[linuxdc-dev] Re: [linux-sh:03313] Re: Building a cross compiler for the Dreamcast

[Dan K. <da...@ke...>]

Gregg C Levine wrote:
> Hello from Gregg C Levine
> Hmm. What I posted there, was a copy & paste from that newgroup posting.
> Evidently I did forget to provide a script of what the script does.
> 
> ...
> + abort 'Don'\''t run all.sh or crosstool.sh as root, it'\''s dangerous'
> + echo 'Don'\''t' run all.sh or crosstool.sh as root, 'it'\''s' dangerous
> Don't run all.sh or crosstool.sh as root, it's dangerous
> + exec false
> 
> I think that output clarifies my position.

Right.  Quick question: were you logged in as root when you ran that script?
If so, which part of "Don't run all.sh or crosstool.sh as root, it's dangerous"
don't you understand?  I'd be happy to make that message clearer.
If not, hrmf, I'll have to revise my root detection.

> And your right. Packages for
> Slackware are indeed tarballs, except the makepkg tool adds a script which
> adds it to the records of what's installed on the system. Since your tool
> says it can make RPM packages, I can convert those to ny Slackware packages.
> What I'd really like is a few pointers suggesting where I should go next.

First off, let's just get demo-sh4.sh running.  Log in as a non-root
user and try running it (after creating the directory /opt/crosstool
and chowning it to that user).
- Dan


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