Re: Older versions of Linux as build hosts?

[Matt Madison <madison@cisco.com>]

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I¹ve posted some notes at https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/BuildingOnRHEL4
and will update further as I find more things to work around.

-Matt


On 3/22/11 10:00 AM, "Rifenbark, Scott M" <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
wrote:

> Yes - the wiki is a great place for this type of information.  All the
> specifics for a particular build system and the steps you have to take to make
> it work can be collected there.  Then from the Quick Start we can mention
> where to get support information for older versions.
> 
> ScottR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yocto-bounces@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-bounces@yoctoproject.org]
> On Behalf Of Mark Hatle
> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:48 AM
> To: Matt Madison
> Cc: Yocto Mailer
> Subject: Re: [yocto] Older versions of Linux as build hosts?
> 
> On 3/22/11 11:40 AM, Matt Madison wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
> 
> I have done builds with both RHEL 4 and RHEL 5.  Both on machines in which I
> do
> not have root access.
> 
> For me I was able to simply provide an update python, some additional tools
> and
> it worked.  (Note, I haven't tried it in the last 2 months though, so
> something
> may have broken since then.)
> 
>> > I know the documentation mentions that you should be running a "reasonably
>> > current" Linux as your build host, but in my enterprise environment I'm
>> stuck
>> > with having to run fairly old versions, based on RHEL 4 and 5.  I've got
>> some
>> > patches that I've been maintaining so I can bootstrap Bernard builds on
>> these
>> > systems.  Is there any interest in supporting older systems as build hosts?
>> Any
>> > thoughts on how far back "reasonably current" is going to be with each
>> Yocto
>> > release?  I'm trying to work with my IT group to upgrade a bit more
>> frequently,
>> > and for developer workstations, that might be possible, but I'm not sure
>> I'll be
>> > able to convince them to do that for servers in our data centers.
>> >
>> > Is anyone else having this kind of problem?
> 
> I think this is a fairly typical problem.  In my experience it's usually
> easier
> to solve in a commercial space then pure open source.
> 
> As for the question about interest, we're always interested in patches.  At a
> minimum, it would be nice to document what steps you had to do and what
> patches
> you may have had to apply in order to get "unsupported" functionality out of
> the
> build environment.  The yocto wiki seems a fairly natural place for this.
> 
> So please send what you have, or start an account on the Yocto Wiki and post
> it
> there.
> 
> --Mark
> 
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Matt
>> >
>> >
>> >
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