Re: linux-embedded: which shell, termcap or ncurses ?

[Brendan Simon <bsimon@ctam.com.au>]

Dan Malek wrote:

> Brendan Simon wrote:
>
> > ... I now need to get a shell running so I can call shell scripts to
> > setup the IP addresses etc via ifconfig (is there any other way ?).
>
> Why don't you just use the binaries from a standard distribution?
> I try to use as much of this as I can, and it seems to make the
> job easier for me.

I want to use Linux in a commercial product.  It's  a security product
and some of our clients require that the source code be available and
that all code can be maintained using a source configuration mangement
system.  All files must be compilable from the SCM using set procedures.
These requirements are part of an evaluation specification that we must
conform to.

I guess one could argue that the procedures would be to compile on a
powerpc machine and transfer the binaries.  At this stage it is not an
option but I will be getting a G4 server in January so life might be
easier.

I'd still prefer to be able to compile all the source for our product.

Brendan Simon.


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