cross-building ports
Is there a command-line option to cause ports to be built for a different architecture than that of the native system? -Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cross-building ports
On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:47:24PM -0800, Paul Allen wrote: Is there a command-line option to cause ports to be built for a different architecture than that of the native system? This is not supported. Kris pgpHuFhxC54fl.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cross-building ports
Thanks for clarifying that I wasn't just missing the obvious. I suppose that's not surprising given all the complicated things some builds do to configure themselves based on testing the environment. What about the simple case of building ia32 on an amd64 host? (Assuming WITH_LIB32 has been set in make.conf) I have the impression that amd64 has been setup with an eye toward running a pure amd64 setup, but one of the principle benefits of amd64 is it's support for i386 binaries and libraries... It would be nice (and probably easier on many ports) if the system was geared to have more ia32 centric userland--which I might add is the tradition for mang 64-bit OSs. Having my 64-bit ls is great and all, but really unnecessary + wasteful. Are these sorts of changes in the pipeline or? -Paul From Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:08:44PM -0800: On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:47:24PM -0800, Paul Allen wrote: Is there a command-line option to cause ports to be built for a different architecture than that of the native system? This is not supported. Kris -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 01:27:17PM -0800, Jonathan Dama wrote: Thanks for clarifying that I wasn't just missing the obvious. I suppose that's not surprising given all the complicated things some builds do to configure themselves based on testing the environment. What about the simple case of building ia32 on an amd64 host? (Assuming WITH_LIB32 has been set in make.conf) I have the impression that amd64 has been setup with an eye toward running a pure amd64 setup, but one of the principle benefits of amd64 is it's support for i386 binaries and libraries... It would be nice (and probably easier on many ports) if the system was geared to have more ia32 centric userland--which I might add is the tradition for mang 64-bit OSs. Having my 64-bit ls is great and all, but really unnecessary + wasteful. Are these sorts of changes in the pipeline or? I don't believe anyone is working on it, but you can always just use precompiled packages. Kris pgpGttgNuwvh8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Cross building ports
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 01:04:34PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: You can't generally cross-build packages for different architectures. Kris Rats! That's what I was afraid of. Will have to see if I can get my hands on an i386 package builder... Thanks, Kris. Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cross building ports
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 09:44:11AM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 01:04:34PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: You can't generally cross-build packages for different architectures. Kris Rats! That's what I was afraid of. Will have to see if I can get my hands on an i386 package builder... You can always just download the prebuilt packages from the ftp site.. If you really want to use your amd64 machine to build i386 packages, you can boot it in i386 mode (i.e. install a partition with a copy of FreeBSD/i386) and use that to build them. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Cross building ports
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 02:45:52AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: Rats! That's what I was afraid of. Will have to see if I can get my hands on an i386 package builder... You can always just download the prebuilt packages from the ftp site.. If you really want to use your amd64 machine to build i386 packages, you can boot it in i386 mode (i.e. install a partition with a copy of FreeBSD/i386) and use that to build them. Yep, could do. However, we need certain customisations for several packages, which makes it impractical in our case. I have an i386 machine I can put to good use to build packages, so a solution is in sight. Thanks for your time, Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Cross building ports
After installing the port on your build box go ahead and run the make package on the /usr/port/portname directory. The resulting package will be in that directory. Copy it to your other i386 box and pkg_add pgkname and it will work. I have even done it with newer FBSD operation system version on build box and the created pkg ran fine on production box with older FBSD version. But never did it between major versions 5.x build box to 4.x production box. I would say since the buildworld works for your amd64 world the packages should be ok also. Give it an try to verify. I normally only use pkg_add -r from the FBSD site. Only do port install when I need non-standard config of package. Good luck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Bye Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 12:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cross building ports Hi all, Don't know if what I want to do is possible - but there's no harm in asking, eh? I have a central build server running FreeBSD-5.2.1 amd64, which is happily building world/kernel for amd64 and i386. In order to keep everything all on the same machine, I would like to be able to build packages from ports for both platforms. Is this doable? I have checked the mailing list archives, and nothing that seems relevant came back. Can't seem to figure it out from the docs, man pages, handbook etc. Any advice welcome, even if it's no more than get another build box! Thanks for your time, Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cross building ports
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 05:36:53PM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: Hi all, Don't know if what I want to do is possible - but there's no harm in asking, eh? I have a central build server running FreeBSD-5.2.1 amd64, which is happily building world/kernel for amd64 and i386. In order to keep everything all on the same machine, I would like to be able to build packages from ports for both platforms. Is this doable? I have checked the mailing list archives, and nothing that seems relevant came back. Can't seem to figure it out from the docs, man pages, handbook etc. Any advice welcome, even if it's no more than get another build box! Thanks for your time, You can't generally cross-build packages for different architectures. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
