On Apr 13, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Tony Mancill wrote:
I'd suggest changing the name of the tinyos-specific AVR toolchain
packages. This will prevent the namespace collisions within the
package
manager. If the managers of the Stanford repository aren't interested
in doing this, you can do it yourself. I don't remember the exact
syntax off the top of my head, but it goes along the lines of:
* extract the current package files with dpkg -x pkg.deb
* extract the current package control info with dpkg -e pkg.deb
* update DEBIAN/control
* repack the deb using dpkg-deb -b
I'll ask Leith (who maintains the repository).
The core WG is generally pretty resistant to just tracking the most
recent avr-gcc and msp430-gcc releases, as each one has its own bugs
and problems. For example, the most recent avr-gcc handles inlining
very differently than the one TinyOS uses, such that you have factors
of three differences in binary sizes.
There has been some talk about updating to a newer version, but my
sense is that the push for this will be supporting new microcontrollers.
Phil
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