[Click] help constructing a custom package

[Eddie Kohler]

Hi Nick,

Nicholas Murphy wrote:
> I'm sorry to be sending so many notes to the list, but I can't figure  
> out what I'm supposed to be doing to construct my own package:
> 
> I tried copying the files in etc/samplepackage to elements/ 
> attribution, and edited them accordingly.  I ran autoconf in the new  
> directory, followed by configure.  When I run make, it gives me all  
> kinds of linker errors related to functions in Element.

Cool. Just let me make sure you understand how packages work.  A Click 
package is compiled separately from Click itself, then linked in 
dynamically at run time.  Click loads packages named in "require" 
statements.

Who is giving you the linker errors, the kernel module?  I believe those 
errors are actually warnings and you can ignore them.

Were you able to successfully install & run the existing sample package 
(i.e. without any changes)?

>  If I run the  
> toplevel make (even after rerunning autoconf and configure), it  
> doesn't pick up the new elements.

Right, it wouldn't, because the package is so separate.

Eddie


> Clearly I'm missing a few steps.  If someone could help me figure out  
> what they are, I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nick
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