Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 07:15:52 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com> To: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TinyBSD kit progress report Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007250707050.8718-100000@lepton.subatomix.com> In-Reply-To: <200007250804.BAA06013@mindspring.com>
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> > > It seems to me that it would be a lot more interesting to have the > > > ports/build frameworks set up to accomodate building "these things" > > > out of the src/ tree. > > > ... > > > ports/itsybsd anyone? :-) > > > Interesting idea, but there are some things about small freebsd kits > > that are tightly coupled to the underlying system. > > Exactly and it's just this coupling I would like to see our collective > energies invested into removing instead of heading down the path of > a redux of our picobsd experience. > > Some time ago I submitted an experimental patch which allowed ports to > fetch their sources via CVS. This allows the construction of aribitrary > source trees from divergent branches and possibly even from other projects. > I used this ugly little hack for my own small-freebsd variant (FleaBSD) Now that sounds like a good idea. I still think that being in src is a good idea, too, if handled properly administratively. But now I can't decide which one I like better... :) =============================== Jeffrey S. Sharp (XorAxAx) jss@subatomix.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS/IT/MU d-@ s-:+ a21 C++(++++) UBL+(+++$)> P L+(+++$)> E+> W++ N+(++) o? K? w++$> !O M(-) !V PS+ PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+ R(+) tv+ b+ DI++(+++) G++ e> h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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