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Hi, |
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:38:52 +0000 |
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Sathish Vasudevaiah <svholla@××××.net> wrote: |
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> As the mythtv box is very slow for compilations, is it possible to |
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> build a binary distribution for that configuration on a different |
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> fast machine ? Last time (Oct.2005) when the stage3 install was done, |
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> I had to put the CFLAGS as "march=i586 -m3dnow" for a stable system. |
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> How to do that in a binary distribution build? |
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On the machine that builds the binary distribution. I used to have a |
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chroot'ed gentoo on my "big iron" in which I maintained an unconfigured |
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Gentoo as binary distribution for some other machines. Later I realized |
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I didn't need ultra-fancy CFLAGs optimization, so I'm now using the |
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Gentoo system that is the main OS on that "big iron" for providing |
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binary packages, trading off a few CPU cycles for not doing all |
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possible optimization. |
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You have many options, but it certainly depends on what machines you |
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have for doing the compilation work. If their architecture doesn't |
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match that of the targeted machine, you can do cross-compiling, but |
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don't expect it to be an easy thing. If, however, architectures do |
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match (x64 is an exception, as it will run x86 code), you can: |
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- create a binary distribution in a chroot, |
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- use the OS on the big iron to provide binary packages (CFLAGs must be |
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set to lowest common denominator), |
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- mount the slow machine's filesystem on the fast machine (e.g. using |
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NFS) and chroot into it and update (OK, this won't necessarily create |
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a binary distribution). |
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-hwh |
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