note on FreeBSD ports use for avr-gcc tool chain.

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Tack #1 Write script to download and patch FreeBSD sources. #!/bin/bash function getfiles () { for fname in $FILES ; do echo “GETTING —– $fname —–” case ${fname##*.} in bz2) echo “GETTING —– $fname —– using bunzip ” curl ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles/$fname |bunzip2 -dc|tar -xf – ;; gz|tgz) echo “GETTING —– $fname —– using gunzip ” curl… Read more »

One Step Beyond ! Taking your boards to the shop.

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Two months ago fellow PARTs person and DorkbotPDXer Mark Gross gave me a $100 gift certificate from Sunstone Circuits from last years PDXBot. Sunstone circuits is a local (oregon) board fabrication company who makes a windows based design to board solution called pcb123.  Since i am Mac based I had been putting off the board… Read more »

July Release Process Notes

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I have been really busy. So of course I have to start all over from srcatch. If you build gdb for either avarice or simulavr along with avra then scripting this environment goes out the obscening window. As usual however I start with the distfiles and the ports. In general the process goes like grab… Read more »