Can anyone help build Darwin 9.8 . Ive got all parts built except for relpath what fails to build stating TargetConfig not defined.
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cellularmitosis
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Learning to build the kernel has been on my todo list for a while now. What's a good guide for getting started?
mmphosis
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Thank you for the reply. I’ve read that page already. I couldn’t decipher how to use the information as I’m not using darwinbuild as that will not compile correctly either. So I’m just looking for a solution to make relpath. Then I think xnu may finally build.
As soon as I figure out what I’m doing I’m happy to help you get started lol
mmphosis
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mmphosis
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darwinbuild is there, but it is broken (there are two ports, and neither works, AFAIK).
I know it’s a shame. What I really need is someone to help me get relpath to build. It’s looking for targetconfig if I can set targetconfig then I think relpath will compile then I should be able to compile xnu
mmphosis
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I wouldn't skip or deviate from any of the steps.I haven't built darwin, but looking at the document: https://developer.apple.com/library...//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000905-CH221-CIHFEIFI
| sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin |
| sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib |
| cd bootstrap_cmds-version/relpath.tproj |
| make |
| sudo make install |
Does that makes any sense? Or I apologize if I am stating the obvious.
You may need to set an environment variable, or maybe set targetconfig with a command—I don't know. 🤷♂️
I am not sure what this old posting is talking about. "CF Lite" may be totally off-topic. I am not sure.
https://lists.apple.com/archives/darwin-dev/2009/Jun/msg00058.html
ChrisCharman
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You need to build TargetConfig from the Apple Open Source Projects, then you will have the tconf binary which will search the plist for the RC_Target_Config that you define as a build flag. You may also need to symlink the plist if it cannot be located on your system.
srp
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Are you trying to build the kernel? G5s lack the power management code needed to boot a custom kernel.
I decompiled the platform kexts for PCI-X PowerMac G5s and implemented the missing symbols needed for platform initialization - this allows custom kernels to boot on G5.
Won't work on a Quad or a PCI-E G5 yet. My xnu fork with the platform bringup is here: https://github.com/doctashay/xnu (`g5-platform` branch)
Curious to see what plans (if any) you have for custom kernel, as my plan is to backport CVE fixes (already got about 30 or so patches) and maybe scheduler/threading improvements, and better syscall compliance (clock_gettimeofday) etc
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Andrew-R
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At this point I just trying to familiarize myself with build process on MacOS X.
Unfortunately, I ran into "bus error" from
Code:
dsymutil -v
@(#)PROGRAM:dsymutil PROJECT:dwarfutils-70and said dwarfutils not in my Leopard source downloads, so I can't try to recompile it.
I also had some ideas for testing qemu's emulation of G5 with possibly modified Mach kernel (stock does not work there), but on G5 itself it runs real slow 😉
My ceiling seems to be few one-liners, not bigger projects like you do. But I like when something started to work, even if it was just some build done previously but now failing.