Re: INSTALL and buildprep

2017-02-23 Thread Gary E. Miller
Yo Hal! > Hal Murray : > Does buildbot have a crossbuild case? Say building for a Raspberry > Pi on an Intel platform. Yes, but not one that is working. RGDS GARY --- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109

Re: INSTALL and buildprep

2017-02-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Hal Murray : >e...@thyrsus.com said: >> Right now we have one action (pull all dependencies from the platform's >> package manager) and no switches. What switches and actions need to be >> added? > >show about to be installed files Well, that's a problem - because that

Re: INSTALL and buildprep

2017-02-23 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Hal Murray : > > There is a tangle in this area, and I think you are the right one to sort it > all out. Agreed, this is definitely an architecture and software-engineering issue and thus right in my wheelhouse. > buildprep is is the tip of an interesting iceberf.