[csw-users] non-root user

[Ben Walton]

Excerpts from Brian Tingle's message of Fri May 28 14:18:37 -0400 2010:

Hi Brian,

> Do I need to manually build all the packages I would get with
>  CSWgardevel into my /app/opt/csw directory (or at least any that
>  are not already in my build environment) to bootstrap the world?

I think you should be able to alter GAR to use a PATH that would allow
it to find all of the tools it needs.  As long as nothing in GAR is
using a full path, it'd be fine...and if it is using a fully qualified
path, it's likely a bug that should be corrected.  The replacement
tools need to be close enough in versions that all options used by GAR
are supported too.

The file gar.conf.mk contains the setting for PATH, so this is where
your tweaks would occur.

Some of the hash-bang lines for tools in gar/bin will need a twiddle
too.

> I have /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc will that work or will I need to get
> SOS?

This can be tweaked also, but may require more work.  Again, I think
the required changes are mostly contained in gar.conf.mk.  You might
find it easier to add a new GARCOMPILER option by adding variables to
handle the needs of your situation instead of modifying an existing
compiler option set.  Have a look for things like _CC_HOME, etc to see
what I'm referring to here.

> Any advice on how to use GAR in this mode, or am I barking up the
> wrong tree?

I'm not sure it's the right tree, but I'm interested in your
experiences.  You may find other CSW-specific things buried in the GAR
code, so expect to spend a bit of time futzing.

Any instances of things that could be made generic without negatively
impacting the default csw builds would likely be rolled in to the code
if you submit patches...

Thanks
-Ben
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Ben Walton
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