From 3c6290a25d4fc1da9d751f80d24032fe90138174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:40:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc/HOWTO.txt: Explain how to run catalyst without installing Thanks to Chris White for explaining this to me. Reviewed-by: Matt Turner --- doc/HOWTO.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) 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" -- 2.26.2