James Carlson wrote: >Ian Collins writes: > > >>Interesting link, thank you. I assume this is a kind of bootstrap >>build, enough the boot and build the rest? >> >>It might be interesting to do something similar with ON. >> >> > >I don't think it'd be a good idea. > >We would end up having to maintain this. That means that *EVERY* >contributor to Open Solaris would need to test that his new bits build >properly (producing objects that pass all applicable tests and build >without new errors or warnings) in *all* of the existing supported >environments. > > > James, I think you either missed my point, or more likely I wasn't clear.
I was suggesting that it might be interesting to come up with a means of building the barest minimum of OpenSolaris that could boot and be used to build the rest. A bit like the bootstrap build at the beginning of gcc, which can be built with any C compiler which is then used to build the rest. That's all. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
