removed mandatory dependency on useless libraries such as
libXt or libXaw.
+ New QT-based configurator, usable using 'make xconfig'.
+
Issues resolved (http://bugs.uclibc.org):
#83: liblockfile fails to compile due to eaccess redefinition
$ make menuconfig
</pre>
+<p>to run the curses-based configurator, or</p>
+
+<pre>
+ $ make xconfig
+</pre>
+
+ <p>to run the Qt3-based configurator. On Debian-like systems, the
+ <code>libncurses5-dev</code> package is required to use the
+ <i>menuconfig</i> interface, and the <code>libqt3-mt-dev</code> is
+ required to use the <i>xconfig</i> interface.</p>
+
<p>For each entry of the configuration tool, you can find associated help
that describes the purpose of the entry. </p>
<h3><a name="offline_builds" id="offline_builds"></a>
Offline builds</h3>
- <p>If you intend to do an offline-build and just want to download all
- sources that you previously selected in "make menuconfig" then
- issue:</p>
+ <p>If you intend to do an offline-build and just want to download
+ all sources that you previously selected in the configurator
+ (<i>menuconfig</i> or <i>xconfig</i>) then issue:</p>
<pre>
$ make source
</pre>
is made. So simply rebuilding the image by running
make should propagate any new changes to the image. </li>
- <li>When configuring the build system, using <code>make menuconfig</code>,
- you can specify the contents of the /etc/hostname and /etc/issue
- (the welcome banner) in the <code>PROJECT</code> section</li>
+ <li>When configuring the build system, using <code>make
+ menuconfig</code> or <code>make xconfig</code>, you can specify
+ the contents of the /etc/hostname and /etc/issue (the welcome
+ banner) in the <code>PROJECT</code> section</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="custom_busybox" id="custom_busybox"></a>Customizing the