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| ====== Pkgsrc on ARM ====== | ====== Pkgsrc on ARM ====== | ||
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| + | ==== Overview ==== | ||
| Right now, no pkgsrc packages are available on the ARM port for MINIX3. Of course we would love to have pkgsrc on ARM - in fact, it will be a necessity for many real-world uses of MINIX3 on the Beagle platforms. However, current technical shortcomings prevent this. | Right now, no pkgsrc packages are available on the ARM port for MINIX3. Of course we would love to have pkgsrc on ARM - in fact, it will be a necessity for many real-world uses of MINIX3 on the Beagle platforms. However, current technical shortcomings prevent this. | ||
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| In both cases, it is likely that many problems will have to be solved for the actual pkgsrc compilation process, both for bootstrapping pkgsrc itself and for building packages. After all, none of this has ever been tested. Any progress in any direction would be highly welcome though, and we encourage anyone who takes a shot at this to publish their results, even if partial and ending in problems only. | In both cases, it is likely that many problems will have to be solved for the actual pkgsrc compilation process, both for bootstrapping pkgsrc itself and for building packages. After all, none of this has ever been tested. Any progress in any direction would be highly welcome though, and we encourage anyone who takes a shot at this to publish their results, even if partial and ending in problems only. | ||
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| + | ==== Getting started ==== | ||
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| + | Quoting sambuc on IRC (2016-02-09): | ||
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| + | "I would first look to bootstrap pkgsrc on minix/arm. You can take a look at https://github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/pkgsrc-ng/blob/3.3.0/minix/pbulk-ng.sh to see the exact way we bootstrap on minix/x86 | ||
| + | the first step is to do what is within the lines 270-332" | ||
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| + | "then you will be able to use bmake to compile anything you want from pkgsrc" | ||
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| + | "you don't need to build the chroot for now. This is mainly a safety net to ensure a clean environment on minix/x86" | ||
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| + | "and as those steps take a couple of hours already, even on intel, we copy the chroot, to be able to restart from the step n-1 when needed" | ||
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| + | "iirc, the strict minimum to do to get bmake & pkgsrc working is line 273-297, then you have bmake available" | ||
developersguide/pkgsrconarm.txt · Last modified: 2016/02/09 19:49 by dcvmoole
