail. +In that case, put the desired version string into +.../src/scripts/.version to satisfy the requirements of the version script. + +Alternatively, the ``make dist`` command in a cloned git workspace +will generate an xz compressed tarball of the source +including the .../src/scripts/.version file containing the git hash +using the standard nomenclature for VPP images. + +Extract the tarball using the -J option to decompress it using xz. For example, +``tar xvJf ./build-root/vpp-23.10-rc0~184-g48cd559fb.tar.xz`` + Build VPP Dependencies -------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/troubleshooting/sanitizer.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/troubleshooting/sanitizer.rst index 217f5e57182..d2c8b1181d6 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/troubleshooting/sanitizer.rst +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/troubleshooting/sanitizer.rst @@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ AddressSanitizer `AddressSanitizer <https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer>`_ (aka ASan) is a memory error detector for C/C++. Think Valgrind but much faster. -In order to use it, VPP must be recompiled with ASan support. It is implemented as a cmake -build option, so all VPP targets should be supported. For example: +In order to use it, VPP must be recompiled with ASan support. +See developer documentation on prerequisites for :ref:`building VPP <building>`. + +ASan support is implemented as a cmake build option, +so all VPP targets should be supported. For example: .. code-block:: console diff --git a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt index 6a06b3b94df..21baa622c7e 100644 --- a/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt +++ b/docs/spelling_wordlist.txt @@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ XXhash xxx XXX xyz +xz yaml Yaml YYMM |