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  85 NAME="CONFIG-TOOL-COMPONENT-REPOSITORY">The Component Repository</H1
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  87 >When you invoke the <SPAN
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  89 >eCos</SPAN
  90 > <SPAN
  91 CLASS="APPLICATION"
  92 >Configuration Tool</SPAN
  93 >, it accesses the Component
  94           Repository, a read-only location of configuration
  95           information. For an explanation of &#8220;Component
  96           Repository&#8221; see <A
  97 HREF="cdl-concepts.html"
  98 >Chapter 24</A
  99 >.</P
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 101 >The <SPAN
 102 CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
 103 >eCos</SPAN
 104 > <SPAN
 105 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 106 >Configuration Tool</SPAN
 107 > will look
 108           for a component repository using (in descending order of preference):</P
 109 ><P
 110 ></P
 111 ><UL
 112 ><LI
 113 ><P
 114 >A location specified on the command line</P
 115 ></LI
 116 ><LI
 117 ><P
 118 >The component repository most recently used by the
 119 current user</P
 120 ></LI
 121 ><LI
 122 ><P
 123 >An <SPAN
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 125 >eCos</SPAN
 126 > distribution under <TT
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 128 >/opt/ecos</TT
 129 > (under
 130 Linux) or a default location set by the installation procedure (under
 131 Windows)</P
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 133 ><LI
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 135 >User input</P
 136 ></LI
 137 ></UL
 138 ><P
 139 >The final case above will normally only occur if the previous
 140           repository has been moved or (under Windows) installation information stored in
 141           the Windows registry has been modified; it will result in a dialog box
 142 being displayed that allows you to specify the repository location:</P
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 147 ><B
 148 >Figure 15-2. Repository relocation dialog box</B
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 152 SRC="pix/repos-relocate.png"></P
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 160 >Configuration Tool</SPAN
 161 > you are obliged to provide a
 162           valid repository location. </P
 163 ><P
 164 >In the rare event that you subsequently wish to change
 165           the component location, select
 166           <SPAN
 167 CLASS="emphasis"
 168 ><I
 169 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 170 >Build</I
 171 ></SPAN
 172 >-&gt;<SPAN
 173 CLASS="emphasis"
 174 ><I
 175 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 176 >Repository</I
 177 ></SPAN
 178 >
 179           and the above dialog box will then be displayed.</P
 180 ><P
 181 >You can check the location of the current repository, the current save file
 182 path, and the current hardware template and default package,
 183 by selecting <SPAN
 184 CLASS="emphasis"
 185 ><I
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 187 >Help</I
 188 ></SPAN
 189 >-&gt;<SPAN
 190 CLASS="emphasis"
 191 ><I
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 193 >Repository Information...</I
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 195 >.
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