Bering-uClibc 4.x - Developer Guide - Introduction

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This Developer Guide describes the recommended approach for people who want to:

  • Build Bering-uClibc 4.x from source code.
  • Modify an existing Package.
  • Add a new Package.


All LEAF variants are designed to run on small, embedded systems which do not provide a suitable platform for software development. The distribution therefore needs to be prepared on a separate "host" system and copied across to the "target" system.


For Bering-uClibc 4.x there is a well-developed toolchain which consists of:

  • A utility called buildtool.pl which automates the process of compiling source code for Packages.
    • This also supports the compilation of the build environment itself, via a special pseudo-package called "buildenv".
  • A utility called buildpacket.pl which automates the process of assembling an installable Package (.lrp) file from compiled code.
  • A utility called buildimage.pl which automates the process of preparing a disk image.
    • This does not exist (yet). Should we create it to replace geniso.sh / createimage.sh ?


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