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diff --git a/tools/README.busybox b/tools/README.busybox new file mode 100644 index 00000000..55cf25f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/README.busybox @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +How busybox is created + +1. Get the current sources from busybox.net and untar them. +2. Change to the busybox-<version> dir and create a sym link named patches + pointing to ../busybox-patches +3. Use 'quilt push -a' to apply all patches from the busybox-patches/series + file. Or apply the patches in the order shown in the series file. +4. Create a sym link named .config pointing to ../busybox-config +5. Call make oldconfig and adjust the configuration if required. +6. Call make to create the busybox binary. +7. Copy the binary to ../busybox.<arch> + + +Current open issues + +- The process is not automated. +- Should be moved to a place outside of the OpenSLX sources. +- Ensure to create the binaries with an older Linux version. Else the binary + might use newer features of libc which are not available on the used host. + For the last builds suse 10.1 systems created with slxos-setup had been used. |