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### goals
1. Get git-annex working at the command line in Android,
along with all the programs it needs.
along with all the programs it needs. **done**
2. Get the webapp and assistant working. A hopefully small Java app will be
developed, which runs the webapp daemon, and a web browser to display it.
Current status: git-annex can be built for Android, with `make android`.
You need <https://github.com/neurocyte/ghc-android> installed first,
and also have to `cabal install` all necessary dependencies.
### TODO
* port busybox, so it doesn't need KBOX's busybox
* Make a runshell wrapper for Android, setting paths, etc.
* Build a standalone tarball for Android.
* Make build system that can generate ports, and tarball, from source
checkouts.
* git-annex sets `#!/bin/sh` in hook script, but that is not
a valid path on android, and the right path needs to be determined at runtime.
### Android specific features
The app should be aware of power status, and avoid expensive background
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Due to use of the FAT filesystem, which doesn't do symlinks, [[desymlink]]
is probably needed for at least older Android devices that have SD cards.
### Porting notes
### Utility porting notes
#### TODO
* Make build system that can generate ports, and tarball, from source
checkouts.
* Remove git commands and busybox builtins that are not used, to reduce
size.
#### git
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Use git://github.com/android/platform_external_dropbear
Copy in config.sub and config.guess from recent autoconf, and build:
Copy in config.sub and config.guess from recent autoconf.
Edit `cli-auth.c`, and add: `#include "netbsd_getpass.c"`
Edit `cli-main.c` and remove the HOME setting.
Edit options.h and set `DROPBEAR_RANDOM_DEV "/dev/urandom"`
PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH ./configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --disable-lastlog --disable-utmp --disable-utmpx --disable-wtmp --disable-wtmpx
PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH make
PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH make dbclient
TODO build fails
#### busybox
cp configs/android2_defconfig .config
# edit config and set CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER=y
PATH=~/.ghc/android-14/arm-linux-androideabi-4.7/bin:$PATH CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-androideabi- make