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On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 12:51 +0000, Ed W wrote: |
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> I'm considering building a really stripped down environment to run |
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> Asterisk on an epia based machine. There are actually quite a lot of |
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> resources available on this box so it's not quite "embedded", but I was |
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> wondering what the recommended ways are of distributing updated packages |
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> if I went down either the GNAP route, or simply built a tiny system |
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> using ROOT=...? |
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> I notice the post previously which mentioned qmerge (which I hadn't |
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> previously heard of). Is this the best/only option? How do others |
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> update a base system once built? |
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I use portage only in the build system (chroot on my desktop) I make |
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binary packages that I convert to my own format |
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(http://apk-tools.sourceforge.net) That way I can append a |
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pre-install/post-install/pre-upgrade/post-upgrade script and easily |
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install/delete/upgrade packages in the runtime system. |
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http://alpinelinux.org |
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(It has packages for asterisk too btw...) |
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> Grateful for some pointers to research further |
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> Ed W |
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