# HG changeset patch # User Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com> # Date 1193417112 25200 # Node ID 28180922bc19dc31223ceed66358cd108e2e2124 # Parent cdd77491efaac8f60428cbf0ef92ec8b566f5b60 Add a basic README file to libcmpiutil (without libxml2 as a requirement) Signed-off-by: Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com> diff -r cdd77491efaa -r 28180922bc19 README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README Fri Oct 26 09:45:12 2007 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ + libcmpiutil : A CMPI toolkit library for writing providers + +Libcmpiutil is a library of utility functions for CMPI providers. It +is free software available under the GNU Lesser General Public +License. The goal is to reduce the amount of repetitive work done in +most CMPI providers by encapsulating common procedures with more +"normal" APIs. This extends from operations like getting typed +instance properties to standardizing method dispatch and argument +checking. + +The latest version of the library can be found here: + + http://libvirt.org/hg/libcmpiutil + + Development discussion currently takes place on the libvirt-cim + mailing list: + + https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-cim + +Building +-------- + +Requirements: + + - Pegasus or SFCB development headers + - Lex (if enabling the EO parser) + - Yacc (if enabling the EO parser) + - doxygen + +Procedure: + + $ ./autogen.sh + $ # You probably want the EO parser enabled + $ ./configure --enable-eoparser + $ make + $ sudo make install