Re: bootstrap as a host operation

Joel S writes:

> I think this sequence will do the job:
> 
> reveal gcc--3.2
> reveal other basic tools (tar, gzip, perl, shtool)
> deploy gcc-wrapper
> unreveal gcc--3.2 (now it is merely deployed)
> reveal gcc-wrapper
> 
> I'm not sure how to "script" this.

Well, just the obvious /bin/sh script; or maybe the weird
<bootstrap> stuff flying by earlier (?).

> And I'm not this plan's interaction with
> the <status> parameters of gcc--3.2 and gcc-wrapper.

If both are 'revealed' and if they both want to reveal
something into /our/bin/gcc, then the default revealer (in
ARK/arkbase/ark/package.py) will hate you.  Maybe you could
fiddle the revealing process?  (If you tell me what you want
to happen to /our/bin/gcc at each stage, I might have some
ideas :-)

If you're happy with just one GCC (or getting the others by
reaching around the back and invoking
/our/.-ark-deploy/gcc--2.95.3/bin/gcc [I didn't say it was
pretty]), forget the wrapper thing.

Will


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