Re:FreeBSD Can Now Be Built From Linux/macOS Hosts, Transiti...
by bch on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:12PM
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> I imagine it's mostly build system scripting.
NetBSD has had this[0] for ~20 years (requiring only POSIX conformance from the build host). Think of it as a sort of first principle[1] in action. I wouldn’t be surprised if FreeBSD could achieve some success leaning on this work.
NetBSD has had this[0] for ~20 years (requiring only POSIX conformance from the build host). Think of it as a sort of first principle[1] in action. I wouldn’t be surprised if FreeBSD could achieve some success leaning on this work.
[0] http://www.mewburn.net/luke/papers/build.sh.pdf
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_principle