Compiling for use on another host

[Kurt Fitzner]

What I have done with some success, is to use chroot in conjunction with nfs.

I have a small Linux gateway (guardian), and my main Linux server (hack).  I
have guardian's root directory exported to hack via nfs.  What I do when i
want to compile samba on guardian is:

 1) Run configure while actually logged into guardian.  Theconfigure script
has real problems with nfs.

 2) While logged into hack, I switch directories into guardian's NFS mount
point and do a 'chroot .' (have to be root).

 3) Once I am 'chrooted', I am essentially using hack's CPU in guardian's
installation.  Every binary I run is from guardian, all the libraries that
are loaded are from guardian.  I can even 'su' into users on guardian that
don't exist on hack.  NFS and chroot can really be your friend.

At this point, I do a make, and make install.  Works likea  charm.  I
sometimes have to remember not to try and run samba this way, since a chroot
doesn't magically remap ethernet cards. :)

Hope this helps.

        Kurt.


On 28-Apr-00 Rafa³ Szcze¶niak wrote:
> What parameter should i set in "configure" cmd line to do
> the following:
>   1. compile samba-tng on one host (with faster CPU,
>      bigger RAM, etc.).
> 
>   2. move compiled source tree to another host in network.
> 
>   3. perform "make install" on that host and start samba.
> 
> regards,
> Rafa³