Gentoo Archives: gentoo-embedded

From: Heath Holcomb <liquidcable@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To?
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:39:13
Message-Id: 200601231232.24144.liquidcable@bulah.com
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To? by Dennis Taylor
1 I wrote the how-to. I haven't built a system in several weeks, so portage has
2 changed a bit (and ebuilds). I plan on updating the how-to in a week or two,
3 if I discover new problems (looks like there are some).
4
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6 heath holcomb
7 liquidcable at bulah.com
8 www.bulah.com
9
10 On Monday 23 January 2006 12:28, Dennis Taylor wrote:
11 > Having followed the other link to
12 > http://www.bulah.com/embedded-guide.html, which seems to be more up to
13 > date, am still having problems. At step 3 I get the following response.
14 >
15 > clwsapp07 root # ROOT=/embedded_rootfs emerge -K uclibc
16 > Calculating dependencies
17 > !!! There are no packages available to satisfy: "uclibc"
18 > !!! Either add a suitable binary package or compile from an ebuild.
19 >
20 > I thought all the previous steps went OK. Even some of the workarounds
21 > seem to no longer be needed. Any ideas?
22 >
23 >
24 >
25 > ________________________________
26 >
27 > From: Joshua ChaitinPollak [mailto:jpollak@×××××××××××.com]
28 > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 11:16 AM
29 > To: gentoo-embedded@l.g.o
30 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] FAQ / How To?
31 >
32 >
33 > This is what I use:
34 >
35 > http://www.bulah.com/embeddedgentoo.html
36 >
37 > My installation is 6 mb, since I'm installing into 32 mb, I haven't
38 > tried too hard to pair it down. I'm installing on Soekris net4526
39 > boards. Keep in mind there are somethings you can do after you build you
40 > filesystem with Gentoo to make the install even smaller:
41 >
42 > Remove /usr/include
43 > Remove all .keep files
44 > Audit the rest of the file system for unnecessary files, expecially /etc
45 > and /var
46 >
47 > I have a series of scripts I've written to automate the process
48 > described in the above howto, and I would like to publish them shortly,
49 > but please don't hold your breath. :)
50 >
51 > -Josh
52 >
53 > On Jan 20, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Dennis Taylor wrote:
54 >
55 >
56 > I have tried various ways of building a root fs with uClibc, but
57 > to no avail. I have monitored this list long enough to know that
58 > someone out there has done it. I need to do it for and X86 target that
59 > must fit in about 1.5 MB of flash that gets copied to RAM and started.
60 >
61 >
62 > The "out of the box" configuration I linked to from the uClibc
63 > site fails in various ways. I like the Gentoo way of doing things, but
64 > the HOWTO link I saved a while back does not work.
65 >
66 > Any pointers to documents that would help me succeed would be
67 > greatly appreciated.
68 >
69 > Dennis Taylor
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