[Ltib] Re: Changing ltib base dir

[Kumar Gala]

On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Stuart Hughes wrote:

> Hi Kumar,
>
> I would be worried about making it / as this would make the host  
> support
> packages (that go into /opt/freescale/ltib) overwrite the host you are
> installed on.  Also the LPP would end up as /pkgs, which again  
> probably
> is not idea.

I'm not suggesting /, but /opt (this we'd get /opt/ltib and /opt/pkgs)

> Essentially there are 2 things to take care of if you want to
> relocate /opt/freescale
>
> 1/ /opt/freescale/pkgs.  This can be changed by changing the value
> in .ltibrc.  This directory is purely a place to cache downloads.   
> This
> area is common to all ltib installations.  It operates completely
> independently of /opt/freescale/ltib.

This isn't really true.  Try changing it to something that isn't  
$bdir/pkgs in a fresh ltib install.  You'll get an error about  
creating the dir.  We don't currently have a way to create the dir.

> 2/ /opt/freescale/ltib.  To change this you need to change the  
> value of
> $bdir (~line 45 in ltib).

Right, I'm suggesting we make $bdir = /opt

> Is this something you'd like to change for everyone or just something
> for your own project?  Personally as far as the public cvs goes I'd  
> like
> to keep it as /opt/freescale as this way it would keep it consistent
> with BSPs that have been produced in iso format.  Moving it would mean
> when they switch to external cvs they'd end up re-installing and
> downloading a lot of stuff they already have.

I'll like this change for public cvs.  I guess this goes to the  
intent of ltib.  Is it a freescale specific project or intended for  
more generally use?  For example if we provide support for a AMCC 4xx  
ppc will that be acceptable?  If so I think having 'freescale' in dir  
names and such is bad form.

> One other thing to watch out for, it's possible that the odd spec file
> (or something else) has /opt/freescale hard wired into it (it
> shouldn't).  So it's possible you may run into that.

Fair, when we run into these will fix them up.

- kumar

> Regards, Stuart
>
> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 10:22 -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > Stuart,
> >
> > I'd like to change the ltib base dir from /opt/freescale to just /
> > opt.  Any concerns or issues?
> >
> > - k