Building a linuxbase-*****

[Boris Samorodov]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:25:37 +0200 Ross Cameron wrote:

> I have a bit of an odd question and hopefully this will be the right place
> to ask (please bare with me)........

> I'd like to know how to build a Linuxulator OS image of a custom GNU/Linux
> distro I've inherited the maintenance of.
>     On top of this distro several binary only applications are run.

> HOWEVER I'd like to take advantage of the fBSD 7 kernel and IP_Filter in the
> next release,... while maintaining compatibility with the Linux API/ABI.

> Does anyone have some pointers as to where to find some /GOOD/ docs on how
> to build the Linuxulator "linuxbase-****" packages???

I'm not aware of such docs.

If you need a custom linux_base-XXX package then use those packages
that contains binaries (don't forget to brandelf them) and libraries
(don't brandelf them) you need. Take a look at those linux_base ports
(available at the ports tree) as an example.


WBR
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