debian/netbsd is using netbsd libc (debian/freebsd is using glibc). although it will also be using some netbsd utilities, it is closer to #1 to #2 below. the important thing to remember is that this is *debian*, intends to be is an official debian port and will be following debian policy regarding file locations and the like.
it *isn't* "linux with bsd kernel". it *is* "debian with bsd kernel" -- _ivan On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:39:28AM +0100, Michael Ritzert wrote: > Hi, > > Dan Walrond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 10.01.03 00:02:10: > > > Obviously the kernel. I and think there's something else like glibc. > > Why glibc? Wouldn?t that make debian netbsd incompatible to the netbsd > mainstream? > IMHO, the core libraries should remain identical. I'm aware that this will > probably make porting of some of the debian utilities more difficult. > > Actually, there are two alternatives approaches to such a port: > > 1) implant a BSD kernel in a debian system > 2) take a BSD base system (a small but fully functional CLI oriented unix > with netbsd specific > admin structure (startup files, location of config data), implant the > debian packaging system > and add all the rest as .deb packages > > 1) will lead to something like a "linux with BSD kernel" > 2) might evolve to something more acceptable to the BSD mainstream > > What do we want to have? At present, i am tending more toward 2) (reason: > broader audience) > but i am convincable of alternatives. > > > Hopefully someone will be able to deny or comfirm that, as I can't > > remember off hand. > > > > > Will, for > > > example, NetBSD-debian simply be a NetBSD bootdisk (i.e., an > > > absolutely minimal BSD system) + debian package system + netbsd > > > software in debian packages? Or is a larger base system > > > necessary/desirable? > > > > Interesting... Personally the full Debian userland would be nice. Maybe > > including the NetBSD version of some tools would be a good idea. > > Well, aren't they already part of linux, especially ash? > > > > > > Is there any concept of this? Are the two > > > existing ports identical in this respect or do they differ? > > > > That's something I can't answer. Hopefully someone on the list can. > > > > > Which > > > versions of NetBSD and Debian sources do we base on? I have a cdrom > > > image of NetBSD 1.5.2 an a full Debian 3.0/intel including sources. > > > Would this be an appropraite basis to start with? > > > > I have NetBSD 1.6 which I downloaded last week. Debian 3.0 seems a > > sensable start. > > For a good start we should simply define an initial version and freeze that > until the 1st release. > > > > > > Is it a problem if we build software on different OSes for cross > > compiling? Might actually be easier to cross compile. I would probably > > install linux on one for the other disks. > > I agree. > > Michael > > > > > Dan > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Mit der Gruppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail erreichen Sie mit einem Klick > alle Freunde gleichzeitig! http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021180 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- _ivan
