Re: crosstool-NG Debian packaging

[Bryan Hundven <bryanhundven at gmail dot com>]

Chris,

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Chris Packham <Chris.Packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bryan, Andrew,
> 
> I see that there is some movement on packaging crosstool-NG for Debian.
> This is relevant to my interests and I have subscribed to your mailing
> list :).
> 
> Is there an open Debian bug for this? I've found a few older ones but
> they all seem to have timed out due to lack of interest.
> 
> I'm also interested in the possibility of generating debian packages for
> the toolchains themselves.

I have no interests in adding package manager support in crosstool-NG for produced toolchains.
If you need such support, create a wrapper script that calls crosstool-ng and creates a package.

> We're in the process of updating our cross toolchain(s) and being able
> to distribute .deb files to our developers is quite attractive. Is
> anyone looking at such a capability? If not any pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Packham.
> 

Cheers,

-Bryan

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