I currently believe that it may make sense to work
on the task to make SchilliX a self hosting platform.
As I did write yesterday, all packets inside the SchilliX
basic kit have been compiled on SchilliX. This currently does not
work for OpenSolaris itself.
People who have already been on this list in June may remember that
I was trying to compile OpenSolaris on SchilliX for some time in mid
June.
Prominent problems that have already been identified are:
- rpcgen needs a K&R CPP
The solution is to install a gcc wrapper
- In order to compile OpenSolaris we need a java compiler.
The solution is to install the javacompiler. Unfortunately
this cannot be done by joe average user because Sun does
not make the java compiler available ad a TAR archive and
installing the files from the PKG archive manually is a
highly complex task (need to chmod +x many files and install
many symlinks manually).
-----> Sun, please make a TAR archive for the java compiler
available!
- Libm was not available in 64 bit mode on SchilliX-0.1
As 64 bit versions of most libraries I manage for Schillix
are available since the beginning of August, it makles sense
to start with a new try...
For these reasons, I will spend an other few days in hope to allow
OpenSolaris to be compiled on OpenSolaris....
For the people who like to help with SchilliX and create TAR packages
that may be used with the SchilliX assembly kit, let me give a small
note:
I did already explain that a TAR pkg may contain a postinstall script.
Please look into the SchilliX kit to understand how this works.
If you like to create a TAR archive for a package, it may help if I
give you a hint how to create the tar archive:
sfind . ! -type d | change '*$' '& ? root bin' | star -cPM pkglist=- >
/tmp/pkg.tar
is the right way to go. Start the command chain in the equivalent of
root directory for the target system.
Jörg
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