Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 17:57:00 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Oleksandr Tymoshenko <gonzo@bluezbox.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports cross-compilation Message-ID: <20111205235700.GC18310@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <4ED6FD47.6050704@bluezbox.com> References: <4ED6FD47.6050704@bluezbox.com>
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 08:06:31PM -0800, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> - Different sets of patches are required for cross-compilation and
> native build (use PATCHFILES?)
Yes, probably PATCHFILES.
> - Create bare-bone version of bsd.port.mk called bsd.xdev.mk. It
> should contain target called "xpackage" that would manage
> dependencies, install port to ${BUILDROOT}, generate package-related
> files and create a package. No package registration. We have a lot of
> stuff in bsd.port.mk that could be reused -
> fetch/checksum/dependencies. Writing them from scratch makes no sense.
Well, the problem would be keeping bsd.xdev.mk in sync with bsd.port.mk.
It would almost instantly go stale -- despite people's perceptions, a lot
of changes do go into it.
Fixing might be more tractable than you think, but probably only just a
little :-)
As observed earlier, pkgng will fix numerous sins in bsd.port.mk.
mcl
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