Am Montag 14 Juli 2008 20:30:43 schrieb Jim Morris: > Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > > (Note: taking the mailing list back into the loop) > > > > Am Montag 14 Juli 2008 05:53:05 schrieb Jim Morris: > >> Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > >>> Am Montag 14 Juli 2008 02:07:40 schrieb Jim Morris: > >>>> Thanks I have, I'm new to this so I wasn't even aware of what is OE > >>>> and what is OM. Is there a wiki page explaining that? > >>> > >>> Yes, please see the wiki page called 'OpenEmbedded'. In a nutshell, OE > >>> is a distribution buildkit, Om is a distribution built with > >>> OpenEmbedded. > >>> > >>> :M: > >> > >> Ok thanks, actually what I meant was is there something that says what > >> is the domain of OE (ie in this case ruby), and what is the domain of OM > >> (I presume most of the applications). > > > > Every recipe is in OpenEmbedded, but Openmoko maintains the OpenEmbedded > > recipes for their own applications. > > > >> When you build things like ruby, do I use mokomakefile or bitbake? > > > > I use BitBake, since I'm a) one of the founders of OpenEmbedded and b) > > work on customizing distributions. You should perhaps use the makefile > > unless you're into customizing the distribution. > > Ok Thanks that is useful info. I played with bitbake for about 4 hours, and > it fails to build several of the tools.
Please report this to the OE bugzilla. The OE team wants it to work. -- :M:
