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diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/security/afl/README.md b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/security/afl/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..180cad6bc4ca --- /dev/null +++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/security/afl/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Updating the QEMU patches +========================= + +When updating to the latest American Fuzzy Lop, make sure to check for +any new patches to qemu for binary fuzzing support: + +https://github.com/google/AFL/tree/master/qemu_mode + +Be sure to check the build script and make sure it's also using the +right QEMU version and options in `qemu.nix`: + +https://github.com/google/AFL/blob/master/qemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh + +`afl-config.h`, `afl-types.h`, and `afl-qemu-cpu-inl.h` are part of +the afl source code, and copied from `config.h`, `types.h` and +`afl-qemu-cpu-inl.h` appropriately. These files and the QEMU patches +need to be slightly adjusted to fix their `#include`s (the patches +try to otherwise include files like `../../config.h` which causes the +build to fail). |