Subject: Re: cross compile userland
To: Justin Newcomer <liquidice5@gmail.com>
From: Bruce O'Neel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 05/18/2005 10:08:18
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:27:30AM -0400, Justin Newcomer wrote:
> i ended up getting it to sorta work with 
> 
> ./build.sh -m cobalt -u distribution
> (for the cross compile)
> 
> then sending the destdir.cobalt to the other machine
> i built the tools, then told it to install using the -D /usr/obj/destdir.cobalt
> 
> it worked for the most part, but for some reason alot of permissions
> got screwed up,
> mysql, the chrooted named and ntpd, as well as the /tmp and /usr/tmp
> 
> just thought i would thank everyone and note it in case anyone else
> tried to do it and had issues
> 
> i built the sets, but wasnt exactly sure how to install them inplace
> except for a manual extracting of the tgz's and I didnt know if that
> would screw something up so i just worked at it till I got build.sh to
> work

Just untar, but, make sure you use the -p option to keep permissions.

cheers

bruce

> 
> -justin
> 
> On 5/13/05, Luke Mewburn <lukem@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 02:50:02PM -0400, Justin Newcomer wrote:
> >   | hey
> >   |
> >   | I have a cobalt qube, which isnt the fastest processor in the world,
> >   | so I want to cross compile my userland (i already cross compiled my
> >   | kernel)
> >   |
> >   | doing the cross compile is no big deal, i have it done already
> >   | but once I have all the new binaries, I cant figure out how to do the install
> >   |
> >   | ./build.sh -u install=/
> >   | would only work if it was a local machine
> >   | and i dont really wanna / cant take my qube's hard drive out
> >   | ( my cross compile environment is running in vmware )
> > 
> > I use
> >         ./build.sh [options] distribution sets
> > 
> > This will build all of userland and create sets a la "build.sh release",
> > without building all the release kernels & floppies that a full
> > "build.sh release" does.
> > 
> > 
> >
> 

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