>approached this without putting the backs up of virtually sorry. i mean no offense when i'm talking about beta-testing or something else
>Solaris is fundamentally different. no. Solaris is not fundamentally different. It is posix compliant operating system written in C programming language and known to compile under gcc, may be development process is different or it intended to serve different purpuses, but not from (static snapshot) soruce code perspective. i just think it is not good that posix compliant OS can't compile under Posix compliant environment. and all i want now is investigate this possibility for opensolaris. >If you do not wish to participate in the OpenSolaris process i wish to participate in the OpenSolaris process, But i wish do this in comfortable environment. i do not wish help Sun in their process of building Solaris 11(is it legal ?). this "fundamental solaris difference" prevent people from building totaly independent distributions? The fact of existence of many linux distributions is saying "many people likes many different unix organization schemes" if linux can why opensolaris can't ? by trying to compile it under linux, i am trying to prove to myself that opensolaris is really open project, and not coupled with closed-source tools. (building in normal environment can't show this dependencies) I'll be glad to find evidence that i can't compile solaris not because closed tools, but because amount of work that needed to build it under linux. >OpenSolaris/ON development process, take a look here: my development process will begin after i can build kernel + userland. >many projects require the use of interfaces and/or tools that are only >available after a given build of Nevada. i know that, it is why i am asking about concrete examples ... i need to calculate amount of work ... may be projects that require this tools are not critical for bootstrapping solaris. i just do not want to stuck in the middle of the building 300mb source tree, loosing hours of work. >ON team has done a terrific job oh, i clearly understand this. If they done this amount of work, source is gcc buildable, makefiles compatible (in theory), ld is opensourced, why not make building process totally posix compliant ? (yes, i know it is not what they payed for) > It is not a requirement of an I understand this. i'm not saying "Solaris is not good OS because it can't be crosscompiled like NetBSD" >dedicate some of your time and resources towards that end before i begin, i must know is it possible and what prevents me building under linux. _______ i understand that i am asking too much, but can someone answer the questions: are any tools that required for bootstrapping solaris from linux closed source, (so i can't port them to linux )? what problems can arise in process of building solaris from linux. ? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
