From 250e6927267ab5aa7e63655bee8ed9c07f1d1bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 17:12:45 -0400 Subject: devblog --- doc/devblog/day_243__android_5.mdwn | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/devblog/day_243__android_5.mdwn (limited to 'doc/devblog') diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_243__android_5.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_243__android_5.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..96bf67268 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_243__android_5.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +I've finally been clued into why [git-annex isn't working on Android 5](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/__91__Android__93___5.0_needs_PIE_executables___40__git_annex_does_not_work_on_android_5.0__41__/), and +it seems fixing it is as easy as pie.. That is, passing -pie -FPIE to the +linker. I've added a 5.0 build to the Android autobuilder. It is currently +untested, so I hope to get feedback from someone with an Android 5 device; +a [test build](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/autobuild/android/5.0/git-annex.apk) is now available. + +I've been working through the backlog of messages today, and gotten down +from 170 to 128. Mostly answered a lot of interesting questions, +such as "[Where to start reading the source code?](http://git-annex.branchable.com/install/fromsource/#comment-cb68f2aa0a598d0150db852834ea07da)" + +Also did some work to make git-annex check git versions at runtime more +often, instead of assuming the git version it was built against. +It turns out this could be done pretty inexpensively in 2 of 4 cases, +and one of the 2 fixed was the git check-attr behavior change, +which could lead to git-annex add hanging if used with an old version of +git. -- cgit v1.2.3