Hi Corey
Thanks a ton for the helpful clues!
I think I've almost got my mind wrapped around this stuff - but just to be
certain, I'd like to clarify one thing.
My goal is pretty simple right now: I just want to create a second gentoo
installation on a separate partition, which is built from the ground-up using
uclibc - I'm still using the same platform/architecture ( i686 ), so I'm not
trying to target some different embedded device or anything, and I _do_
want to have a complete toolchain ( including portage ) on this uclibc-based
gentoo partion.
My intention/aim is to only cross-compile the minimal environment necessary
to be able to chroot into this new partition and begin emerging the rest of the
software I want, as per a normal/standard gentoo install. Restated, I'm simply
after a uclibc-based/built gentoo system.
With that said, do I still need to emerge the libraries into a separate
"SOMEXTOOLCHAIN"
ROOT? Or am I able to somehow just install those same libraries directly into
"YOUROTHERROOT" ROOT ( i.e., my separate partition, where I want my uclibc-based
gentoo to reside? )
This depends mostly on your intentions and for sure on the packages
options. If you have the choice, to statically compile the libs into the
packages, then you don't need it in your minimal-root. This is an
option, when the package has a static use flag. But if it has no option
for static compiling, then the package needs to have the lib available
because it uses the lib at runtime. For example, busybox supports static
compiling and is able to run without any library, if you give it the
static use flag. But be aware of other packages. Most of them don't
support it.
-daniel
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