Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 23:37:45 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Brian Hourigan <brianh@webair.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building 5.x binaries on 6.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <46488249.2070605@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <20070514110906.X42411@digi.webair.com> References: <20070514110906.X42411@digi.webair.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Brian Hourigan wrote: > I'm involved in some software development and we need to provide > precompiled binaries for FreeBSD 5.x from a 6.2-RELEASE system > > I checked through the documentation on the pointyhat package building > cluster, it mentions the machines run 7.0-CURRENT and produces binaries > for 5.x and 6.x.. but I can't find the scripts or any documentation on > how exactly this is accomplished > > If anyone has any information please point me in the right direction, > thanks! A simple way is to install a copy of 5.x userland (by using "make installworld" or using CD-ROM's ./install.sh script) to a jailed environment and then attach to the jail to do the build. Note that more hacking is needed if your application detects kern.osreldate etc. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGSIJJOfuToMruuMARCgonAJ4gWL+YUpMJiai11dbWCLuRU00e1wCdEObC dsyySxNFWJBhJjuKa8S9BnE= =rbxT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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