Re: [TCLUG:12143] hello

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@mailhub.lugh.net>]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Christopher Palmer wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, L Crisp wrote:
> 
> > > | Any *real* linux hacker starts with nothing more than a kernel, gcc,
> > > and glibc
> > 
> > Speaking of which, I've recently decided to do just that.  Anyone have any
> > thoughts, advice, or damnations?
> 
> Yeah me too, actually. What's your plan of action? Mine is to build a
> source tree (most of the vital stuff is there now), compile gcc, glibc,
> fileutils and binutils, and then chroot to the source tree and do it all
> again (so that everything gets compiled with the new gcc and against the
> new glibc). Then, I make a giant master Makefile, and fire it off and have
> it compile everything. I don't get to work on it as much as I want to, but
> what do you expect. :)
> 

I was thinking of trying to create an automated build install which would
install only the base from floppy, then you would choose packages, and it
would compile everything from a source tree and enter it into a package
database, but then I found out that Stampede Linux is porting BSD ports to
linux under the name SLAB (Stampede Linux Auto Builder), and that is why
Stampede is taking so long to get to v1.0.  ;)

-Chris