From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H8GkM-0004w2-3V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:59:06 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0KDwAki004882; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:58:10 GMT Received: from mail46.e.nsc.no (mail46.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.46]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0KDw9TY020079 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:58:10 GMT Received: from mail.nor.wtbts.org ([213.234.126.131]) by mail46.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l0KDw9Px003397 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:58:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.nor.wtbts.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3345D3FC1B for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:58:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.nor.wtbts.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28938-04 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:58:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.0.25.12] (unknown [10.0.25.12]) by mail.nor.wtbts.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF2D3FA3A for ; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:58:08 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] Updating embedded systems From: Natanael Copa To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <45B2103E.5030209@wildgooses.com> References: <45B2103E.5030209@wildgooses.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:24:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1169303047.30407.13.camel@studio> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at wtbts.no X-DCC-nextmail-Metrics: mail46.nsc.no 10046; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Archives-Salt: 33d8f6f8-ee9a-463b-ade3-c7ec24a4259c X-Archives-Hash: 45667f1168a49684b0f41a5338ef7f22 On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 12:51 +0000, Ed W wrote: > I'm considering building a really stripped down environment to run > Asterisk on an epia based machine. There are actually quite a lot of > resources available on this box so it's not quite "embedded", but I was > wondering what the recommended ways are of distributing updated packages > if I went down either the GNAP route, or simply built a tiny system > using ROOT=...? > > I notice the post previously which mentioned qmerge (which I hadn't > previously heard of). Is this the best/only option? How do others > update a base system once built? I use portage only in the build system (chroot on my desktop) I make binary packages that I convert to my own format (http://apk-tools.sourceforge.net) That way I can append a pre-install/post-install/pre-upgrade/post-upgrade script and easily install/delete/upgrade packages in the runtime system. http://alpinelinux.org (It has packages for asterisk too btw...) > > Grateful for some pointers to research further > > Ed W -- gentoo-embedded@gentoo.org mailing list