Re: [MiNT] Gentoo FreeMiNT

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 13:58 +0100, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alan Hourihane" <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 1:36 PM
> To: <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>
> Cc: "mint" <mint@fishpool.com>
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] Gentoo FreeMiNT
> 
> > I'm not asking them to either. It's all free, do with it what you will.
> > Do or don't use it that's fine.
> >
> > I'll always be updating it as it's a project I'm interested in.
> 
> I'm curious. How does Gentoo work on MiNT? Are you required to build the 
> packages when installing them, or will there be a binary distribution? Does 
> the package manager handle automatic/suggested updates?

You can install pre-built binary packages, or install from source. It's
a choice you can make on a per-package basis, assuming there is a binary
package available. If not, then build from source is your only option.

I do have pre-built binaries for lots of packages already at...

http://gentoo.atariforge.org/files/

These have been compiled with support for the basic 68000 so should work
on any of our machines.

Further down the line I'd like to make specific 68020-68060 and coldfire
variants.

And yes, the package manager automatically handles updates and shows you
what's available.

Alan.