Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Fwd: Rough notes from testing unconference

[Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 03:14:15PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:47:47AM -0700, Olof Johansson wrote:
> ...
> > I have traditionally been using Segher's buildall
> > (http://git.infradead.org/users/segher/buildall.git) to build and
> > populate toolchains locally, and that will no longer be enough. Unless
> > someone convinces Segher to improve his scripts, of course. :)
> 
> fwiw, I've been using Mike Frysinger's crossdev utility on gentoo for
> many years.  While it's tied closely to portage (can't live without it),
> it has the advantage of automatic toolchain updates during regular
> system updates.

I should also mention that I've reliably used it for years to make
minimalist rootfs's, either initrds, or rootfs's on flash.  Which is why
I thought it was relevant to the conversation.

> Currently, I have the following on my build system:
> 
>   aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-
> 
>   arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
>   arm-none-linux-uclibceabi-
> 
>   powerpc-none-linux-gnueabi-
> 
>   mips-none-linux-gnueabi-
>   mips-pc-linux-gnu-
> 
>   s390-none-linux-gnueabi-
> 
>   i586-pc-linux-gnu-
>   x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-
> 
> Admittedly, I use the arm- one the most.
> 
> A while ago I looked at adding crossdev to gentoo-prefix (install gentoo
> inside another OS, like OS X, or debian) which would then make the
> utility much more useful.  But I never found the time to make it a
> reality. :(

thx,

Jason.