Re: Very newbe help/pointers required about building a distribution from scratch

[Hector Oron <hector.oron@gmail.com>]

(Add debian-embedded@ as Neil was suggesting)

Hello,

2010/3/10 Jonathan Wilson <piercing_male@hotmail.com>:
> What I'd like to know is how do I build a distribution entirely from
> scratch/source like the pro's do.

linux from scratch is a great reference.

> 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.

Have you noticed packages like rebuildd[1] or apt-build[2]?

[1] http://packages.debian.org/rebuildd || http://julien.danjou.info/rebuildd/
[2] http://packages.debian.org/apt-build

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