Re: [gentoo-alt] Gentoo prefix with host system toolchain?

[Peter Abrahamsen]

I have to agree with everyone else. Especially if you're trying to
provide a foundation for a number of people, building on top of a
variety of moving targets, i.e. peoples' OSs, will be a nightmare.

drobbins says he's going to rewrite Metro in the next few months. Once
he does, I might be interested in working on some scripts for setting
up prefix instances.

Peter

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Jeremy Olexa <darkside@g.o> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:50:20 +0200, Michael Haubenwallner
> <haubi@g.o> wrote:
>> Third hint:
>> Having that many different systems and users feels like becoming a
>> maintenance nightmare when trying to use as much as possible
>> packages from the host system.
>
> Hello,
> I would even go one step farther and say it is VERY difficult to provide
> such a setup with host tools. For example, can one guarantee that every
> host that someone uses has bash-3.2 or greater? Half of my systems don't.
> So, I would argue that you should have more tools in the target prefix
> rather than less from a supportability standpoint (where support is coming
> from you ;) ). It goes without saying that the Gentoo Prefix team is never
> able to support this due to all the variables.
>
> With that being said, please first build up a Gentoo Prefix environment
> like it was intended and then try to replicate it with host tools. You will
> need the experience of knowing how it is suppose to work first and
> foremost.
>
> Good luck,
> Jeremy
>
>