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INSTALL: update for the move-out of fc-lcdemu
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:59:32 +0000
parents 9ab5c14e5b38
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37 /usr/local/bin or wherever. 37 /usr/local/bin or wherever.
38 38
39 Dependencies 39 Dependencies
40 ============ 40 ============
41 41
42 All FreeCalypso host tools are written in plain C, and with the exception of one 42 All FreeCalypso host tools are written in plain C and have absolutely no
43 special hack-utility that has been excluded from the standard build set, they 43 library dependencies beyond libc. In other words, they are very friendly to
44 have absolutely no library dependencies beyond libc. In other words, they are 44 those who like bare bones minimalist systems.
45 very friendly to those who like bare bones minimalist systems. The only
46 exception is the fc-lcdemu hack which needs libX11 to compile and an X11 display
47 to run. It was a developer-only hack-utility to begin with, and the developer
48 setup of which it was a part never worked in a satisfactory manner, so it has
49 been retired. If you would like to play with it, you will need to compile it
50 separately, as it has been excluded from the top Makefile in order to have the
51 standard build set with no dependencies.
52 45
53 The previous dependency on OpenSSL libraries for DES decryption of the factory 46 The previous dependency on OpenSSL libraries for DES decryption of the factory
54 IMEI record on the Pirelli DP-L10 has been eliminated by incorporating our own 47 IMEI record on the Pirelli DP-L10 has been eliminated by incorporating our own
55 simple DES implementation (performance is not a concern for the one time 48 simple DES implementation (performance is not a concern for the one time
56 operation of retrieving the factory IMEI) into our rvinterf/etmsync source, and 49 operation of retrieving the factory IMEI) into our rvinterf/etmsync source, and
57 the functions that require access to Pirelli's IMEI have now been integrated 50 the functions that require access to Pirelli's IMEI have now been integrated
58 into fc-fsio. 51 into fc-fsio.
52
53 Previous versions of this FC host tools package included a UI development aid
54 utility called fc-lcdemu which needs libX11 to compile and an X11 display to
55 run; this utility has now been moved to a separate freecalypso-ui-dev
56 repository and is no longer a part of the core FC host tools package.
59 57
60 libserial and Linux specifics 58 libserial and Linux specifics
61 ============================= 59 =============================
62 60
63 We have our own private library called libserial which contains our serial port 61 We have our own private library called libserial which contains our serial port