CoovaChilli Development

Resources for CoovaChilli Developers.

Building CoovaChilli from Subversion

To build CoovaChilli from SVN:

   svn checkout http://dev.coova.org/svn/coova-chilli/
   cd coova-chilli 
   sh bootstrap2
   ./configure --prefix=/path
   make

Pick your prefix (which defaults to /usr/local) to be the root directory to install to.

To install:

  sudo make install

To configure:

  cp /usr/local/chilli/defaults /usr/local/chilli/config
  vi /usr/local/chilli/config

To start/stop:

  sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/chilli start
  sudo /usr/local/etc/init.d/chilli stop

Submitting a patch

When making modifications to chilli, it is recommended that you start with the current development version in subversion. Details are given above on how to download and build this version. If you have made changes, generate a patch and either mail to the mailing list or post in the forum.

If you have added a file, then add it using svn:

  svn add newfile.c

To generate a patch file named chilli.patch:

  svn diff > chilli.patch

If you are a regular contributor, let us know and write access to the repository can be configured.