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Sylvain wrote: |
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> Hello ! |
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> My questions are in the title :-) |
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> 1) What about unmasking uclibc ebuild ? Did someone use it ? If so, |
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> are you happy with it, so that it would be possible to unmask it. I |
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> didn't find anything related to it on bugs.gentoo, and very few |
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topics |
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> in forums. |
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uCLibc should not be unmasked, and I was somewhat surprised to learn it |
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was in portage in the first place. Please see the following page: |
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http://cvs.gentoo.org/~zwelch/uclibc.html |
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which summarizes the state of uClibc (in the context of the larger |
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Gentoo Embedded project) as I currently can tell it. I look forward to |
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any comments or corrections for that page, or any other on the site. |
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> 2) Maybe i should submit a bug for that, but i first want to know if |
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> i'm the only person interested in that : i speak about a uclibc use |
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> flag. Packages in particular which could benefit from that are of |
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> course |
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busybox, |
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> but also udhcp, and maybe others ? A package using this flag would |
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> change the PATH variable to /usr/i386-linux-uclibc/usr/bin/:$PATH in |
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> the environnement of econf and emake function. |
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The above page explains why a USE flag is not quite the right solution, |
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and provides a suggested alternative. The new gcc-config should handle |
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the installation of and dynamic switching to uClibc-based compilers and |
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cross-compilers; I personally have looked at this while rewriting |
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gcc-config, so it will be supported - eventually. |
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Don't let this discourage you though: I will be posting a full |
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announcment of the embedded project shortly, and your continued interest |
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with uClibc could help drive that portion of the project forward. |
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Cheers, |
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Zach Welch |
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Gentoo Embedded Lead |
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Superlucidity Services |
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