Packages Repository, fluxbox - idesk - etc Options

[zogs]

Hi
if you want fluxbox, idesk, irssi or other packages precompiled for your OepnBSD 4.0 in your zaurus
you can put your PKG_PATH in http://www5.autistici.org/c0de/obsd/pkg4.0/

here if you want a howto for setting some pkg_path for your pkg_add [simple howto for setting PKG_PATH]

sorry my english I'm drinking

[ZDevil]

That's a great idea indeed, jpmatrix. I received my Ambicom wifi cf card yesterday. So in a way I am ready to start (learning to how to do) packaging myself.

But I have some library conflict issues with the packages other than http://www.planetofidiots.com/pub/OpenBSD/...ges/zaurus/?M=D . That feed has become the biggest and newest repository now with 500+ packages. Your feed and the other one have older gtk and related libs which don't seem to be compatible with the ports in gen2's feed. Firefox is an example. Many packages involving gtk and X libs also seem to be involved. I notice that some of his packages are built from even newer sources than those in the arm feed.
So what would be the direction from here? :rolloeyes: It may not be a good idea to have several feeds whose packages are not compatible with one another.

[gen2]

So what would be the direction from here? :rolloeyes:  It may not be a good idea to have several feeds whose packages are not compatible with one another.

Next time around I'll keep the snapshot files I used, with the packages that came from it in one place. Not sure if we can really avoid the mismatch situation other than specifying which snapshot built what repos...I build everything here just to avoid the hassles...bummer if posting packages is just adding mayhem, although I don't know the extent of complications "out there". Smoke em if you got em.


Perhaps we develop some guidelines for all the nice people migrating over from uhhh... yaknow....


maybe even try a coordinated attack on new releases, 4 or 5 (10-20?) people hitting different parts of the ports tree from the same snapshot, we can be up and rolling pretty quick, knock the whole tree down in a week or less, arm-farm stylee

[mathemajikian]

maybe even try a coordinated attack on new releases, 4 or 5 (10-20?) people hitting different parts of the ports tree from the same snapshot, we can be up and rolling pretty quick, knock the whole tree down in a week or less, arm-farm style

Just setup a cross compile environment. Port building is a little bit harder but they complete in minutes instead of days.

[gen2]

Just setup a cross compile environment. Port building is a little bit harder but they complete in minutes instead of days.

Love to see your how-to on that! Welcome addition here.


Lot of people talk about how easy cross compiling is, but after having done it, I rather enjoy plugging in a batchlist and getting other work done. It took me about 3 (maybe 4) actual hands-on hours to create near 600 packages the steam-powered way. Cross building 1/10 of that, maybe even 1/100th (if I tried it anyway) would take...longer.