Re: [Ltib] why are the host tools built in rpm format?

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Robert,

Nothing tricky is going on, but LTIB does need particular version of
some of these packages, so often the host version may not be right.
Also some of them are not available on all distributions.

As far as the rpm format goes, this is so that packages can be
removed/added as required.  In fact (almost) any package you can build
for the target can be safely installed on the host by adding the option:

$ ./ltib --hostcf -p <pkg>

Regards, Stuart

On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 05:37 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   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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