Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Glenn McGrath
Hi, thanks for all your replies and suggestions, unfortunately i dont see a clear path ahead. ill have to think longer on this. Glenn

Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Pavel Roskin
Hi, Glenn! > Hi, im trying to make a project im involved with > (http://busybox.lineo.com/) more portable, specifically i want to make it > compile under GNU/Hurd as well as linux. NetBSD and QNX (Neutrino and classic 4.x) would be the real challenge - they are widely applied in embedded systems

Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Eric Siegerman
On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 10:04:10AM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > Hello Glenn, > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 02:53:03PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > > 1) [...] there needs to be a way to only compile [libbb] functions that > > will work on the target machine. > > That is really autoconf's ra

Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Steve M. Robbins
Hello Glenn, On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 02:53:03PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > 1) all libbb files are compiled, however some have system calls that > obviously depend on the linux kernel (and other portability problems), > there needs to be a way to only compile functions that will work on the >

Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Glenn McGrath
On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 07:47:17 -0400 Earnie Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glenn McGrath wrote: > > Current build process goes roughly as follows, there is a manually edited > > config file (Config.h, not to be confused with the autotools config.h) that > > Since you're worried about portabili

Re: configure busybox

2001-09-20 Thread Earnie Boyd
Glenn McGrath wrote: > > Hi, im trying to make a project im involved with > (http://busybox.lineo.com/) more portable, specifically i want to make it > compile under GNU/Hurd as well as linux. > > My initial thoughts were that autotools would be ideal, but busybox is an > unusal project and im u