Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> [12-08-06 17:36]: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am asking, because I found not only one description of somehow > > complicated setups to compile a distribution (namely gentoo) for a > > platform "A" (Beaglebone TI OMAP4) on that platform with distcc to > > speedup things or with emulated chroot environments based on qemu... > > > > I thought it would be the easiest to compile the whole stuff on a host > > system "B" with a crosscompilation toolchain...but may be I have > > overlooked something important... > > Seems the best way to me, too. > > > So - is there any logical reason, which prevents the process of the > > compilation of a complete distribution/rootfs/boot-mechanism for > > a platform "A" on a hostsystem of the platform "B" if the cross > > compilation toolchain is already installed on "B" and no emulated > > environment is wanted? > > So you want to "install" the packages into a virtual filesystem image > on the compiler machine to create a whole disk image for the target, > basically? Hmmm. Maybe something like Scratchbox can help with this. > Hi Paul,
...yes, exactly. But theproblem remains...is there a logical reason, which renders this attempt useless ? Best regards, mcc
