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Geert Stappers
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Sun Aug 23 05:34:35 GMT 2020
On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 09:36:09PM -0400, Chris Punches via crossgcc wrote:
> Dear Crosstool-NG Community,
>
> Please let me know if there is another venue to request this, but, I was
> wondering if anyone at the crosstool-ng project were willing to provide paid
> support to integrate crosstool-ng into the build process for a Linux
> distribution that compiles itself?
>
> Basically, I want to use crosstool-ng to build a cross-toolchain for at least
> x86_64 targets in a docker container's /opt/xtools, and our automation would use
> that to cross-compile all the pieces of a chroot at /opt/chroot until we have
> enough to spit out a docker image and a bootable iso in a shared volume with the
> docker host. It is a "distro from source in a box" concept. Will use libc.
>
> Before you type it -- buildroot does not meet my objectives. Unfortunately.
>
> This is after months of struggling with the documentation for both binutils and
> crosstool-ng. The docs make this look pretty easy but I'm finding that the
> tutorials and docs are not resulting in successful builds with rather ambiguous
> blockers.
>
> So, I figure it might be a good idea to see if this is something money can help
> with so that we can get someone more knowledgable than I am providing input on
> it. Even if that paid support is paid training, fine, it's better than what
> we've been trying to do up to this point on that project. I'm open to ideas.
>
> No one seems to know how this works outside of the gigantic brains that occupy
> this mailing list. I know this because I've asked every person on the planet
> about it and can personally confirm. Every. Single. Person. :)
>
> I am eager to move past this piece for a while so I can put more energy into the
> distro itself. If there is a better place to ask or find this kind of support I
> am highly receptive to suggestions.
Idea: Hire what you can hire, give it a clear task/order/assigment.
At "what you can hire": Establish a relation between those who work and
those who pay. Yes, that is a two way relation.
At "it": Company or single person
> Earnestly,
>
> Chris Punches
> Owner
> SILO GROUP, LLC
> chris.punches@silogroup.org
Groeten
Geert Stappers
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