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authorYann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>2007-07-09 17:35:45 (GMT)
committerYann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>2007-07-09 17:35:45 (GMT)
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Update man page to explictly point to overview.txt.
In overview.txt, document usage of the populate script.
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You can test-build all samples; simply call:
ct-ng regtest
+_______________________
+ /
+Using the toolchain /
+____________________/
+
+Using the toolchain is as simple as adding the toolchain's bin directory in
+your PATH, such as:
+ export PATH="${PATH}:/your/toolchain/path/bin"
+
+and then using the target triplet to tell the build systems to use your
+toolchain:
+ ./configure --target=your-target-triplet
+ make CC=your-target-triplet-gcc
+ make CROSS_COMPILE=your-target-triplet-
+ and so on...
+
+When your root directory is ready, it is still missing some important bits: the
+toolchain's libraries. To populate your root directory with those libs, just
+run:
+ your-target-triplet-populate -s /your/root -d /your/root-populated
+
+This will copy /your/root into /your/root-populated, and put the needed and only
+the needed libraries there. Thus you don't polute /your/root with any cruft that
+would no longer be needed should you have to remove stuff. /your/root always
+contains only those things you install in it.
+
+You can then use /your/root-populated to build up your file system image, a
+tarball, or to NFS-mount it from your target, or whatever you need.
+
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/
Toolchain types /