From 6f9377f07c3a3b8414e122146c1ac8ad85dd185c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Tulak Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:53:18 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Update OS X build info and limitations Signed-off-by: Jan Tulak Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner --- doc/INSTALL | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/INSTALL b/doc/INSTALL index ba3472b18..b0443a3cd 100644 --- a/doc/INSTALL +++ b/doc/INSTALL @@ -52,12 +52,16 @@ Mac OS X Instructions ===================== 0. Note: since there is no XFS implementation on Mac OS X, you are - severely limited in what you can do. mkfs.xfs(8), xfs_db(8) and + severely limited in what you can do. mkfs.xfs(8), xfs_db(8) and xfs_repair(8) are the only functional tools on this platform, as they do not interact with the XFS kernel code at all. Still, it can be useful to have access to these utilities from Mac OS X in a dual boot configuration, for example. + However, keep on mind that mkfs.xfs on Mac OS X has disabled + device access, although you can create a filesystem in a file. + Also note that existing filesystem detection is disabled. + 1. Configure, build and install the package The xfsprogs package uses autoconf/configure and expects a GNU build @@ -65,7 +69,8 @@ Mac OS X Instructions and glibtool). You will also need to have built and installed the UUID library which - is provided by the e2fsprogs source package. + is provided by the e2fsprogs source package. (Or use Homebrew, Macports + or any other 3rd party package manager.) Building libuuid: @@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ Mac OS X Instructions TAR=/usr/bin/gnutar LIBTOOL=/usr/bin/glibtool INSTALL_GROUP=wheel - LOCAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--enable-gettext=no" + LOCAL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--enable-gettext=no --enable-blkid=no" $ make $ su root -- 2.47.2