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| author | Thomas Mangin <thomas.mangin@exa.net.uk> | 2020-02-08 15:37:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Thomas Mangin <thomas.mangin@exa.net.uk> | 2020-02-08 15:42:22 +0000 |
| commit | df4a61adcc0e73f91f8d540e330e429c1b621806 (patch) | |
| tree | eecf56d3d16924fb9be18653535f7ab7de99665c | |
| parent | d87a2feac05b3e3ff3750449740ce93b6bbc6192 (diff) | |
| download | vyos-documentation-df4a61adcc0e73f91f8d540e330e429c1b621806.tar.gz vyos-documentation-df4a61adcc0e73f91f8d540e330e429c1b621806.zip | |
more information about building on Mac/Windows
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diff --git a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst index f5875bb4..10ee9470 100644 --- a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst +++ b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ To be able to use Docker_, the current non-root user should be added to the .. note:: The build process needs to be built on a local file system, building on SMB or NFS shares will result in the container failing to build properly! + VirtualBox Drive Share is also not an option as block device operations + are not implemented and the drive is always mounted as "nodev" Build Docker Container ---------------------- @@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ a fresh build of the VyOS ISO can begin. --build-type release --version 1.2.0 vyos_bld@d4220bb519a0:/vyos# sudo make iso +.. note:: Attempting to use the docker build image on MacOS or Windows will fail + as docker does not expose all the filesystem feature required to the container. + Building within a VirtualBox server on Mac or Windows is however possible. + To select the container you want to run, you need to specify the branch you are interested in, this can be easily done by selecting the appropriate container image: |