Re: [sleuthkit-users] Linux Autopsy and Packaging
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Re: [sleuthkit-users] Linux Autopsy and Packaging
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From: Jon S. <JSt...@St...> - 2017-07-14 22:28:03
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Travis CI can be a useful tool for checking Linux builds. It has good GitHub integration, so a push to GitHub can trigger a new build of a branch and then GitHub will display whether the build is working on the PR screen. I use Jenkins in a similar manner to manage my projects, but Travis CI is a good lightweight solution, and it's free for open source projects. IMNSHO, it's essential to use automated tooling like this when working with nontrivial cross-platform builds. Jon > -----Original Message----- > From: Hoyt Harness [mailto:hoy...@gm...] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 5:41 PM > To: Adam Dershowitz <de...@al...> > Cc: Brian Carrier <ca...@sl...>; sleuthkit-users <sleuthkit- > us...@li...> > Subject: Re: [sleuthkit-users] Linux Autopsy and Packaging > > For those not aware of the issues... > > Autopsy still sometimes exhibits compile errors depending on which > branches were used as source for both Autopsy and The Sleuth Kit. So > far, no one really understands why as far as I know, but the master > branches of each one seem to work together and correctly compile more > often than the develop branches. I'll need to review my emails from > Richard to remember what the latest status of this is. > > Getting Autopsy to consistently compile on Linux or Mac is only part of > the challenge. Some of the included dependencies, such as Photorec, are > Windows binaries. To also include *NIX binaries increases installer > bloat since everyone gets everything, whether you need it or not. It's > pretty big at it is. Making those binaries additional downloads at > installation time changes how the Windows installation works currently, > which might upset folks who depend on that part remaining the same. > > The best option in my mind is to leave the Windows install routine alone > and trigger the prerequisite downloads/installs of the *NIX dependencies > when the deb/rpm/dmg install file runs. One problem there is insuring > the right version of those dependencies. Older versions of some might be > tricky or impossible to get for various reasons, which would result in a > failed or broken install. If the dependencies are ok, Autopsy has to > call those and not the ones for a Windows environment. Java logic to > determine the client OS is already there, so a little code in the right > places to choose the OS-specific binary based on that is all that's > needed. > > It's just not a straightforward proposition unfortunately and the > solution can't introduce regressions. Then again, challenges are what > makes life fun. Also, I'm not with Basis. I've just spent a lot of time > on this. > > On Jul 14, 2017 12:21 PM, "Adam Dershowitz" <de...@al... > <mailto:de...@al...> > wrote: > > > That is great news. I am very glad that hear that the Mac version > is not completely gone! I do wish you luck, and look forward to again > having Mac and Linux support. > > > --Adam > > > > > On Jul 14, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Hoyt Harness > <hoy...@gm... <mailto:hoy...@gm...> > wrote: > > I'm definitely working on both Linux and Mac porting. I've > been otherwise occupied lately with retirement coming up fast and > haven't had as much time to work on it. Right now, I'm working on those > WIN binaries and specific scripts (Photorec, RegRipper, etc.). I'll be > testing a debian packaging option (soon I hope) that will pull in those > dependencies instead of requiring them as includes in the Autopsy > package. I stay in touch with both Richard and Jonathan all the way > through. I won't likely have much time until after August 1st and even > then I've got to figure out where my donut money will be coming from. > Regardless, I won't give up and I'd love to work with Barry and anyone > else interested. > > Hoyt > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Barry Grundy > <bg...@gm... <mailto:bg...@gm...> > wrote: > > > I'd love to help out. I package quite a few forensic > programs for Slackware, but I'm not a programmer and I rely a ton on > documentation. But if I can assist, I'd be happy to contribute to the > conversation. > > Barry > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Brian Carrier > <ca...@sl... <mailto:ca...@sl...> > wrote: > > > The topic of getting Autopsy packaged up on a Linux > distro has come up again and I wanted to reach out to see who was > building Autopsy on Linux and who was doing packaging work so that we > can all work together and make this happen. can you let me know if you > can help out in either? > > > I made a github issues > <https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/issues/2938> to track the > development results. > > > thanks, > > brian > > > --------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the > world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org > <http://Slashdot.org> ! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > sleuthkit-users mailing list > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users> > http://www.sleuthkit.org > <http://www.sleuthkit.org/> > > > > > > > > -- > > ---- > Barry Grundy > bg...@gm... <mailto:bg...@gm...> > bg...@li... <mailto:bg...@li...> > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the > world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org <http://Slashdot.org> > ! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > sleuthkit-users mailing list > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit- > users <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users> > http://www.sleuthkit.org <http://www.sleuthkit.org/> > > > > > > > -- > > Hoyt > ----------------- > There are 11 kinds of people - those who think binary jokes > are funny, those who don't, ...and those who don't know binary. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org <http://Slashdot.org> ! > http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________ > <http://sdm.link/slashdot_______________________________________________ > > > sleuthkit-users mailing list > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sleuthkit-users> > http://www.sleuthkit.org > > |
