[Arm-netbook] EOMA68-A20 now booting Linaro distro from uSD card

[luke.leighton]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:59 PM, joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-09-18 at 15:18 +0200, Arokux X wrote:
>
>>
>>         >         > As I understand it, Linaro guys are not compiling
>>         from
>>         >         scratch. They put an
>>         >         > image together using packages from the ARM-repos
>>         provided by
>>         >         Ubuntu.
>>         >
>>         >
>>         >          the build-log file looks like a classic
>>         debootstrap.
>>         > lb stays for live-build.
>>
>>
>>         Thanks Arokux.
>>
>>         Too much to take in in one gulp - may be days to chew over it.
>>
>>         Any instructions on what I can do to cut the chase
>>         and get to sources for
>>         Linaro
>>          http://releases.linaro.org/latest/ubuntu/raring-images/alip
>>         linaro-raring-alip-20130826-474 ?  :)
>>
>>
>> Joe, you must specify your goal more clearly. So I'll ask once again:
>>
>> Do you want to recreate a Linaro ALIP image all the way from sources?
>>
>>
>> If the answer is yes, you should do it step by step. Chasing the
>> source code of the packages is too early now. First you need to learn
>> how to create an image out of *built* packages.
>>
>>
>> Then you learn how to build the packages you need for the image
>> (debmirror, pbuilder etc.)
>
>
> $$$$ Krsching!! $$$
>
> The fog is slowly clearing and I have plan!
>
>
> The goal is to create the freedom to distribute working bootable Linux
> distro binary images with tool chain ready to be used as soon as it is
> unzipped and dd'd into a SD card or a sata drive and satisfy the GPL.
>
>
> The GPL says if you are distributing a binary
> you must distribute the sources and the tools.
> If the tools are also gpl'd then as its being distributed
> as a binary, the sources for tools are also needed.
> And also sources for anything else in the binary such as the entire
> distro and its packages.
>
> That scare me no more.
>
> Assuming for now everything is in git format,

 ... which you can't do.

 debian's source packages are .tar.gz files.  i think it would be a
good idea if you did a walk-around of one of the debian mirrors.  take
a look here for example:
 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/