Make the getting started section in the README better

Some of my colleagues have commented in the past few months that the
Breakpad README is not very clear on how to get and build the code
nowadays. This change moves some of the docs from the "request
change review" section up to the "getting started" section, and adds
a few more things to clarify.

R=vapier@chromium.org
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Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/2035103002 .
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Ted Mielczarek 2016-06-03 13:32:14 -04:00
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* Developer/Reviews: [google-breakpad-dev@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/google-breakpad-dev) * Developer/Reviews: [google-breakpad-dev@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/forum/google-breakpad-dev)
* Tests: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/breakpad.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/breakpad) * Tests: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/breakpad.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/breakpad)
## Getting started in 32-bit mode (from trunk) ## Getting started (from master)
1. First, [download depot_tools](http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools)
and ensure that they're in your `PATH`.
2. Create a new directory for checking out the source code (it must be named
breakpad).
```sh
mkdir breakpad && cd breakpad
```
3. Run the `fetch` tool from depot_tools to download all the source repos.
```sh
fetch breakpad
cd src
```
4. Build the source.
```sh
./configure && make
```
You can also cd to another directory and run configure from there to build
outside the source tree.
This will build the processor tools (`src/processor/minidump_stackwalk`,
`src/processor/minidump_dump`, etc), and when building on Linux it will
also build the client libraries and some tools
(`src/tools/linux/dump_syms/dump_syms`,
`src/tools/linux/md2core/minidump-2-core`, etc).
5. Optionally, run tests.
```sh ```sh
# Configure
CXXFLAGS=-m32 CFLAGS=-m32 CPPFLAGS=-m32 ./configure
# Build
make
# Test
make check make check
# Install ```
6. Optionally, install the built libraries
```sh
make install make install
``` ```
If you need to reconfigure your build be sure to run `make distclean` first. If you need to reconfigure your build be sure to run `make distclean` first.
## To request change review: To update an existing checkout to a newer revision, you can
`git pull` as usual, but then you should run `gclient sync` to ensure that the
dependent repos are up-to-date.
1. Get a copy of depot_tools repo. ## To request change review
http://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools
2. Create a new directory for checking out the source code. 1. Follow the steps above to get the source and build it.
mkdir breakpad && cd breakpad
3. Run the `fetch` tool from depot_tools to download all the source repos. 2. Make changes. Build and test your changes.
`fetch breakpad`
4. Make changes. Build and test your changes.
For core code like processor use methods above. For core code like processor use methods above.
For linux/mac/windows, there are test targets in each project file. For linux/mac/windows, there are test targets in each project file.
5. Commit your changes to your local repo and upload them to the server. 3. Commit your changes to your local repo and upload them to the server.
http://dev.chromium.org/developers/contributing-code http://dev.chromium.org/developers/contributing-code
e.g. `git commit ... && git cl upload ...` e.g. `git commit ... && git cl upload ...`
You will be prompted for credential and a description. You will be prompted for credential and a description.
6. At https://codereview.chromium.org/ you'll find your issue listed; click on 4. At https://codereview.chromium.org/ you'll find your issue listed; click on
it, and select Publish+Mail, and enter in the code reviewer and CC it, and select Publish+Mail, and enter in the code reviewer and CC
google-breakpad-dev@googlegroups.com google-breakpad-dev@googlegroups.com