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| author |   W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> | 2013-02-09 15:40:33 -0500 |
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| committer |   Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> | 2013-03-08 18:39:18 -0800 |
| commit | 9e777a5f339d6daeaaad6af032baae509f940346 (patch) | |
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doc/HOWTO.txt: Explain how to run catalyst without installing
Thanks to Chris White for explaining this to me.
Reviewed-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/HOWTO.txt b/doc/HOWTO.txt index ea9c8f42..5717f802 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO.txt +++ b/doc/HOWTO.txt @@ -202,3 +202,18 @@ and `dd`: replacing `X` with the appropriate drive letter for your USB disk. See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251719[bug 251719] for details. + +Running catalyst from a Git checkout +------------------------------------ + +If you're developing catalyst, you'll want to test your altered +version. An easy way to run it without reinstalling is to setup a +local configuration file and run: + + # ./catalyst -c catalyst.conf -f path/to/your.spec + +The local configuration file can use all the defaults except for +`sharedir`, which you should change to point to your development +directory: + + sharedir="/home/wking/src/catalyst" |