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Dec 07 10:49:19 <alexissoft> hi
Dec 07 10:59:31 <gfinder_mib> need help on layout??
Dec 07 11:13:35 <gfinder_mib> anyone can help on android layout?
Dec 07 11:14:15 <gfindster_dev1> its late
Dec 07 11:34:37 <gfindster_dev> hello
Dec 07 11:34:48 <gfinder_mib> hey
Dec 07 11:35:55 <gfinder_mib> got discon
Dec 07 11:39:27 <gfindster_dev> bak
Dec 07 20:25:35 <kirberich> when one has compiled the android source, is there a simple way to change something in the system and repack everything as an image the emulator can boot?
Dec 07 20:25:55 <kirberich> I would just mount system.img but apparently it's not possible to mount a yaffs system on the host pc
Dec 07 20:26:16 <jbq> Change the source code, type "make" ?
Dec 07 20:27:00 <kirberich> what if i just want to change something in the file system, like add a setuid shell?
Dec 07 20:27:40 <jbq> tweaking the appropriate makefiles should do that. I think that ping runs suid, you can see how it's setup.
Dec 07 20:28:17 <jbq> The other option, of course, is to adb push the file, and adb shell a chown/chmod, but that's not a reproducible/scalable approach.
Dec 07 20:29:28 <kirberich> this would really all be a lot easier if one could mount yaffs images. especially because if I understand it right, the source release doesn't include all the apps
Dec 07 20:29:30 <kirberich> (like maps)
Dec 07 20:30:10 <jbq> i think that there are tricks on linux to emulate a NAND flash in software (other than on the emulator) that allow to access a yaffs2 image.
Dec 07 20:30:27 <jbq> (don't ask me how, I just think I remember hearing about it).
Dec 07 20:30:35 <kirberich> I haven't found one yet. Only peolpe saying "it's not possible, do it in the emulator"
Dec 07 20:32:13 <jbq> it's only software, so it's got to be possible. might not have been done, though. maybe you could ask on the android-porting mailing list, someone might have bumped into that issue and resolved it already.
Dec 07 20:32:25 <jbq> (or at least search the archives)
Dec 07 20:34:22 <kirberich> well probably have to give it some time.
Dec 07 20:45:45 <kirberich> Disconnect, was the you who posted the ircbeta.apk yesterday?
Dec 07 20:45:52 <kirberich> because it appears to have disappeared.
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