openpkg/openpkg.pod

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:04:34 +0200

author
Michael Schloh von Bennewitz <michael@schloh.com>
date
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:04:34 +0200
changeset 334
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child 428
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Rework package yet again, correcting and introducing new buildconf logic:
Conditionally disable bootstrap stage comparison correctly, correct
english grammar, better find system as(1) and ld(1), indotruce detailed
optimization option messages, more completely guess cpu types, allow
profiled bootstrapping without a preinstalled GCC because many other
compilers have long since implemented 64-bit arithmetic, instruct make
to build sequentially (not in sparallel) when building a profiled
bootstrap as GCC online documents recommend, and generally improve
comment blocks.

The single most important correction in this changeset relates to the
GCC changed optimization policy since at least GCC 4.5, in which -march
is always passed and not always correctly guessed. In the case of this
package, allowing GCC to guess the architecture leads to wild build
errors at various subcomponents (zlib, libgcc, libiberty...) and
bootstrap stages. It seems quite platform specific, and the safest
approach to correcting this seems to be explicitly always specifying the
-march argument when bootstrapping GCC. Because the best choice 'native'
is not available when bootstrapping using a foreign (non GCC) compiler,
a guess is made according to rpmmacros l_platform in that case.

It is questionable as to whether these recent optimization changes
on the part of GCC or this package are compatible with each other,
or if either are complete or correct at all. At least applying these
corrections allows this package to build again in most cases test.

michael@13 1 ##
michael@13 2 ## openpkg -- OpenPKG Tool Chain
michael@13 3 ## Copyright (c) 2000-2007 OpenPKG Foundation e.V. <http://openpkg.net/>
michael@13 4 ## Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Ralf S. Engelschall <http://engelschall.com/>
michael@13 5 ##
michael@13 6 ## Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
michael@13 7 ## any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
michael@13 8 ## the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
michael@13 9 ## copies.
michael@13 10 ##
michael@13 11 ## THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
michael@13 12 ## WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
michael@13 13 ## MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
michael@13 14 ## IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
michael@13 15 ## CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
michael@13 16 ## SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
michael@13 17 ## LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
michael@13 18 ## USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
michael@13 19 ## ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
michael@13 20 ## OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
michael@13 21 ## OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
michael@13 22 ## SUCH DAMAGE.
michael@13 23 ##
michael@13 24 ## openpkg.pod: Minimum Execution Frontend (Language: Perl POD)
michael@13 25 ##
michael@13 26
michael@13 27 =pod
michael@13 28
michael@13 29 =head1 NAME
michael@13 30
michael@13 31 B<OpenPKG> -- Cross-Platform Unix Software Packaging Facility
michael@13 32
michael@13 33 =head1 SYNOPSIS
michael@13 34
michael@13 35 =over 4
michael@13 36
michael@13 37 =item Command Line Interface
michael@13 38
michael@13 39 $ B<openpkg> [I<opt> ...] I<cmd> [I<cmd_opt> ...] [I<cmd_arg> ...]
michael@13 40
michael@13 41 $ B<openpkg> B<man> I<cmd>
michael@13 42
michael@13 43 =item Project Locations
michael@13 44
michael@13 45 http://www.openpkg.org/ web service
michael@13 46 http://cvs.openpkg.org/ repository service
michael@13 47 http://pgp.openpkg.org/ OpenPGP service
michael@13 48 ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/ download service
michael@13 49
michael@13 50 =item Project Forums
michael@13 51
michael@13 52 petidomo@openpkg.org mailing-list manager
michael@13 53 openpkg-announce@openpkg.org project announcements
michael@13 54 openpkg-dev@openpkg.org developer forum
michael@13 55 openpkg-users@openpkg.org users forum
michael@13 56
michael@13 57 =item Local Documentation
michael@13 58
michael@13 59 openpkg-rpm(1) RPM package manager
michael@13 60 openpkg-rpmbuild(1) RPM package manager (build only)
michael@13 61 openpkg-rpm2cpio(1) RPM payload utility
michael@13 62 openpkg-rpm-config(1) RPM C API utility
michael@13 63 openpkg-lsync(1) local area synchronization
michael@13 64 openpkg-rc(1) run-command facility
michael@13 65
michael@13 66 =back
michael@13 67
michael@13 68 =head1 DESCRIPTION
michael@13 69
michael@13 70 OpenPKG is the world leading instrument for deployment and maintenance
michael@13 71 of Open Source software when administration crosses Unix platform
michael@13 72 boundaries. The OpenPKG project is a collaboration effort with the
michael@13 73 goal of creating and maintaining portable and easy to install software
michael@13 74 packages for use on the major Unix server platforms.
michael@13 75
michael@13 76 The unique OpenPKG architecture leverages proven technologies like
michael@13 77 Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to establish a unified administration
michael@13 78 environment, independent of the underlying operating system. OpenPKG
michael@13 79 is completely self-contained and does not even need a preinstallation
michael@13 80 of RPM. Instead, RPM is provided as an OpenPKG RPM package itself plus
michael@13 81 a tricky bootstrapping procedure in order to allow one to create from
michael@13 82 scratch the initial state of the whole OpenPKG software packaging
michael@13 83 system.
michael@13 84
michael@13 85 =cut
michael@13 86

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