chros73 / build-mc

Builds optimized version of Midnight Commander including patches into custom location

Contents

• build-mc
  • Compilation
    • Installing build dependencies
    • Getting repo
    • Compiling
  • Change log

build-mc

Builds optimized version of Midnight Commander including patches into custom location on Debian flavoured systems.

Supports:

• multiple release versions
• git version (by specifying branch or commit)
• building per user or system wide

Compilation

Installing build dependencies

First, you need to install a few required packages — and no, this is not optional in any way. They require about 280 MB disk space. These steps must be performed by the root user (i.e. in a root shell, or by writing sudo before the actual command):

apt-get update
apt-get install sudo coreutils binutils build-essential git time \
    autopoint autoconf automake libtool pkg-config unzip curl locales \
    e2fslibs-dev gettext libaspell-dev libglib2.0-dev libgpm-dev \
    libslang2-dev libssh2-1-dev libx11-dev

Getting repo

mkdir -p ~/src/; cd ~/src/
git clone https://github.com/chros73/build-mc.git
cd build-mc

Compiling

You can compile it for a regular user:

time nice -n 19 ./build.sh mc

or system wide (needs root shell, or by writing sudo before the actual command):

time nice -n 19 ./build.sh install

You can compile the specified git version by adding a git second argument to the above commands.

If you want to turn off optimization for some reason (e.g. moving the build to a different box) it can be done by adding optimize_build=no in front of the above commands, e.g.:

optimize_build=no time nice -n 19 ./build.sh mc git

Change log

See CHANGELOG.md for more details.

build-mc's Issues

Copy additional skins into build dir

Copy additional skins into build dir, also add default config ini to contrib dir.

Add rtorrent config syntax highlighting

Add rtorrent config syntax highlighting:

• extension .rc
• first line of content includes the word rtorrent in comment
• also add to file highlight

Add support for commands of:

• rtorrent-ps
• rtorrent-ps-ch
• common script variables

Bump version number and update change log

Bump version number to 1.0.2-4.8.20 and update change log.

Bump version number and update change log

Bump version number to 1.0.3-4.8.21 and update change log.

Add initial content

Add initial content and:

• update Readme
• add .gitignore
• add changelog

Modify sample config ini file

Modify sample config ini file in contrib dir:

• disable auto_save_setup
• disable content case sensitive option at search window
• add learn keys entries for SHIFT+F3 - SHIFT+F12 for tmux-256color terminal

Refactor build script and rename patches

Refactor build script and rename patches.

Upgrade to official 4.8.21 release

Upgrade to official 4.8.21 release:

• modify build script:
  • change official release version number
  • change git commit versions to also point to latest releases
  • add new package hash
• deal with potential broken patches
• bump version number to 1.0.2-4.8.21 and update change log