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From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for embedded-linux
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:34:11
Message-Id: 20080426143346.GA4236@nibiru.local
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo for embedded-linux by Neil Walker
1 * Neil Walker <neil@×××××××.nu> wrote:
2
3 Hi,
4
5 > You mean something like this?:
6 >
7 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/embedded/index.xml
8
9 AFAIK, portage is far from being suitable for real embedded
10 development. It's lacking essential things like sysroot.
11 Also dozens of ebuilds will hazardouzly fail due bad assumptions
12 like always doing non-foreing installs, building machine can
13 run built code, etc, etc.
14
15 Didn't check the crossdev tool yet, but for creating cross-toolchains
16 I'really recommend crosstool/crosstool-ng.
17
18 If you like to have some portage-alike builder tool which is
19 designed for crosscompiling, let me know :)
20
21
22 cu
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25 Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/
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27 Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce:
28 http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
29 Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions:
30 http://patches.metux.de/
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