[ovs-dev] customize OVS

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 04:07:44PM +0100, cui wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I am pretty new in touch with open vswitch, and I downloaded the tarball
> from the official page, following the installation steps for debian, I did
> the following:
> 
> - install dependancies,
> - fakeroot debian/rules binary
> - dpkg -i some_deb_files.deb
> 
> Moreover, I would like also to dig in the source code, implement some other
> stuffs and apply it.. I am wondering is the following step correct if I
> would like to do so:
> 
> - update something in the source folder, e.g. ./lib/ folder,
> - recompile it e.g. by "fakeroot debian/rules binary"
> - dpkg -i *.deb
> 
> Is it the correct way to do so?

That will work, sure.