Re: [Astlinux-devel] Astlinux base system

[Michael K. <li...@mk...>]

> Am 10.04.2020 um 21:15 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...>:
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>> On Apr 9, 2020, at 3:52 PM, David Kerr <Da...@Ke...> wrote:
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>> I think you know my opinion... I'm always one that likes to keep up-to-date so I definitely support the move.  I am not concerned about filesize increases, though it is definitely something to highlight and find out if other users care.  I just don't know if this runs the risk of not working on very old h/w.
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>> ...
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>> I have been testing a new crosstool-NG 1.24.0 version.
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>> I settled in on a good update:
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>> glibc 2.27, binutils 2.29.1, gcc 6.5.0
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> What are your thoughts on whether we should offer the toolchain as a binary download for a x86_64 host build environment ?

If this would be easily possible, that would be great, cause it would simplify the initial build process a lot, and would save a lot of time.
Maybe that move would attract more users to try to build own images in the future.

> We can still show how to use crosstool-NG 1.24.0 and .config to generate the toolchain.
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> I built the toolchain on a Debian 10.3 box, but it should run most anywhere given a glibc x86_64 host, correct ?

I also think Debian 10 is a good choice. Either as small netinstall ISO or as template for hypervisors.
I use an LXC container on Proxmox.

> Lonnie

Michael

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