I asked this question on android-platform@googlegroups.com but never received a response. I suspect most (if not all) people compiling the Android platform are using some version of Ubuntu ... hence the lack of response. I would not normally cross post but am hopeful that another CentOS 5.4 user (not on the android-platform forum) might have successfully built the Android platform. I would be extremely grateful if he or she could publish the procedure they used to do so. In any event here is the motivation of why I want to build the Android platform and a description of the problem I encountered:
I have a Samsung Moment which the Android module adb will not detect due to a bug in usb_linux.c. Therefore I have been trying to compile a patched version of adb on Centos 5.4. I have followed these instructions in effort to build adb on cupcake:
cd $HOME/download/android repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git -b cupcake repo sync cd system/core/adb patch -b usb_linux.c usb_linux.c.patch cd ../../.. make adb
build/core/product_config.mk:261: WARNING: adding test OTA key ============================================ TARGET_PRODUCT=generic TARGET_BUILD_VARIANT=eng TARGET_SIMULATOR= TARGET_BUILD_TYPE=release TARGET_ARCH=arm HOST_ARCH=x86 HOST_OS=linux HOST_BUILD_TYPE=release BUILD_ID= ============================================ /bin/bash: line 0: cd: dalvik/libcore//mnt/home/ganci/download/android//dalvik/libcore:/ No such file or directory /bin/bash: line 0: cd: dalvik/libcore//mnt/home/ganci/download/android//dalvik/libcore:/ No such file or directory dalvik/libcore/Android.mk:150: dalvik/libcore//mnt/home/ganci/download/android/dalvik/libcore/sub.mk: No such file or directory make: execvp: /bin/bash: Argument list too long make: *** No rule to make target `dalvik/libcore//mnt/home/ganci/ download/android/dalvik/libcore/sub.mk'. Stop.
Everything works until the make. I have tried several different variations including making everything but everytime it seems the make is very confused about the directory structure. It is as if make is concatenating the relative directory dalvik/libcore with the full path /mnt/home/ganci/download/android/dalvik/libcore. I am open to suggestions.
Thanks.