From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21641 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Oct 2003 19:06:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 20099 invoked from network); 28 Oct 2003 19:06:56 -0000 From: Vano D Reply-To: gentoo-dev@europeansoftware.com To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20031028185535.GC4744@redhate.futuretel.com> References: <1067271771.28314.8.camel@morello> <20031027213515.GA30120@redhate.futuretel.com> <200310281010.08694.pauldv@gentoo.org> <1067361104.21060.6.camel@morello> <20031028180201.GA4744@redhate.futuretel.com> <1067366570.4852.124.camel@gentoo.europeansoftware.com> <20031028185535.GC4744@redhate.futuretel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1067368016.4850.135.camel@gentoo.europeansoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:06:56 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Embedded X-Archives-Salt: d55da82b-3bdf-4983-8404-98fdd2c1477f X-Archives-Hash: 430d5ee0ad126589603be8b750f19520 On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 19:55, david@futuretel.com wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 07:42:50PM +0100, Vano D wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 19:02, david@futuretel.com wrote: > > > > I would be very interested in seeing how you went about doing this. As I > > understand you use a host gentoo installation to "emerge" packages into > > a clean root. What I wonder is what that root contains? Do you start > > with a skeleton? If so what? and finally do you use the bin package > > feature portage provides to carry this out? > > > > Turns out portage creates a few things it seems to need. /var/db/ > type of files and a couple others. But nothing massive. I don't even > bother emerging portage to the 'fake root'. > > If there is interest from more than a couple of people. I can clean > up the code a bit and post 'submerge' to the list. But do you start from a stagex install on the destination root (which I doubt)? or do you manually create a minimal root system? or is it that you just emerge baselayout and what is needed into the root and let portage create the whole thing for you? (I am speaking of /etc /bin /usr /dev etc. here.) And yes, you have my vote for the script. -- Vano D -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list