Re: Very newbe help/pointers required about building a distribution from scratch
Could "Linux from scratch" provide you with at least some of the
information you need?
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 19:10, Jonathan Wilson
<piercing_male@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok I'm quite a newbe to both Linux and "PC" development, however I know
> what I want to do but don't know where to start!
>
> What I'd like to know is how do I build a distribution entirely from
> scratch/source like the pro's do.
>
> ie. Get all the debian source for the latest arm port (just the source)
> and then compile/build it till I have a working system.
>
> Why would I want to do this? Well first of I want to optimize the final
> code to specific processors (OMAP3530 and ARM926EJ-S) and also customise
> the builds to use different application/graphic components such as
> gnome, E17, samba, etc. I also figure this is a great way to learn about
> Linux/debian and fixing any bugs will give me some insight into the
> various languages (C/C++ specifically)
>
> I'm sure there must be some product or methodoligy that the pro's use to
> build debian distributions with different tweaks where the code has to
> branch (eg, Ubuntu desktop V NBR) so that all the common code remains
> common and some kinds of config files then set the options (some kind of
> global system makefile? or .config file?)
>
> Surely its not a case of downloading each package source manually,
> checking that all the dependents are downloaded, then manually doing a
> make config / make / make install for each and every package and having
> one directory structure for each distribution?
>
> Any pointers would be welcome as google is not my friend as I can't find
> anything about taking a current distribution and compiling the whole.
> (it did find stuff about making packages, and rebuilding an already
> installed distribution, both of which are not what I want, lol)
>
> JonXx
>
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