Re: crosstool-NG Debian packaging

[Chris Packham <Chris dot Packham at alliedtelesis dot co dot nz>]

On 02/11/2016 09:53 AM, Bryan Hundven wrote:
> Chris,
>
>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>> On 02/11/2016 09:41 AM, Bryan Hundven wrote:
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>>> On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Bryan, Andrew,
>>>>
>>>> I see that there is some movement on packaging crosstool-NG for Debian.
>>>> This is relevant to my interests and I have subscribed to your mailing
>>>> list :).
>>>>
>>>> Is there an open Debian bug for this? I've found a few older ones but
>>>> they all seem to have timed out due to lack of interest.
>>>>
>>>> I'm also interested in the possibility of generating debian packages for
>>>> the toolchains themselves.
>>>
>>> I have no interests in adding package manager support in crosstool-NG for produced toolchains.
>>> If you need such support, create a wrapper script that calls crosstool-ng and creates a package.
>>>
>>
>> Yes that was my intention. We'd need to slip in our kernel headers and
>> libc so it would be custom regardless.
>
> Well, when 1.23 releases, custom location support has been greatly improved.
>
> So really, I would just focus on the creation of the custom package ;)
>

Cool will do.

>>>> We're in the process of updating our cross toolchain(s) and being able
>>>> to distribute .deb files to our developers is quite attractive. Is
>>>> anyone looking at such a capability? If not any pointers?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chris Packham.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> -Bryan
>>>
>>
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Bryan
>


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