Re: [gentoo-embedded] Current Status?

[Alex]

I'm very proficient in C/C++. I'm also fairly skilled at doing shell 
scripts and makefiles.  I know a little perl and have a good handle on 
regular expressions.

I'm familiar with how to configure and compile applications from scratch.

I joined this list because I was trying to use Gentoo to make chroot 
jails.  I was trying to do something like

 	ROOT="/jail" emerge apache.

And get something that worked and was also fairly minimal. What really 
annoys me about portage is that the configure/compile/install cmds are 
tied directly to the version of the ebuild.  If you make your own custom 
builds, you have to make a new one for each incremental version of an app, 
or else suffer the consequences.

I also felt that perhaps there should be a distinction between 
dependencies for building an app versus dependencies for using it. (e.g. 
linux-headers are never needed at runtime!). It sorta makes sense to not 
distinguish these for a normal desktop, but not for cross-compiling on 
embedded systems.

I was considering developing some automated scripts in a 
Linux-From-Scratch style.  Then, I realized that for cross-compiling, the 
same problem applies and perhaps I could work with (or learn from) this 
forum.

-Alex


On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Ned Ludd wrote:

> help is always welcome in a community driven project.
>
> What do you do really good?
> What are your goals for portage?
> What build scenario's are you  trying to accomplish?
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>> --
>> gentoo-embedded@g.o mailing list
> --
> Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
> Gentoo (hardened,security,infrastructure,embedded,toolchain) Developer
>

--
gentoo-embedded@g.o mailing list