On 2026-07-06 21:31, [email protected] wrote:

Hi tccm,

> Dear Michael,
>
> Unfortunately I have to protest when you make a statement like this:
>
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 04:03:56PM +0000, Michael Ackermann via Tinycc-devel 
> wrote:
> > Long story short, tinycc is a crucial component to accomplish the only known
> > complete(!) system bootstrap which exists today, that is live-bootstrap for 
> > x86_32 "only".
>
> A complete Posix-like system, i.e. including its kernel, utility programs
> and compilers, created as a reproducible binary, without reliance on
> _any_ specific binary blobs, is available since several years ago from
> the VSOBFS project.

So far live-bootstrap is the only known complete(!!!) system bootstrap
(involving tinycc).

You are referring to "reproducible binary" for whichever Posix-like system
- there is many - , which of cause is relevant to the question, but does not
necessarily cover _all_ aspects as live-bootstrap and in
particular it's stage0-posix loader/kernel/assembler and M2-Planet does to
confirm a complete dependency chain without any "circular dependency".

> You know this.

Feel free to present your VSOBFS proposal to #bootstrappable people who
typically welcome all alternative approaches to discuss limitations of any
(for that matter there is limitations with live-bootstrap too but the developers
are honest about those).

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