Subject: Re: [GLUG-tech] busybox port to NetBSD pkgsrc
To: None <ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za>
From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@SoftDux.com>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 01/09/2007 23:03:22
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sOn Tue, 2007-01-09 at 22:14 +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:

> On 09/01/07, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@softdux.com> wrote:
> 
>         Here's a wild shot in the dark:
>         
>         
>         DISTNAME=               busybox-1.3.1
>         #PKGNAME=               busybox-1.3.1
>         CATEGORIES=             sysutils
>         MASTER_SITES=           http://busybox.net/downloads/
>         EXTRACT_SUFX=           .tar.bz2
>         
>         MAINTAINER=             ross@goal.co.za
>         HOMEPAGE=               http://busybox.net/
>         COMMENT=                The "Swiss Army Knife" of embedded Linux
>         DESCR=                  The "Swiss Army Knife" of
>          embedded Linux
>         
>         USE_TOOLS+=             gmake
>         ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM=      Linux-*-*
>         
>         HAS_CONFIGURE= YES
> 
> I cant use  "HAS_CONFIGURE= YES" because busybox doesn't use
> a ./configure
> it uses a build system hijacked from the Linux kernel project. 
> 
> 
> The usual way of compiling busybox is:
>       make menuconfig
>       make
>       make install
> 


Ok, so comment it out then?

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sOn Tue, 2007-01-09 at 22:14 +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:<BR>
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    <FONT COLOR="#000000">On 09/01/07, </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><B>Rudi Ahlers</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"> &lt;<A HREF="mailto:Rudi@softdux.com">Rudi@softdux.com</A>&gt; wrote:</FONT>
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        <FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's a wild shot in the dark:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">DISTNAME=               busybox-1.3.1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">#PKGNAME=               busybox-1.3.1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">CATEGORIES=             sysutils</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">MASTER_SITES=           </FONT>">http://busybox.net/downloads/</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">EXTRACT_SUFX=           .tar.bz2</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">MAINTAINER=             <A HREF="mailto:ross@goal.co.za">ross@goal.co.za</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">HOMEPAGE=               </FONT>">http://busybox.net/</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">COMMENT=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The &quot;Swiss Army Knife&quot; of embedded Linux</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">DESCR=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The &quot;Swiss Army Knife&quot; of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> embedded Linux</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">USE_TOOLS+=             gmake</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM=      Linux-*-*</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">HAS_CONFIGURE= YES</FONT>
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    <FONT COLOR="#000000">I cant use&nbsp; &quot;HAS_CONFIGURE= YES&quot; because busybox doesn't use a ./configure</FONT><BR>
    <FONT COLOR="#000000">it uses a build system hijacked from the Linux kernel project. </FONT><BR>
    <BR>
    <BR>
    <FONT COLOR="#000000">The usual way of compiling busybox is:</FONT><BR>
    <FONT COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; make menuconfig</FONT><BR>
    <FONT COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; make</FONT><BR>
    <FONT COLOR="#000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; make install</FONT><BR>
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Ok, so comment it out then?<BR>
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