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authorChris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>2015-07-22 21:21:46 +1200
committerSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2015-07-28 10:36:25 -0600
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patman: add distutils based installer
To make it easier to use patman on other projects add a distutils style installer. Now patman can be installed with cd u-boot/tools/patman && python setup.py install There are also the usual distutils options for creating source/binary distributions of patman. Tested-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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+How to install it
+=================
+
+The most up to date version of patman can be found in the U-boot sources.
+However to use it on other projects it may be more convenient to install it as
+a standalone application. A distutils installer is included, this can be used
+to install patman:
+
+$ cd tools/patman && python setup.py install
+
+
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