The creation of a qconf-override file / staging area is required in order to prevent you from overwriting your OS 
installation with the binaries that you're building.

The ^D (Ctrl-D) should be the thing that completes the "cat" command.  Alternatively, you can use an editor to create 
the qconf-override file.  I use the following contents

USE_INSTALL_ROOT=1
INSTALL_ROOT_nto=$(HOME)/stage 

which stores the build products under a stage directory in my home directory


   Robert.

-----Original Message-----
From: thanos tzois [mailto:community-noreply@qnx.com]
Sent: Wed 1/7/2009 4:27 AM
To: builds-networking
Subject: build problem with cat <qconf ...instruction
 
hello,
iam new to qnx
i try to build qnx 6.4.0
i've downloaded the source and i try to follow the instructions
i try to configure  the override makefile stub step
but when i put the instruction
cat >qconf-override.mk  the execution of the instruction never ends...
i tried not to use step 2 and 3 but i get error in the building process...
any ideas???
are steps 2 and 3 important and why??

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