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author | Lucio Andrés Illanes Albornoz (arab, vxp) <l.illanes@gmx.de> | 2016-11-14 23:02:47 +0100 |
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committer | Lucio Andrés Illanes Albornoz (arab, vxp) <l.illanes@gmx.de> | 2016-11-15 20:40:50 +0100 |
commit | 59765f508225998d8a73b1da8380ff06b4a6b79c (patch) | |
tree | 9397850a4ab5bac51ec373558722c45be4fe7258 /README | |
parent | 8739dbe67d82f90d1c3b63a8d07af291c4ace600 (diff) | |
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1) Replaces the SysV-style build script link mechanism w/ build {,meta-}targets,
2) splits build.{subr,sh}} into subr/{build,pkg,rtl}.subr and build.sh,
3) replaces {997.strip,998.midipix_sh,999.tarballs}.build with subr/{strip,tarball}.subr,
4) moves patches to patches/, vars files to vars/, and everything else to etc/,
5) renames `Create `Midipix mintty shell' shortcut.vbs' to midipix_shortcut.vbs,
6) fixes a Weechat configure issue, and
7) updates etc/{build.usage,README}.
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diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index af6924e7..00000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,228 +0,0 @@ - - Obtaining and installing a Midipix distribution - Last update: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 09:42:40 +0000 - -A Midipix distribution consists of the following: -a) the native Midipix toolchain, consisting of perk, gcc, its dependencies, - and binutils, -b) musl, a lightweight, fast, simple, and free libc[1] used by Midipix, -c) the Midipix runtime components that bridge the gap between the libc and the - executive subsystems of all Windows NT-derived Windows OS starting with and - including Windows XP, and -d) a steadily increasing number of 3rd party open source packages, as expected in - any modern POSIX-compliant *nix environment, including GNU coreutils, shells, - libraries such as ncurses, libressl, as well as Perl and Python. - -Compressed Midipix distribution tarballs and, separately, source tarballs are, -at present, produced every four (4) hours UTC after each successful build and -subsequently signed. This process is fully automated by a portable Bourne shell -script; all of the above mentioned components are cross-compiled. - -Thus, the most hassle-free way to get started with Midipix is to simply download -the most recent distribution tarball and follow the instructions below. It is, -however, recommended to anyone intending to use Midipix as a development platform -to familiarise themselves with the build process. Other reasons to prefer building -a Midipix distribution yourself include integrating new 3rd party software or local -runtime component patches. At present, a full build from scratch takes about 30 -(thirty) minutes to finish on an 8-core host with eight simultaneous make jobs, -minus the generation of the tarballs. The build script can be obtained from the -following GitHub repository: <https://github.com/lalbornoz/midipix_build>. - -If you obtained a Midipix distribution tarball, extract it into a directory and -drive of your choice, henceforth referred to as target directory; the drive can -be a network drive. Do _not_ use anything but a true UNIX environment tar(1), as -e.g. WinRAR or WinZip handle extracting hard links incorrectly. -If you built Midipix yourself, the target directory is equivalent to the ${PREFIX} -configured in build.vars, which defaults to ${HOME}/midipix. - -At present, providing an interactive Midipix environment still requires the Cygwin -terminal emulator Mintty and a shell; this does not include pseudoterminals, which -are entirely handled by Midipix. Both can be installed via the 64-bit Cygwin setup -program at <https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe>. - -Once installed, launching a Midipix shell is accomplished by the `midipix.sh' shell -script provided in the target directory from within a Cygwin shell prompt in Mintty -and the target directory. This may either simply be done manually each time, or -automated by a shortcut. As shortcuts cannot be distributed, it can be created by -either: -a) Opening (executing) the VBScript script in the target directory from within the - latter cscript.exe, providing the fully qualified pathname to Mintty, if it differs - from the default value of C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe or -b) manually creating a shortcut to Mintty with `Start in:' set to the target directory - and the following command line: - [ ... ]\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -e sh midipix.sh, or - -References: -Sun, 24 Apr 2016 09:04:08 +0000 [1] musl FAQ <http://www.musl-libc.org/faq.html> - - Linux distribution-related errata - -Busybox based distributions need the gawk, gsed, and coreutils packages to build perl. - - Midipix status report - Last update: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 10:16:16 +0000 - -The following build status codes are defined: -C -- Complete build w/ at least the default configuration, -B -- Broken, e.g. doesn't work at all or only minimally, -I -- Integrated (e.g. linked against) with other packages, -E -- Extensively tested and confirmed to work by multiple sources, possibly via a testsuite, -P -- Patches needed to build that haven't been committed upstream yet, and -U -- Update to latest stable version or HEAD pending. - -Component type Name Version Status Comments -Host toolchain binutils 2.24.51 C--EPU -Host toolchain file 5.28 C----- -Host toolchain gcc 4.6.4 ---EPU Excludes libstdc++ -Host toolchain musl 1.1.12 C-IEPU -Host toolchain perk HEAD C-IE-- -Host toolchain pkgconf 0.28 C--E-- -Host toolchain slibtool 0.5.7 C--E-- -Native toolchain binutils 2.24.51 C--EPU -Native toolchain gcc 4.6.4 ---EPU Excludes libstdc++ -Native toolchain gmp 5.1.3 C-IEPU -Native toolchain libelf 0.8.13 C-IEP- -Native toolchain mpc 1.0.1 C-IE-U -Native toolchain mpfr 3.1.2 C-IE-U -Native toolchain musl 1.1.12 C-IEPU -Native toolchain perk HEAD C-IE-- -Native toolchain pkgconf 0.28 C-IE-- -Runtime components dalist HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components ntapi HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components ntcon HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components ntctty HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components pemagine HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components psxscl HEAD C-IE-- Excludes clone(2) and dlopen(3) -Runtime components psxtypes HEAD C-IE-- -Runtime components ptycon HEAD C-IE-- -3rd party libraries gdbm 1.12 C-I--- -3rd party libraries glib 2.46.2 C-I-P- Shared object not built -3rd party libraries gzip 1.2.4 C-IE-- -3rd party libraries libarchive 3.1.2 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libassuan 2.4.3 C-I--- -3rd party libraries libevent 2.0.22-stable C-I--- -3rd party libraries libfetch 2.33 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libffi 3.2.1 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libfirm HEAD C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libgcrypt 1.7.3 C-I--- -3rd party libraries libgpg_error 1.24 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libksba 1.3.5 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libpipeline 1.4.1 C-I--- -3rd party libraries libressl 2.2.6 C-I-P- -3rd party libraries libz 1.2.8.2015.05.20 C-I--- -3rd party libraries lua 5.3.3 C---P- -3rd party libraries ncurses 6.0 C-IEP- ncurses, ncursestw, and ncursesw built -3rd party libraries npth 1.2 C-I--- -3rd party libraries pcre 8.39 C-I--- -3rd party libraries xz 5.2.2 C-IE-- -3rd party X11 libs inputproto 2.3.2 C----- -3rd party X11 libs kbproto 1.0.7 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libICE 1.0.9 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libSM 1.2.2 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libX11 1.6.3 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXau 1.0.8 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXaw 1.0.13 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXext 1.3.3 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXmu 1.1.2 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXpm 3.5.11 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libXt 1.1.5 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libpthread-stubs 0.3 C----- -3rd party X11 libs libxkbfile 1.0.9 C----- -3rd party X11 libs renderproto 0.11.1 C----- -3rd party X11 libs xcb 