Re: [Astlinux-users] Gumstix Buildroot compile error

[Kristian K. <kr...@kr...>]

Nik Martin wrote:
> On 12/16/06, JohnZee <jo...@gm...> wrote:
> 
>>Good Morning,
>>I am a newbie to AstLinux and Gumstix but am hoping to learn quickly :) I
>>have successfully rebuilt the Gumstix Buildroot, but when I attempt to build
>>AstLinux I get an error in compiling iptables-1.3.6. I am using a
>>Thoughtpolice FC5 VM Image running on a Windows machine.
>>I did attempt to find if this error was already posted but do not seem to
>>see much about astlinux. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place?
>>Anyway, any help or pointers woudl be appreciated.
>>Thanks!
>>
> 
> 
> There doesn't seem to be ANY support for astlinux anymore.  The
> project is dead as far as I can tell.  I also ran into trouble with
> the astlinux buildroot for the gumstix, and ended up removing iptables
> to get it to build.  I didn't dig deep enough to determine what the
> problem was.  I have submitted several issues and patches that past
> week, and have gotten no response from anybody. The astlinux site is
> also in a state of dis-repair, which leads me to believe the project
> has stalled.
> 
> Regards,
> Nik
> 

Nik,

	I'm sorry that I have not been able to answer all of the support issues 
over the last couple of weeks.

	I sent out an e-mail over two weeks ago telling everyone that I will be 
in Brazil for two weeks and that I might not be able to respond to 
issues as quickly as usual.  Over the last two years I feel that I have 
been pretty responsive to people's issues and requests.  Two weeks of 
limited availability out of two years seems pretty reasonable to me.

	I just got back, and I am only catching up with e-mail now.

	Work is underway to fix up the website.  What specific issues have you 
noticed?

	Thank you for your patches.  I have seen them but I haven't had the 
time to review them thoroughly and get back to you.  Now that I am back, 
I will be getting around to them soon.

	As far as support for the Gumstix in general - you have to realize that 
because Gumstix is a fairly new platform for AstLinux, support is rather 
limited and the userbase is not that large at this point.  With the 
upcoming release of AstLinux 0.5 and binary builds for the Gumstix this 
should change a little, but I doubt that it will ever be as widely 
adopted as the x86 builds.

-- 
Kristian Kielhofner