From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 15 00:29:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB8D91065673 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:29:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from nahkohe.jetcafe.org (nahkohe.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A92998FC12 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:29:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Envelope-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from [205.147.26.5] (hokkshideh4.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.5]) by nahkohe.jetcafe.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q7F0Q1Gu026171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <502AEC99.70708@jetcafe.org> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:26:01 -0700 From: Dave Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120612 Thunderbird/13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Lepore References: <5008728C.5040100@jetcafe.org> <1343846511.1128.34.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <501B0E04.5040901@jetcafe.org> <1343951251.1128.53.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <1343951251.1128.53.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Building ARM ports (was Re: Globalscale Dreamplug and 8.3 RELEASE) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:29:59 -0000 On 08/02/12 16:47, Ian Lepore wrote: > I haven't yet tried to build ports using stock freebsd. At work we have > an arcane and complex and fragile system for cross-building ports, which > I only partially understand. That's the entire problem with cross-building. Ports are very complex systems and I think it's cleaner to just build them in an ARM emulator. There are far too many dependencies to keep track of otherwise, at least for me. When I find time to struggle with QEMU again, I'll try to post a summary here...presuming I can get this to work. -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>>> *The opinions expressed above are entirely my own* <<<< Most anything that annoys you is a mirror.