[Buildroot] Buidroot zic command

[Buildroot] Buidroot zic command

[Samuel Martin]

Hi,

Please put Buildroot mailling in cc, since some people may wonder the
same thing, and others will be able to help.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Idoia Mazkiaran Zelaia
<idoia.mazkiaran@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Samuel,
> I would like to know how can we have the zic command in Buildroot rootfs
> when the toolchain is external and for instance it is not a libc compiler.
>
> Because we have already choosen in Buildroot 2014.08 Install time zone info,
> but here comes only the zone information in /usr/share/zoneinfo but not the
> zic command to create our own zone in execution time.
>

The zic program is a host program that is installed in
<output>/host/usr/bin/zic.
It belongs to the zip package (that is part of the Buildroot 2014.08
release) which is automatically selected when you select tzdata or
tzdump.

There is currently no rule to build and install the zic package for the target.

If you need it in the target rootfs, you can add the commands to build
and install the the package for the target.
If you do so, don't forget to post your patch to the mailling-list
[1], so the whole Buildroot community will benefit from your changes.
;-)

> Thanks a lot,
> Best Regards,
>
> Idoia Mazkiaran.

Regards,

-- 
Samuel

[Buildroot] Buidroot zic command

[Samuel Martin]

Ooops! forgot the manual link.

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please put Buildroot mailling in cc, since some people may wonder the
> same thing, and others will be able to help.
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Idoia Mazkiaran Zelaia
> <idoia.mazkiaran@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Samuel,
>> I would like to know how can we have the zic command in Buildroot rootfs
>> when the toolchain is external and for instance it is not a libc compiler.
>>
>> Because we have already choosen in Buildroot 2014.08 Install time zone info,
>> but here comes only the zone information in /usr/share/zoneinfo but not the
>> zic command to create our own zone in execution time.
>>
>
> The zic program is a host program that is installed in
> <output>/host/usr/bin/zic.
> It belongs to the zip package (that is part of the Buildroot 2014.08
> release) which is automatically selected when you select tzdata or
> tzdump.
>
> There is currently no rule to build and install the zic package for the target.
>
> If you need it in the target rootfs, you can add the commands to build
> and install the the package for the target.
> If you do so, don't forget to post your patch to the mailling-list
> [1], so the whole Buildroot community will benefit from your changes.
> ;-)
>

[1] http://buildroot.net/downloads/manual/manual.html#submitting-patches


-- 
Samuel

[Buildroot] Buidroot zic command

[Yann E. MORIN]

Idoia, All,

On 2014-09-22 13:34 +0200, Samuel Martin spake thusly:
> Please put Buildroot mailling in cc, since some people may wonder the
> same thing, and others will be able to help.

Indeed.

You sent Samuel a private mail. You sent me a private mail. Who else di
you send a private mail, too? This is considered bad practice. You're
lucky you even get a response at all.

> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Idoia Mazkiaran Zelaia
> <idoia.mazkiaran@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Samuel,
> > I would like to know how can we have the zic command in Buildroot rootfs
> > when the toolchain is external and for instance it is not a libc compiler.
> >
> > Because we have already choosen in Buildroot 2014.08 Install time zone info,
> > but here comes only the zone information in /usr/share/zoneinfo but not the
> > zic command to create our own zone in execution time.
> >
> 
> The zic program is a host program that is installed in
> <output>/host/usr/bin/zic.
> It belongs to the zip package (that is part of the Buildroot 2014.08

s/zip/zic/

> release) which is automatically selected when you select tzdata or
> tzdump.
> 
> There is currently no rule to build and install the zic package for the target.

That's because zic is needed at build time, not at runtime. The prupose
of zic is to assemble the timezone info, which is what is needed on the
target.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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[Buildroot] Buidroot zic command

[Richard Braun]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 06:46:37PM +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Idoia, All,
> 
> On 2014-09-22 13:34 +0200, Samuel Martin spake thusly:
> > Please put Buildroot mailling in cc, since some people may wonder the
> > same thing, and others will be able to help.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> You sent Samuel a private mail. You sent me a private mail. Who else di
> you send a private mail, too? This is considered bad practice. You're
> lucky you even get a response at all.

Well, me, and yes, it's considered rude. Also, being the author doesn't
mean I maintain it, so really, contact the maintainers, and this is
usually done by sending to the mailing list.

-- 
Richard Braun