arne @ loopback . org wrote: >On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 07:52:06AM +0100, Ewald Wasscher wrote: > >>arne @ loopback . org wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>sourceforge/leaf. Note that this is not complete, it does not build a real >>>working root.lrp yet, >>> >>Too bad, that was what I was hoping to see. >> > >Yes, me too ;-) >I am working on it, but as my priority is finding a new job right now, i am >not sure how much time i can spend on it in the next few weeks :( >
That's a pity, I wish you luck finding a job. > > >>>stuff from src.tgz into your src dir (e.g. /usr/src) go into it, become root >>>(needed for some install scripts) , >>> >>Perhaps we should consider the use of fakeroot for the "next-generation" >>leaf, to avoid this. Anyone an opinion? >> > >Yes this might be a way, of course. But the main problem is that there is >time when this will fail, especially creating the real root install dir ( >the root.lrp) which has to be done as root to get the right permissions. >expecially for tinylogin which needs to be suid root.. Or do i >missunderstand fakeroot here ?? > I haven't worked with fakeroot a lot, but AFAIK it was designed exactly for the purpose of building (.deb) packages completely as a non-root user. It isn't a big download, so you could pick it up from debian or rpmfind and have a look at the manpage. > > >>>and make a >>>./makeit make and go out for lunch. If you do that its a good idea to >>>redirect the output to a file... >>>After that use ./makeit install to install the stuff into build/root >>>you find the scripts for making/cleaning in src/scripts all binaries in >>>src/build/ ... >>> >>I will have a look at it, >> > >Thanks, all binaries should be installed correctly, > Execpt that I didn't have kernel sources where iproute2 expected them. >there are some scripts >missing that are not copyied, though. > Have you ever taken a look at an Erik-Andersen-ish buildroot like the tuxscreen-buildroot, the UML-uClibc buildroot? These are all makefiles, and download the missing source-tarballs needed. It looks quite elegant to me. Ewald Wasscher. _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
