OE/OZ Toolchain Dev Questions

[gururise]

Hello,

It's been a while since I've done any development on my SL-5500.  Last time I wrote any Zaurus software, it was for the Sharp rom and I used the Sharp Qtopia 1.5 SDK.  After reading through the OE Wiki (esp. the Getting started pages), I have more questions than answers...  

I want to begin writing applications for OZ3.5.1 (Opie Image).  The OE Wiki discusses how to set up the OE Build System, but goes into little detail for developers wishing to develop applications for OZ; however, my confusion is due to the fact the OPIE Wiki describes in detail how to set up the Opie SDK, whereas the OE Wiki seems to indicate all that is needed is the OE Build system.  

1) To develop applications for OZ3.5.1/Opie do you need to have the OE Build System, the Opie SDK, or both installed??

2) If all you need is OE build system to develop applications, does it also provide the qfvb?  

Basically, I would like to know what is needed to start developing applications.  I would eventually like to get my application into the OZ feed.  Once I get answers to the above, I will submit changes to the above wiki's to clarify for other developers!  Thanks in advance!!!!

Thanks!

[lardman]

1) To develop applications for OZ3.5.1/Opie do you need to have the OE Build System, the Opie SDK, or both installed??

Just OE; the rest is downloaded and built for you automatically (including the toolchain).

2) If all you need is OE build system to develop applications, does it also provide the qfvb?

Not sure; this is a tarball of the packages directory (where where to get and how to compile packages is defined): http://treke.net/oe/snapshots/oe-packages-exported.tar.bz2

Take a look in it and see if you can find what you're looking for.

Let me know if you need any more help.


Si

[TimW]

What if you only have a dial-up connection - like me.

I'd love to be able to build opie-reader for the current OZ so that I can continue to test against it but I can't without an up to date toolchain. If anyone has managed to build one and is able to put it up so I can download it from work (ie http only - no ftp or CVS ....) then I would be very grateful.

[lardman]

This is what I've wanted for a while.

There are snapshots of the oe and packages directories here:

http://treke.net/oe/snapshots/oe-exported.tar.bz2
http://treke.net/oe/snapshots/oe-packages-exported.tar.bz2
http://treke.net/oe/snapshots/oe-doc-exported.tar.bz2

It would be nice if someone could put up a snapshot of the sources. I can probably supply one (need to install httpd on a Linux machine and see whether the uni makes it visible to the outside world), but it would be easier for someone else I reckon.

In this case you need to make sure you put in CVSDATE=20041001 (if the source CVS snapshots are from today) so that it doesn't try to download packages which you don't have. You also need to create a matching (empty) .md5 file for each package in your sources dir which can be done with a simple script (otherwise it'll try to download them again).


Si