On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:28:52AM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > On 02/11/2007, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 10:58:53AM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > > > Not true: OpenSolaris is not even a complete basic OS. > > > > This has been a nagging concern for me for some time. > > > > I find it somewhat uncomfortable that OpenSolaris (or rather, ON) is not > > self-hosting. > > > > The compiler isn't a big issue for me, but the contents of closed/ and > > SUNWonbld definitely are; for one our codebase is somewhat of a lame > > horse without them and for two it's a PITA to have to check for new > > versions before building anything. > > > > Questions: > > > > 1) Why isn't SUNWonbld in hg? [For instance, the ctf* tools are already > > in hg, so why aren't they just built as a build tool?] > > I think it is; look at the onnv-scm repository. Because of the tools > work I just don't think it has made it into the main gate yet.
Aha! Thanks.
> > 2) Is there any mileage in cleanrooming the contents of closed/ (and
> > anything in SUNWonbld that can't be opened now) ?
>
> What's closed in SUNWonbld. I'm not aware of anything personally.
Well, nothing by the look of your answer to #1, but that wasn't the
question.
> > 3) If so, how do I help or get this started? [I obviously need someone
> > with the sources, so it's no use telling me to just get started]
>
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Not sure I see the relevance. I'm interested in the contents of the
repository. Those are the folks responsible for usr/src/tools, I take
it?
Cheers,
Ceri
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