1.12 C----- Needs pthreads / clone(2) -3rd party X11 libs xcb-proto 1.12 C----- -3rd party X11 libs xextproto 7.3.0 C----- -3rd party X11 libs xproto 7.0.29 C----- -3rd party X11 libs xtrans 1.1 C----- -3rd party X11 libs Xrender 0.9.9 C----- -3rd party packages apk_tools 2.6.6 C---P- -3rd party packages bash 4.3 C-I-P- Linked against ncursesw -3rd party packages bzip2 1.0.6 C-IE-- -3rd party packages coreutils 8.23 C---P- Needs extensive testing -3rd party packages cparser HEAD C-I-P- -3rd party packages cron HEAD C---P- -3rd party packages curl 7.47.1 C---P- -3rd party packages dash 0.5.8 C----- Provides /bin/sh -3rd party packages diffutils 3.3 C----- -3rd party packages dos2unix 7.3.4 C----- -3rd party packages ed 1.13 C----- -3rd party packages file 5.28 C----- -3rd party packages findutils 4.5.14 C---P- -3rd party packages gawk 4.1.3 C----- -3rd party packages git 2.7.1 C----- Needs clone(2) -3rd party packages gnupg 2.1.15 C----- Needs /dev/[u]random, extensive testing -3rd party packages grep 2.22 C----- -3rd party packages hexcurse 1.60.0 C-I-P- Linked against ncursesw -3rd party packages htop 2.0.1 C-I-P- Linked against ncursesw -3rd party packages inetutils 1.9.4 C----- -3rd party packages infounzip 6.0 C----- -3rd party packages infozip 3.0 C----- -3rd party packages irssi 0.8.18 CB--P- DNS and /EXEC require clone(2) due to pthreads (see psxscl;) no Perl support -3rd party packages john 1.8.0 C---P- -3rd party packages less 481 C-I--- Linked against ncursesw -3rd party packages lynx 2.8.8rel2 C----- -3rd party packages make 3.81 C----- -3rd party packages man_db 2.7.5 C----- -3rd party packages mc 4.8.17 C----- -3rd party packages mksh R52c C----- -3rd party packages nano 2.5.3 C-I--- Linked against ncursesw -3rd party packages netcat 110 C---P- -3rd party packages openssh 7.1p2 C-I--- Linked against libressl -3rd party packages pacman 5.0.1 C---P- -3rd party packages patch 2.7 C----- -3rd party packages perl 5.22.1 ------ No dlopen(3) (see psxscl,) modules missing -3rd party packages procps-ng 3.3.12 C----- -3rd party packages python 3.5.1 -B--P- No dlopen(3) (see psxscl,) modules missing -3rd party packages rsync 3.1.2 C----- -3rd party packages rxvt-unicode 9.22 C-I--- No Perl support -3rd party packages sed 4.2.2 C----- -3rd party packages tar 1.28 C----- -3rd party packages tcsh 6.19.00 C-I-P- -3rd party packages the silver searcher 0.32.0 C----- -3rd party packages tmux 2.2 C---P- -3rd party packages util_linux 2.27.1 C----- Needs extensive testing -3rd party packages vim 7.4.1952 C----- Provides /bin/vi -3rd party packages weechat 1.6 C----- -3rd party packages which 2.21 C----- -3rd party packages whois 5.2.12 C----- -3rd party packages xeyes 1.1.1 C-I--- -3rd party packages xwd 1.0.6 C-I--- -3rd party packages zsh 5.2 C-I--- Linked against ncursesw - - Midipix roadmap/TODO list - Last update: Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:47:13 +0000 - -midipix alpha release: the final stretch -======================================== - -my.own.tasks@midipix.org ------------------------- - -* ofd tables: additional bucket allocation as needed. -* `ls -R //c`: check for the cause of individual failures. - (might be related to the above ofd bucket allocation). -* integrate clone and the initial ldso implementation. -* integrate the signal queue, check signal implementation for - semantic completion, especially in the context of multi-threaded - applications. -* implement /dev/random and /dev/urandom, as well as other virtual - folders needed by core applications. -* implement the scheduler functions. -* implement (possibly as stubs) missing system calls, fix existing - system calls as needed by the core applications. -* toolchain: provided the few interfaces missing for C++ support. -* porting of mintty. - - -porting and other release-related tasks ---------------------------------------- - -* testing of ncurses. -* testing of bash and dash when built with ncurses. -* testing of all of the coreutils, seeing which ones fail due to - a missing virtual file or folder, which ones fail due to a missing - system call (crash), and which ones fail due to an incomplete or - incorrect system call. -* porting of gdb. - -vim:expandtab sw=8 ts=8 tw=0 nowrap |