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On 07:36 Tue 11 Oct , Mark Lybarger wrote: |
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> i'm looking to use catalyst to build binaries (grp?) that the local |
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> machines can use to install. i currently have a script which does the |
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> following: |
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> catalyst -s 2005.8 |
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> catalyst -f ./stage1.spec |
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> catalyst -f ./stage2.spec |
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> catalyst -f ./stage3.spec |
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> catalyst -f ./packagecd.spec.tmp |
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> after all is said and done, hopefully i have a |
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> builds/default/grp-i686-2005.8/cd2/All folder which contains binaries |
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> specified in the packagecd spec file. i merged the packagecd.spec.tmp |
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> with a client's machine's world file, so it may be rather long. next, |
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> i export the All folder and the clinets mount it on their |
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> /usr/portage/packages folder. |
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> i have a couple of questions with this method. |
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> 1. i also get a folder structure of stage3-i686-2005.8/default/All or |
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> some such which contains some packages not found in the grp cd. is it |
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> ok to copy these packages over to the grp folder? i ask this one |
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> because my client machines are giving some x86 .vs. i686 errors with |
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> their gcc stuff after using the binaries to upgrade. thus some |
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> packages don't install from source for them. |
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I believe its ok to do that. grp is basically just an extension of |
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stage3so it shouldnt be an issue. I will have to talk with wolf31o2 but |
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that might be a feature to add to catalyst2. IE have grp and stage3 put |
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the pkgs in the same destination folder. |
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> 2. is there a more common method for building bin files to distribute |
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> to a bunch of internal users? |
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Not that I know of. Catalyst is pretty much one of the best tools for |
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doing this. You may want to look at the tinderbox target though as that |
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builds each package individually and you can find out specific ones that |
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fail. Its something to look at. |
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> 3. how do i set the use flags for the binaries? i see the grp |
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> package can set use flags, is that enough? the machines have a pretty |
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> common use flag settings, but they seem to be slightly different than |
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> the default (dvd, etc). |
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That is enough. With catalyst2 you will be able to setup the |
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/etc/portage structure as well and have per package use flags setup. |
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> thanks! |
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> ~mark |
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