This document describes how to build Debian packages for Open vSwitch.
To install Open vSwitch on Debian without building Debian packages,
-see [INSTALL](INSTALL.md) instead.
+see [INSTALL.md] instead.
These instructions should also work on Ubuntu and other Debian
derivative distributions.
`DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='parallel=8 nocheck' fakeroot debian/rules binary`
+ (There are a few pitfalls in the Debian packaging building system
+ so that, occasionally, you may find that in a tree that you have
+ using for a while, the build command above exits immediately
+ without actually building anything. To fix the problem, run
+
+ `fakeroot debian/rules clean`
+
+ or start over from a fresh copy of the source tree.)
+
5. The generated .deb files will be in the parent directory of the
Open vSwitch source distribution.
Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
+[INSTALL.md]:INSTALL.md