Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 03:05:54AM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > >> * set of functions for each stage (configure, make, install) etc, >> and between stages. >> * each package can override any of these functions with its own. >> * configure, build, package src and binary package. >> * rather simple, specific and lightweight. >> >>Looking at mknetrel, there are two things that I really miss from my >>self-centered pov: >> >> * setting up the cross building environment. >> > >There should be little, if any cross build environment to set up. You >either have the cross compilers or you don't. > I hate to chime in, but I love Jan's scripts for building a cross-compiler. Let's be frank, building a cross environment is easy, but it is a tedious task somewhat prone to mistakes. Jan's scripts make this task easy and autonomous to execute. Just my opinion, but I think bootstrapping the cross-environment would be an excellent add-on for your script. In most people's case, they do not have the cross-compilers. This would give them the option, should they desire, to bootstrap and build the cross environment from scratch. I don't know about most of you, but I'm lazier than sin, so I suppose that's my reasoning for liking this.
Cheers, Nicholas
