From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Baruch Siach Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:18:12 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Is it possible to build rpm with buildroot? In-Reply-To: <202012012108224311878@bupt.edu.cn> References: <202012012017451423165@bupt.edu.cn> <202012012108224311878@bupt.edu.cn> Message-ID: <87tut5oeaz.fsf@tarshish> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi Beenle Yi, On Tue, Dec 01 2020, yilu at bupt.edu.cn wrote: > I got it. Is it possible for me to add something new to buildroot > source codes to generate binary packages? I am sorry that I am not > familiar with buildroot and I am trying to test the feasibility to > build rpm for my OS with the help of buildroot. I don't think that patches adding rpm generation will be accepted. The FAQ entry I linked to explains why. In short, binary packages dependency tracking is complex. Buildroot is not designed for this use case. You can try alternatives like Yocto or OpenWRT. baruch > From: Baruch Siach > Date: 2020-12-01 20:39 > To: yilu at bupt.edu.cn > CC: buildroot > Subject: Re: [Buildroot] Is it possible to build rpm with buildroot? > Hi Beenle Yi, > > On Tue, Dec 01 2020, yilu at bupt.edu.cn wrote: >> I am trying to build rpm for a Linux-like operating system, but >> instead of rootfs, I want to build rpm. Is it possible to build rpm >> with buildroot? If it is, could you give me some advice? > > Short answer: Buildroot does not support generation of binary packages. > > For some more details, see the manual FAQ: > > https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#faq-no-binary-packages > > baruch -- ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch at tkos.co.il - tel: +972.52.368.4656, http://www.tkos.co.il -