crosstool-NG Debian packaging

[Bryan Hundven]

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 ;)

>>> 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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