Building from version control

Building from version control is useful if you want to get more recent versions of DataSeries than is present in a binary or source release. However, it comes with the downside that there is less cross-platform testing performed on intermediate releases, so minor gitches may be present.

Building from version control is very similar to building from source.

% cd ~
% wget http://tesla.hpl.hp.com/opensource/deptool-bootstrap
% eval `perl deptool-bootstrap getenv for-sh`
% perl deptool-bootstrap init --server github.com dataseries/Lintel dataseries/DataSeries
# If you have cloned dataseries on github, you can change the dataseries/ prefix to your username.
# deptool will prompt you for some git configuration information if not already present
% perl deptool-bootstrap co DataSeries
% cd ~/projects/DataSeries
% perl ~/deptool-bootstrap build -t # -t forces tests to run, you can remove it
% PATH=$BUILD_OPT:$PATH or setenv PATH $BUILD_OPT:$PATH
% echo "DataSeries installed into $BUILD_OPT, and added to your path"