From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 06:00:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF0A816A480 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from cs1.cs.huji.ac.il (cs1.cs.huji.ac.il [132.65.16.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEA8713C45D for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@cs.huji.ac.il) Received: from pampa.cs.huji.ac.il ([132.65.80.32]) by cs1.cs.huji.ac.il with esmtp id 1IQGbZ-000Eoo-Pm; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:00:41 +0300 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: obrien@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <20070828213044.GB89132@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20070828213044.GB89132@dragon.NUXI.org> Comments: In-reply-to "David O'Brien" message dated "Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:30:44 -0700." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:00:41 +0300 From: Danny Braniss Message-ID: Cc: LI Xin , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Rong-en Fan Subject: Re: -current cross compile for -stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:00:45 -0000 > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:19:42PM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: > > > On 8/28/07, LI Xin wrote: > > > > Danny Braniss wrote: > > > > > till now I used a stable box to cross compile for other > > > > > arch/stable|current. today i decided to try out -current as a > > > > > base to cross compile. does it work? since i get: > > > > > > > > > > export MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/r+d/obj/cs4 > > > > > cd /r+d/6.2/src; make TARGET_ARCH=amd64 buildworld > > > > > ... > > > > This won't work. In order to build -STABLE you have to install a > > > > chrooted RELENG_6 environment and chroot into it to make it work. > > > > > > I think there is a hack for ports' tinderbox, patch is at > > > http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/binutils.diff > > > Not sure it appears in ports@ mailing or tinderbox's. > > > > well, I can confirm that it works. 1)I'm now testing the result > > by using the result to make buildworld - goto 1 :-). > > > > so, if it works for tinderbox, and for me, can it be 'installed'? > > There's no reason to - if you want to build RELENG_6 on a 7.x box, you > should have RELENG_6 chroot to do so. You'll just keep running into > problems as we don't support builds the way you're trying. one of the things that attracted me to FreeBSD was the fact that I could cross-compile. I always, till now, used a RELENG as a base (solid? :-) to build CURRENT, but now, so close to releases, I decided to try the other way, just before upgrading. So now I have some questions: - Is documented != supported? - is building on a RELENG for CURRRENT ok? danny