Re: [gentoo-user] Shared libraries in Gentoo
I still try to understand the relation of shared libraries and dynamic libraries. I read that dynamic libraries are linked at runtime. I also read, that you can dynamically link againgst a shared as well as against a normal library. Pardon me, but in my opinion if you're asking this kind of questions, porting the Gentoo build system (or even any non-trivial application without upstream support) to a different and basically unsupported environment is way beyond what you can manage with your current level of technical expertise. In other words, this is not the kind of thing you can solve by iteratively trying to build, look at what breaks and doing a point fix. I am not saying it can't be done, but porting is hard and requires an in-depth knowledge of the source and the target environment, plus a lot of development experience in both. You should begin with that, instead of diving head-first into what is all but a simple task. just my €0.02, andrea
Re: [gentoo-user] Shared libraries in Gentoo
Ciao Andrea, Pardon me, but in my opinion if you're asking this kind of questions, porting the Gentoo build system (or even any non-trivial application without upstream support) to a different and basically unsupported environment is way beyond what you can manage with your current level of technical expertise. I don't know how far I will get. But if I don't have a lot of experience in the C environment, it doesn't mean that I am out of experience or completly dumb. In other words, this is not the kind of thing you can solve by iteratively trying to build, look at what breaks and doing a point fix. It is not a port between two unsupported environments. The Cygwin layer is well supported. Gentoo Prefix does already run on Interix. I only try to reach a wider audience be porting the existing sources to the Cygwin Layer. The gap to close is rather small. I am not saying it can't be done, but porting is hard and requires an in-depth knowledge of the source and the target environment, plus a lot of development experience in both. You should begin with that, instead of diving head-first into what is all but a simple task. Maybe the learning curve is to steep and I have to give up. I already reached more than expected and I did learn a lot. It's not in vain. I have documented the results of my research detailed in the wiki. Anybody can pick it up at that point and doesn't need to go the way from the very beginning. I am not the first one, who tried and sure I am not the last. I also profit from the documentations of my forerunners. Al
Re: [gentoo-user] Shared libraries in Gentoo
* Andrea Conti a...@alyf.net wrote: Pardon me, but in my opinion if you're asking this kind of questions, porting the Gentoo build system (or even any non-trivial application without upstream support) to a different and basically unsupported environment is way beyond what you can manage with your current level of technical expertise. Let him try - learning by doing :) cu -- -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 -- Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme --
