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authorAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2018-02-24 20:39:38 +0100
committerAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2018-02-24 20:39:38 +0100
commitb85491e9868b78d1779acb08e9b6718cc17ff141 (patch)
treedb49ab123a4dd10829feb1b1233aa0268cb88e50
parent0c77a0996eaf110e78dbfab1b3bb4945433eaf81 (diff)
downloadbootstrap32-b85491e9868b78d1779acb08e9b6718cc17ff141.tar.xz
prepared everything for stage 3
-rw-r--r--.Attic/README.old_stage260
-rw-r--r--README11
-rw-r--r--TODOS3
-rwxr-xr-xbuild_stage2_package.sh4
-rwxr-xr-xbuild_stage3.sh174
-rwxr-xr-xbuild_stage3_package.sh168
-rw-r--r--default.conf15
-rw-r--r--i486-stage3/template/DESCR20
-rwxr-xr-xprepare_stage3.sh28
9 files changed, 422 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/.Attic/README.old_stage2 b/.Attic/README.old_stage2
index 6e7fc69..fceabbe 100644
--- a/.Attic/README.old_stage2
+++ b/.Attic/README.old_stage2
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# maybe some hints to be integrated into stage3..
+
# old stage 2 based on a broken stage 1, so carefull what to pick
# into the next version..
@@ -39,64 +41,8 @@ sed -i '/configure.ac/ a \ sed -i "s@\\(unit_SOURCES.*\\)@#\\1@g" Makefile.am'
sed -i '/configure.ac/ a \ sed -i "s@\\(check_PROGRAMS*\\)@#\\1@g" Makefile.am' dejagnu/PKGBUILD
sed -i '/Makefile.am/ a \ autoreconf' dejagnu/PKGBUILD
-# glibc
-#######
-# use 2.25 version, not 2.26. Keep the ABI intact!
-# endless loop? gawk -f ../scripts/gen-as-const.awk pthread-pi-defines.sym \
-# two reasons: clock and artifacts walk backwards or forward in time
-# chroot on server with chroot, hard to have an asynchronous clock?
-# or glibc is already installed on the system (where not?), so how the
-# hell can it be possibly built!
-# => oh, this would be cruel.
-# or 3rd reason, we have a glibc shim, maybe this one causes some trouble
-# => why?
-# or libtool fixing, whatever fixing means (https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-496052-start-0.html)
-# => nope.
-# -isystem /usr/includ ein gcc spec? quite likely!
-# ah: old friend:
-build/glibc/src/glibc-build/libc.a(dl-sysdep.o): In function `.L18':
-dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x8c): undefined reference to `__memcmp_ia32'
-/build/glibc/src/glibc-build/libc.a(dl-sysdep.o): In function `.L87':
-dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x11f): undefined reference to `__memcmp_ia32'
-/build/glibc/src/glibc-build/libc.a(dl-sysdep.o): In function `.L19':
-dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x152): undefined reference to `__memcmp_ia32'
-/build/glibc/src/glibc-build/libc.a(dl-sysdep.o): In function `.L85':
-dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x19c): undefined reference to `__memcmp_ia32'
-dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x1b7): undefined reference to `__memcmp_ia32'
-/build/glibc/src/glibc-build/libc.a(dl-sysdep.o):dl-sysdep.c:(.text+0x202): more undefined references to `__memcmp_ia32' follow
-elf/sln
-=> USE_MULTIARCH
-=> --disable-multi-arch
-=> let's test this time, too dangerous to loose the chroot otherwise!
-# older 2.25 misses a binutils 2.29 patch:
-https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/diff/package/glibc/0005-fix-binutils-2-29-build.patch?id=cf821efbd0b24690b52f379d4a9934a16073762e
-{standard input}: Assembler messages:
-{standard input}: Error: `loc1@GLIBC_2.0' can't be versioned to common symbol 'loc1'
-{standard input}: Error: `loc2@GLIBC_2.0' can't be versioned to common symbol 'loc2'
-{standard input}: Error: `locs@GLIBC_2.0' can't be versioned to common symbol 'locs'
-make[2]: *** [../o-iterator.mk:9: /build/glibc/src/glibc-build/misc/regexp.os] Error 1
-
PACKAGES=" \
-libgpg-error \
- \
-sysfsutils libidn iputils \
- tcl expect dejagnu gcc glibc"
-
-# aftermatch for gcc/binutils
-
-#collect2: unable to find ld: this sounds bad, like an archicture mismatch somewhere
-#in binutils/gcc
-=> this is the cross compiled gcc for i486 inside the chroot, it expects
- its platform dependend stuff in /usr/lib/gcc/i486-unknown-linux-gnu/7.2.0
-=> we can temporarily fix this:
-ln -s /usr/bin/ld /usr/lib/gcc/i486-unknown-linux-gnu/7.2.0/ld
-etc.
-
-# aftermatch for glibc
-
-# bacause pacman cannot set file permissions
-chmod u+x /usr/bin/* /lib/*.so*
-
+ tcl expect dejagnu"
# in 'real' 486
###############
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8f373da..b1c615e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -191,3 +191,14 @@ su cross ./prepare_stage2_repo.sh
# (we gave it 512 MB)
./build_stage2.sh
+
+#########
+# STAGE 3
+#########
+
+# Use stage 2 to build base and base-devel. In this phase we don't care
+# yet much about testing the packages (as this draws in still too many
+# dependencies). But we try to be as close to base + base-devel as possible
+# with minimal patching of PKGBUILDs.
+
+su cross ./prepare_stage3_repo.sh
diff --git a/TODOS b/TODOS
index c4c44d3..3823783 100644
--- a/TODOS
+++ b/TODOS
@@ -80,4 +80,7 @@ stage2 issues:
make it a build requirement!
- syslinux: linking issues, header section too small in ld linker script
- syslinux: shouldn't we switch to another easier boot manager? or to grub?
+- we lack a hdd and iso creator, for now we just take stage1 for stage2 and stage2
+ for stage3
+stage 3 issues:
diff --git a/build_stage2_package.sh b/build_stage2_package.sh
index 95ab857..34c3826 100755
--- a/build_stage2_package.sh
+++ b/build_stage2_package.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
# shellcheck source=./default.conf
. "./default.conf"
-# builds and installs one package for stage 1
+# builds and installs one package for stage 2
if test "$(id -u)" = 0; then
sudo -u cross "$0" "$1"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ if test "$(find "$STAGE2_PACKAGES" -regex ".*/$PACKAGE-.*pkg\\.tar\\.xz" | wc -l
-exec cp {} . \;
fi
- # execute makepkg on the host, we don't have git on the stage 1 machine (yet)
+ # execute makepkg on the host
# we would actually like to have a mode like 'download, and noextract' but
# makepkg is not doing that (see -e and -o options)
diff --git a/build_stage3.sh b/build_stage3.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..18c9dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_stage3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# shellcheck source=./default.conf
+. "./default.conf"
+
+# build all packages for stage 3 using the target system with stage 2
+# packages. packages will be installed with pacman onto the target
+# system once built sucessfully. The artifacts are also copied back
+# to the $STAGE3_PACKAGES to speed up rebuild of the state of the stage 2
+# system in case of destroying it.
+
+PACKAGES="which"
+
+# stage3 (from compute_dependencies.sh)
+#~ acl: attr
+#~ argon2: glibc
+#~ attr: glibc
+#~ autoconf: awk m4 diffutils sh
+#~ automake: perl bash
+#~ bash: readline glibc ncurses
+#~ bc: readline
+#~ binutils: glibc zlib
+#~ bison: glibc m4 sh
+#~ bzip2: glibc sh
+#~ ca-certificates-cacert: ca-certificates-utils
+#~ coreutils: glibc acl attr gmp libcap openssl
+#~ cracklib: glibc zlib
+#~ cryptsetup: device-mapper libgcrypt popt libutil-linux json-c argon2
+#~ curl: ca-certificates krb5 libssh2 openssl zlib libpsl libnghttp2
+#~ db: gcc-libs sh
+#~ dbus: libsystemd expat
+#~ dhcpcd: glibc sh udev libsystemd
+#~ diffutils: glibc bash
+#~ e2fsprogs: sh libutil-linux
+#~ ed: glibc sh
+#~ elfutils: gcc-libs zlib bzip2 xz
+#~ expat: glibc
+#~ fakeroot: glibc filesystem sed util-linux sh
+#~ file: glibc zlib
+#~ filesystem: iana-etc
+#~ findutils: glibc sh
+#~ flex: glibc m4 sh
+#~ gawk: sh glibc mpfr
+#~ gc: gcc-libs libatomic_ops
+#~ gdbm: glibc sh
+#~ gettext: gcc-libs acl sh glib2 libunistring
+#~ glib2: pcre libffi libutil-linux zlib
+#~ gmp: gcc-libs sh
+#~ gnupg: npth libgpg-error libgcrypt libksba libassuan pinentry bzip2 readline gnutls sqlite
+#~ gnutls: gcc-libs libtasn1 readline zlib nettle p11-kit libidn libunistring
+#~ grep: glibc pcre
+#~ groff: perl gcc-libs
+#~ guile: gmp libltdl ncurses texinfo libunistring gc libffi
+#~ guile2.0: gmp libltdl ncurses texinfo libunistring gc libffi
+#~ gzip: glibc bash less
+#~ inetutils: pam libcap
+#~ iproute2: glibc iptables libelf
+#~ iptables: glibc bash libnftnl libpcap
+#~ iputils: openssl sysfsutils libcap libidn
+#~ jfsutils: util-linux
+#~ joe: ncurses
+#~ json-c: glibc
+#~ kbd: glibc pam
+#~ keyutils: glibc sh
+#~ kmod: glibc zlib xz
+#~ krb5: e2fsprogs libldap keyutils
+#~ ldns: openssl dnssec-anchors
+#~ less: glibc ncurses pcre
+#~ libarchive: acl attr bzip2 expat lz4 openssl xz zlib
+#~ libassuan: libgpg-error
+#~ libatomic_ops: glibc
+#~ libcap: glibc attr
+#~ libcap-ng: glibc
+#~ libedit: ncurses
+#~ libffi: glibc
+#~ libgcrypt: libgpg-error
+#~ libgpg-error: glibc sh
+#~ libidn: glibc
+#~ libidn2: libunistring
+#~ libksba: bash libgpg-error glibc
+#~ libmnl: glibc
+#~ libmpc: mpfr
+#~ libnfnetlink: glibc
+#~ libnftnl: libmnl
+#~ libnghttp2: glibc
+#~ libnl: glibc
+#~ libpcap: glibc libnl sh libusbx dbus
+#~ libpipeline: glibc
+#~ libpsl: libidn2 libunistring
+#~ libseccomp: glibc
+#~ libsecret: glib2 libgcrypt
+#~ libssh2: openssl
+#~ libtasn1: glibc
+#~ libtirpc: krb5
+#~ libtool: sh tar glibc
+#~ libunistring: glibc
+#~ libunwind: glibc xz
+#~ libusb: glibc libsystemd
+#~ logrotate: popt gzip acl
+#~ lz4: glibc
+#~ m4: glibc bash
+#~ make: glibc guile
+#~ man-db: bash gdbm zlib groff libpipeline less libseccomp
+#~ mdadm: glibc
+#~ mkinitcpio: awk mkinitcpio-busybox kmod util-linux libarchive coreutils bash findutils grep filesystem gzip systemd
+#~ mpfr: gmp
+#~ nano: ncurses file sh
+#~ nasm: glibc
+#~ ncurses: glibc gcc-libs
+#~ net-tools: glibc
+#~ netctl: coreutils iproute2 openresolv systemd
+#~ nettle: gmp
+#~ openresolv: bash
+#~ openssh: krb5 openssl libedit ldns
+#~ openssl: perl
+#~ p11-kit: glibc libtasn1 libffi
+#~ pacman: bash glibc libarchive curl gpgme pacman-mirrorlist archlinux-keyring
+#~ pam: glibc cracklib libtirpc pambase
+#~ patch: glibc attr
+#~ pciutils: glibc hwids kmod
+#~ pcmciautils: systemd
+#~ pcre: gcc-libs readline zlib bzip2 bash
+#~ pcre2: gcc-libs readline zlib bzip2 bash
+#~ perl: gdbm db glibc
+#~ pinentry: ncurses libcap libassuan libsecret
+#~ pkg-config: glib2
+#~ popt: glibc
+#~ procps-ng: ncurses libsystemd
+#~ psmisc: ncurses
+#~ python: expat bzip2 gdbm openssl libffi zlib
+#~ readline: glibc ncurses libncursesw.so
+#~ reiserfsprogs: util-linux
+#~ s-nail: openssl krb5 libidn
+#~ sed: glibc acl attr
+#~ shadow: bash pam acl
+#~ strace: perl libunwind
+#~ sudo: glibc libgcrypt pam libldap
+#~ sysfsutils: glibc
+#~ tar: glibc acl attr
+#~ texinfo: ncurses gzip perl sh
+#~ thin-provisioning-tools: expat gcc-libs libaio
+#~ usbutils: libusb hwids
+#~ vi: ncurses
+#~ which: glibc bash
+#~ xfsprogs: sh libutil-linux readline
+#~ xz: sh
+#~ zlib: glibc
+
+#~ stage2:
+#~ bash
+#~ iana-etc filesystem linux-api-headers tzdata
+#~ ncurses readline joe
+#~ attr acl m4 gmp gdbm db perl openssl
+#~ libunistring gettext perl-locale-gettext help2man
+#~ autoconf automake perl-error pcre2 git libtool
+#~ zlib pambase cracklib libtirpc flex pam libcap coreutils
+#~ util-linux pkg-config e2fsprogs expat bzip2 lz4 xz pcre less gzip
+#~ tar libarchive curl
+#~ pacman-mirrorlist archlinux-keyring archlinux32-keyring pacman
+#~ elfutils sed texinfo grep findutils file diffutils ed patch
+#~ fakeroot
+#~ kbd procps-ng bison shadow
+#~ inetutils bc kmod linux uinit nasm
+#~ net-tools libmnl libnfnetlink iptables iproute2
+#~ libedit openssh
+#~ make mpfr gawk libmpc binutils gcc glibc
+#~ libunwind strace gdb
+#~ "
+#~ #TODO after nasm: syslinux
+
+for p in $PACKAGES; do
+ "$SCRIPT_DIR/build_stage3_package.sh" "$p" || exit 1
+done
+
diff --git a/build_stage3_package.sh b/build_stage3_package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fa2d018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_stage3_package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# shellcheck source=./default.conf
+. "./default.conf"
+
+# builds and installs one package for stage 3
+
+if test "$(id -u)" = 0; then
+ sudo -u cross "$0" "$1"
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+PACKAGE=$1
+
+# draw in default values for build variables
+
+. "$SCRIPT_DIR/$TARGET_CPU-stage3/template/DESCR"
+
+if test "$(find "$STAGE3_PACKAGES" -regex ".*/$PACKAGE-.*pkg\\.tar\\.xz" | wc -l)" = 0; then
+ echo "Building package $PACKAGE."
+
+ cd $STAGE3_BUILD || exit 1
+
+ # clean up old build
+
+ sudo rm -rf "$PACKAGE"
+ rm -f "$STAGE3_PACKAGES/$PACKAGE"-*pkg.tar.xz
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP rm -rf "/build/$PACKAGE"
+
+ # check out the package build information from the upstream git rep
+ # using asp (or from the AUR using yaourt)
+
+ PACKAGE_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/$TARGET_CPU-stage3/$PACKAGE"
+ PACKAGE_CONF="$PACKAGE_DIR/DESCR"
+ if test -f "$PACKAGE_CONF"; then
+ if test "$(grep -c FETCH_METHOD "$PACKAGE_CONF")" = 1; then
+ FETCH_METHOD=$(grep FETCH_METHOD "$PACKAGE_CONF" | cut -f 2 -d = | tr -d '"')
+ fi
+ fi
+ case $FETCH_METHOD in
+ "asp")
+ $ASP export "$PACKAGE"
+ ;;
+ "yaourt")
+ yaourt -G "$PACKAGE"
+ ;;
+ "packages32")
+ # (we assume, we only take core packages)
+ cp -a "$ARCHLINUX32_PACKAGES/core/$PACKAGE" .
+ ;;
+ *)
+ print "ERROR: unknown FETCH_METHOD '$FETCH_METHOD'.." >&2
+ exit 1
+ esac
+
+ cd "$PACKAGE" || exit 1
+
+ # attach our destination platform to be a supported architecture
+ sed -i "/^arch=[^#]*any/!{/^arch=(/s/(/($TARGET_CPU /}" PKGBUILD
+
+ # if there is a packages32 diff-PKGBUILD, attach it at the end
+ # (we assume, we build only 'core' packages during stage1)
+ DIFF_PKGBUILD="$ARCHLINUX32_PACKAGES/core/$PACKAGE/PKGBUILD"
+ if test -f "$DIFF_PKGBUILD"; then
+ cat "$DIFF_PKGBUILD" >> PKGBUILD
+ fi
+
+ # copy all other files from Archlinux32, if they exist
+ # (we assume, we only take core packages during stage1)
+ if test -f "$DIFF_PKGBUILD"; then
+ find "$ARCHLINUX32_PACKAGES/core/$PACKAGE"/* ! -name PKGBUILD \
+ -exec cp {} . \;
+ fi
+
+ # source package descriptions, sets variables for this script
+ # and executes whatever is needed to build the package
+
+ if test -f "$PACKAGE_CONF"; then
+ . "$PACKAGE_CONF"
+ fi
+
+ # copy all files into the build area on the target machine
+ # (but the package DESCR file)
+
+ if test -d "$PACKAGE_DIR"; then
+ find "$PACKAGE_DIR"/* ! -name DESCR \
+ -exec cp {} . \;
+ fi
+
+ # execute makepkg on the host
+ # we would actually like to have a mode like 'download, and noextract' but
+ # makepkg is not doing that (see -e and -o options)
+
+ makepkg --nobuild
+ rm -rf "$STAGE3_BUILD/$PACKAGE/src"
+
+ # copy everything to the stage 1 machine
+
+ scp -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa -rC "$STAGE3_BUILD/$PACKAGE" build@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP:/build/.
+
+ # building the actual package
+
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa build@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'cd $PACKAGE && makepkg --skipchecksums --skippgpcheck --nocheck'" > $PACKAGE.log 2>&1
+ RES=$?
+
+ tail "$PACKAGE.log"
+
+ if test $RES = 0; then
+
+ # copy to our package folder in the first stage chroot
+
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'
+ cd /build/$PACKAGE
+ rm -f ./*debug*.pkg.tar.xz
+ cp -v ./*.pkg.tar.xz /packages/$TARGET_CPU/.
+ '"
+
+ # redo the whole pacman cache and repo (always running into trouble
+ # there, packages seem to reappear in old versions)
+
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'
+ rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*
+ rm -rf /packages/$TARGET_CPU/temp.db*
+ rm -rf /packages/$TARGET_CPU/temp.files*
+ repo-add /packages/$TARGET_CPU/temp.db.tar.gz /packages/$TARGET_CPU/*pkg.tar.xz
+ '"
+
+ # install onto stage 1 system via pacman
+
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'
+ # TODO: broken [temp] repo
+ #pacman --noconfirm -Syy $PACKAGE
+ pacman --noconfirm -U /packages/$TARGET_CPU/$PACKAGE-*.pkg.tar.xz
+ if test $ADDITIONAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE != ""; then
+ #pacman --noconfirm -Syy $ADDITIONAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE
+ pacman --noconfirm -U /packages/$TARGET_CPU/$ADDITIONAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE-*.pkg.tar.xz
+ fi
+ '"
+
+ # copy packages from target machine and replace our local version with it
+
+ tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d 'tmp.compute-dependencies.0.XXXXXXXXXX' --tmpdir)
+ trap 'rm -rf --one-file-system "${tmp_dir}"' EXIT
+
+ cd $STAGE3_BUILD || exit 1
+ mv "$STAGE3_BUILD/$PACKAGE/$PACKAGE.log" "$tmp_dir"
+ cd "$STAGE3_BUILD" || exit 1
+ rm -rf "$PACKAGE"
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'cd /build && tar zcf $PACKAGE.tar.gz $PACKAGE/'"
+ scp -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa -rC build@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP:/build/"$PACKAGE.tar.gz" "$STAGE3_BUILD/."
