Re: Debian GNU/Solaris
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> Quoting Sven LUTHER <luther@maxime.u-strasbg.fr>:
>
> > Just a debian/sparc/solaris system build upon a non-free kernel ? I would
> > love
> > something like that. After all the kernel is only a so small part of
> > debian,
> > and it would even fall in the shipped with the system clause of the GPL for
> > solaris bixes ...
>
> true...so basically the goal would be to replace everything above the
> kernel...that would be interesting...
The only problem with that is that it MIGHT be compatible with GNU/Linux
on SPARC, but would very likely NOT be compatible with Solaris unless you
also include the (again, non-free, as the kernel) Solaris libraries. The
best that could be done is to try to replace just the userland stuff.
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