Re: Bootstrapping a Mips64el chroot

Hi,

On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:16 PM, David Kuehling <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> looks like the Mips64el Debian port [1] is complete enough to be
> (almost) usable with debootstrap.  For some reasons, debootstrap fails
> when run once, but when running it a few times, it finally finishes
> successfully.
>
> This command sequence actually worked when I tried yesterday:
>
> for i in 1 2 3 ; do
>     /usr/sbin/debootstrap \
>     --arch=mips64el --no-check-gpg  --include=multiarch-support \
>     --exclude=libstdc++,libstdc++-dev,aptitude,libsigc++-1.2-dev \
>     sid ./mips64el \
>     http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/
> done
>

Actually the packages on mips64el.debian.net is a bit dated at the
moment, and we are preparing a push to make it up-to-date.

> Unfortunately this requires a MIPS64 capable CPU, i.e. Loongson3A will
> work, but Loongson2F not.  Hopefully the porters eventually recompile
> their repository for MIPSIII.  I don't think that MIPS64-specific
> instructions add much of a benefit anyways.
>

The plan is that we are very probably switch to mips3 for the one
submit to debian-ports.org, and keep another repository for mips64r2
capable hardware.


Thanks,
Aron

> When done, 'schroot' can be used to turn the chroot into something that
> feels like a proper debian system (configuring type=directory it
> bind-mounts various stuff into the chroot, so you can compile code from
> your home directory etc.).  Warning: never do 'rm -r' on a chroot used
> with 'schroot' as it may delete bind-mounted subdirectories (like,
> $HOME).
>
> For reference here's my schroot config file:
>
> --8<--
> [mips64el]
> description=Debian Sid mips64el
> type=directory
> directory=/path/to/mips64el/chroot/
> users=myloginname
> personality=linux
> --8<--
>
> cheers,
>
> David
>
> [1] http://mips64el.debian.net/debian/
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