Thanks for the tips and the links, I got it compiling under a minute after I read your reply, and it also answered some of my doubts.
Helpful indeed :) Best Regards, Ricardo Diz > On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 13:00, rdiz at alumni.deec.uc.pt wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm using bitkeeper for the first time, and I find myself unable to >> compile >> a kernel from the linuxppc-2.5-benh tree I "cloned". >> >> It might be a naive question, but don't get how one can compile it. I >> don't even find a Makefile in my root rep directory, and I haven't chose >> the compilations options yet... Using a gziped kernel all I had to do >> was >> something like "make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux- menuconfig". > > When you clone a tree, it's not checked out. Think of a bk tree like > a cvs repository interleaved with yor working directory. All you have > now is the repository, but no checked-out working copy. > > I suggest to read http://www.bitkeeper.com/Documentation.FAQS.Linux.html > > Some hints: > - You can configure your bk tree in "checkout-get mode" > - To see/edit individual files, use "bk get"/"bk edit" > It's just like with "cvs co"/"cvs edit", but both is mandantory > - make and patch know how to check out files automagically > - run "bk helptool" > - see linux/Documentation/BK-usage > - see http://www.bitkeeper.com/cvs2bk.html > > -- > Stefan Nickl > Kontron Modular Computers > > > ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
