HOWTO: compile mkbootimg/mkbootfs
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| get Android source code: http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html | |
| $ cd /path/to/android-src | |
| $ cd system/core/libmincrypt/ | |
| $ gcc -c *.c -I../include | |
| $ ar rcs libmincrypt.a *.o | |
| $ cd ../mkbootimg | |
| $ gcc mkbootimg.c -o mkbootimg -I../include ../libmincrypt/libmincrypt.a | |
| $ cd ../cpio | |
| $ gcc mkbootfs.c -o mkbootfs -I../include | |
| copy system/core/mkbootimg/mkbootimg, system/core/cpio/mkbootfs to a directory in your path. |
I'd rather do this at system/core(it's one line!):
gcc -o /tmp/mkbootimg libmincrypt/.c mkbootimg/mkbootimg.c -Iinclude
gcc -o /tmp/unpackbootimg libmincrypt/.c mkbootimg/unpackbootimg.c -Iinclude
mkbootimg has been removed on 2019-05-28:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/4952ef749478683165e24a441496b46dfe0f64bb
Debian still has it in its repositories: apt install mkbootimg
You should now specify that those instructions work on android 4.x.
Made an AUR package anyway.
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