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[Ltib] why are the host tools built in rpm format?
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Robert P. J. Day |
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[Ltib] why are the host tools built in rpm format? |
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:37:11 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) |
if you can stand one more newbie question, i'm unclear on why the
host-side ltib tools are built in rpm format, then installed under
/opt/freescale/ltib.
having worked with other similar build systems (such as openwrt),
i'm well aware of the need to first generate all of the essential
native (host) tools -- things like wget, genext2fs and so on. but
why do they need to be created in rpm format, particularly if they
already exist on the development system?
currently, i'm running a fedora 9 system, which has all of rpm,
wget and so on already installed. yet the ltib system insists on
rebuilding all of those, then installing them in an rpm-rooted
directory for no obvious reason that i can see.
as long as a (native) build utility exists on the system, is there
really a pressing need to build it all over again? or is there
something tricky happening with that rpm-rooted install directory that
i'm just not seeing (maybe something involving "chroot" or something)?
thanks.
rday
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