= DebianHostedTools =



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'''Status:'''  Packaging generated as a GSOC 2008 project.  Needs to be "templatized" to minimize duplication and then production Debian packaging build infrastructure established similar to the one for RPMs and MinGW binaries.

Pre-compiled versions of the RTEMS tools are currently available for RPM-based GNU/Linux distributions such as Fedora, RedHat Enterprise
Linux, CentOS, and SUSE as well as MS-Windows via MinGW.  This project consists of the development of comparable .deb package specifications
and build scripts.  The resulting packaging and infrastructure should be suitable for at least GNU/Debian and Ubuntu distributions.  As the
RTEMS toolset updates frequently, there must be scripting infrastructure developed to build these tools easily when updates are required.

[wiki:RalfCorsepius RalfCorsepius] is the RPM builder and maintainer.  He uses [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/Mock Mock] to use a single development machine to build binaries for a variety
of distributions.  He is a good resource or mentor for this project.

The Debian alternative to Mock is: [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PbuilderHowto Pbuilder]. Pbuilder apparently has been packaged for [http://pkgs.org/fedora-16/rpm-sphere-i586/pbuilder-0.211-11.1.noarch.rpm.html Fedora] so may be a viable option, but would have to ask mentor.

The RTEMS Project currently does not have a computer running a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution and would have to have one before these could be supported long term.