Re: [gentoo-embedded] Using latest uclibc snapshot from SVN

["Peter S. Mazinger" <ps.m@gmx.net>]

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 ryan.baldwin@nexusalpha.com wrote:

forgotten to answer the rest, here it comes
 
> I have done this by creating a new uclibc-1.0.0.ebuild (version 1.0.0 just to
> provide something.). I place the latest uclibc snapshot in in

I would call it 0.9.28.x, 0.9.29 is the next

> /usr/portage/distfiles/uClibc-1.0.0.tar.gz. To make this build I had to use
> the pregenerated uClibc locale stuff, make the ebuild fix up KERNEL_HEADERS
> rather then KERNEL_SOURCE and in extra/locale 'ln -s ../../include include' so

if you can avoid, dont enable locales
there are some more options that were renamed, ex. MMU related

> this part could find it's headers. I also set 'PATCH_VER=""' assuming that
> these fixes would probarbly be included in the latest SVN version.

correct

> (Please let me know if theres a more appropiate way to do this using the
> uclibc ebuild - I noticed a reference to SVN_VER in the ebuild but it wasnt
> clear how to use this, what it does or if it workes.  )

I create a diff between .28 and svn and use that diff in SVN_VER (if 
SVN_VER is defined, it will apply the "specially named" diff)

> This now build's OK and I can compile everything else against it. The problem
> comes though trying to use it in 
> "crossdev -binutils 2.16.1-r2 -gcc 3.4.5-r1 -libc 1.0.0 -kernel 2.6.16.20 -t
> i386-pc-linux-uclibc"

I mostly use arch-gentoo-linux-uclibc (and the stages of gentoo-embedded 
too), but it is finally not relevant, unless -softfloat-

Peter

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