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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn index c7fcb2c57..4dab366d1 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn @@ -1,25 +1,10 @@ ### goals 1. Get git-annex working at the command line in Android, - along with all the programs it needs. + along with all the programs it needs. **done** 2. Get the webapp and assistant working. A hopefully small Java app will be developed, which runs the webapp daemon, and a web browser to display it. -Current status: git-annex can be built for Android, with `make android`. -You need <https://github.com/neurocyte/ghc-android> installed first, -and also have to `cabal install` all necessary dependencies. - -### TODO - -* port busybox, so it doesn't need KBOX's busybox -* Make a runshell wrapper for Android, setting paths, etc. -* Build a standalone tarball for Android. -* Make build system that can generate ports, and tarball, from source - checkouts. - -* git-annex sets `#!/bin/sh` in hook script, but that is not - a valid path on android, and the right path needs to be determined at runtime. - ### Android specific features The app should be aware of power status, and avoid expensive background @@ -33,7 +18,14 @@ transfers when not on wifi. This may need to be configurable. Due to use of the FAT filesystem, which doesn't do symlinks, [[desymlink]] is probably needed for at least older Android devices that have SD cards. -### Porting notes +### Utility porting notes + +#### TODO + +* Make build system that can generate ports, and tarball, from source + checkouts. +* Remove git commands and busybox builtins that are not used, to reduce + size. #### git @@ -65,9 +57,19 @@ Build fails in docs, but see `g10/gpg` Use git://github.com/android/platform_external_dropbear -Copy in config.sub and config.guess from recent autoconf, and build: +Copy in config.sub and config.guess from recent autoconf. + +Edit `cli-auth.c`, and add: `#include "netbsd_getpass.c"` + +Edit `cli-main.c` and remove the HOME setting. + +Edit options.h and set `DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV "/dev/urandom"` PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH ./configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --disable-lastlog --disable-utmp --disable-utmpx --disable-wtmp --disable-wtmpx - PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH make + PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH make dbclient + +#### busybox -TODO build fails + cp configs/android2_defconfig .config + # edit config and set CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER=y + PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- make |