+ ssh -i $CROSS_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa root@$STAGE1_MACHINE_IP bash -c "'cd /build && rm -f $PACKAGE.tar.gz'"
+ tar zxf "$PACKAGE.tar.gz"
+ rm -f "$PACKAGE.tar.gz"
+ mv "$tmp_dir/$PACKAGE.log" "$STAGE3_BUILD/$PACKAGE/."
+ mv -vf "$STAGE3_BUILD/$PACKAGE/"*.pkg.tar.xz "$STAGE3_PACKAGES/."
+
+ echo "Built package $PACKAGE."
+
+ else
+ echo "ERROR building package $PACKAGE"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+ cd $STAGE3_BUILD || exit 1
+
+else
+ echo "$PACKAGE exists."
+fi
diff --git a/default.conf b/default.conf
index a8b82dc..b5a89ed 100644
--- a/default.conf
+++ b/default.conf
@@ -43,15 +43,26 @@ STAGE1_ISOLINUX=$CROSS_HOME/isolinux
# where is stage1 installed on the target architecture and reachable
STAGE1_MACHINE_IP=192.168.1.127
-# where packages are stored for stage 2
+# where build results are stored for stage 2
STAGE2_BUILD=$CROSS_HOME/$TARGET_CPU-build-stage2
-# the chroot of stage 2
+# the chroot of stage 2 (we don't use it acutally, we use a real
+# machine to build the packages on), but it serves as storage
+# location of final artifacts)
STAGE2_CHROOT=$CROSS_HOME/$TARGET_CPU-root-stage2
# where packages are stored for stage 2 (on the host)
STAGE2_PACKAGES=$STAGE2_CHROOT/packages/$TARGET_CPU/
+# the chroot of stage 3
+STAGE3_CHROOT=$CROSS_HOME/$TARGET_CPU-root-stage3
+
+# where packages are stored for stage 3 (on the host)
+STAGE3_PACKAGES=$STAGE3_CHROOT/packages/$TARGET_CPU/
+
+# where build results are stored for stage 3
+STAGE3_BUILD=$CROSS_HOME/$TARGET_CPU-build-stage3
+
# git repository for PKGBUILD diffs and patches for the
# i686 architecture
GIT_URL_ARCHLINUX32_PACKAGES=https://github.com/archlinux32/packages.git
diff --git a/i486-stage3/template/DESCR b/i486-stage3/template/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb3d05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i486-stage3/template/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# FETCH_METHOD = "asp" | "yaourt" | "packages32"
+# "asp" is the default tool to fetch the package description PKGBUILD and
+# associated patch and other files.
+# If the package exists only on AUR, then use "yaourt".
+# If you want the package from Archlinux32, use "packages32".
+# (this is only for where to get the base set of files from, the patches
+# from packages32 are always applied)
+FETCH_METHOD="asp"
+
+# NOPARALLEL_BUILD = 0 | 1
+# the -j<N> parameter to makepkg will be set to -j if
+# NOPARALLEL_PACKAGE=1. The default is to use all avaiable cores
+# and set -j<CPUS>
+NOPARALLEL_BUILD=0
+
+# ADDITIONAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE = <package name>
+# per default the package has the same name as the package file,
+# some packages generate additional package files to install
+# (for example util-linux also has a libutil-linux)
+ADDITIONAL_INSTALL_PACKAGE=
diff --git a/prepare_stage3.sh b/prepare_stage3.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7b4fdcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prepare_stage3.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# shellcheck source=./default.conf
+. "./default.conf"
+
+# prepare the i486-build for stage 3
+
+if test ! -d $STAGE3_CHROOT; then
+ mkdir $STAGE3_CHROOT
+ mkdir -p $STAGE3_PACKAGES
+fi
+
+if test ! -d $STAGE3_BUILD; then
+
+ # prepare the build enviroment
+
+ mkdir $STAGE3_BUILD
+ cd $STAGE3_BUILD || exit 1
+
+ # TODO: actually build a stage2 hdd from the build artifacts of
+ # stage 2, for now we just copy the vm from stage1 after building
+ # and installing all packages from stage 2 and use it as new build
+ # machine.
+
+ echo "Prepared the stage 3 build environment."
+fi
+
+echo "Stage 3 ready."