>>From the problems that I've seen on the list, the main issues seem to be >>related to the tool-chain and that the > build system interacts with the host system that everything is being built on.
Having a virtual machine that people can play with it allows them it modify and fix wherever they feel and contribute to the main distribution. I have a virtual machine with debian etch that compiles just fine. My only trouble would be where to host it it is a huge file. > > Another potential solution is to take some of the information from > www.linuxfromscratch.org and > buildroot.uclibc.org and fix the current scripts to better isolate the build > from the host system. > nice to know. having a virtual machine does not stop it to happend. > My gut feeling at this moment is that the basic idea of the build script that > is currently used is the correct > way to go. However, some changes to fix the "tool-chain problem" are > necessary. How to fix it has been solved > by buildroot and linuxfromscratch. > my gut feeling is that making a virtual machine allows more people to build their own version of unattended without knowing the underline system so it would be rather strange that with that lack of knowledge they will contribute it back ( I hope that it did not sound too sceptic) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ unattended-devel mailing list unattended-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-devel
