Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:17:02 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Rong-en Fan <grafan@gmail.com> Subject: Re: -current cross compile for -stable Message-ID: <46D50F5E.6010505@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <E1IQGbZ-000Eoo-Pm@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> References: <E1IPxEc-0001jJ-4f@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> <20070828213044.GB89132@dragon.NUXI.org> <E1IQGbZ-000Eoo-Pm@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig48F6C2E304EEEC8358233324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Danny Braniss wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 12:19:42PM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: >>>> On 8/28/07, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> 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=3D/r+d/obj/cs4 >>>>>> cd /r+d/6.2/src; make TARGET_ARCH=3Damd64 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. >=20 > one of the things that attracted me to FreeBSD was the fact that I coul= d=20 > 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 othe= r way, > just before upgrading. >=20 > So now I have some questions: > - Is documented !=3D supported? > - is building on a RELENG for CURRRENT ok? I think there is some misunderstanding. The supported way is to "upgrade", means to compile -CURRENT for instance, from a RELENG base; the reverse, however, is not well "supported". The "official" way to cross compile older sources on a newer world is to create a chroot environment. Cheers, --=20 Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! --------------enig48F6C2E304EEEC8358233324 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG1Q9eOfuToMruuMARCnb5AJoDDcYp2jUkbWp69NIrsr2OxGUgjgCfSvSy Tx9ysfEGfg1Z5Z9LyaXtJ6w= =p1yH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig48F6C2E304EEEC8358233324--
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