On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: <snip> > I absolutely agree, but I think you're missing the point regarding how I'd > like to use the Gentoo portage system (or something similar). > > I am mainly looking for a way to co-opt a configuration/compiling > environment to make it easy for developers to build and maintain packages. > I currently have NO INTENTIONS of trying to turn a LEAF system into a > self-hosting compile environment (and AFAIK, no one else has suggested it > either). My goal is to try to take something like portage, which > (hopefully) allows the specification of a variety of compile-time > configuration options (like processor type, library support, &c) to > appropritely compile applications for inclusion on a LEAF based system, > while (again hopefully) leveraging a larger community for maintainence and > upgrades. > > Again, please don't think I'm advocating a compile enviornment anywhere > *NEAR* an actual LEAF appliance. I'm simply looking for ways to make > building a compile environment easier and less intrusive, while hopefully > benifiting from work others are doing, rather than re-inventing the wheel. >
My apologies if I was misreading. A LEAF-devel (Branch? Tree?) distro CD built on portage is a nifty idea, though drawing the line between what that disk is and what Gentoo is all by itself could be very tough. It might be easier to make a Dachstein-builder CD... User Mode Linux would be a great thing here for those who don't have VMWare. Theoretically a ports system would be accessible from any system, regardless of type and without UML or VMW. This would let the developers set cross-compile architecture options ahead of time, but it doesn't get around glibc issues. still cogitating on this one... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
