Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To:	gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Cc:	Suma Sharma <Suma.Sharma@×××××××××××.com>
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-embedded] Building cross toolchain but installing it in a user defined folder.
Date:	Wed, 07 May 2008 14:26:02
Message-Id:	`200805071025.58285.vapier@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-embedded] Building cross toolchain but installing it in a user defined folder. by Suma Sharma

1	On Wednesday 07 May 2008, Suma Sharma wrote:
2	> I want to build a cross compiler toolchain using the "crossdev" utility
3	> but want the utilities to be installed in a user defined folder rather
4	> than in "/usr".
5	> I tried making changes to the ROOT variable, but "crossdev" does not
6	> accept ROOT other than "/".
7	> Also, making changes to the "PREFIX" variable in "toolchain.eclass" did
8	> not help.
9	> Could anybody please help me?
10
11	there is no direct support for this. but the toolchains should all be
12	relocatable, so you could build a binary package and then extract them
13	wherever you want.
14	-mike

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