[haiku-bugs] [Haiku] #11878: bootstrap is complex and error prone
- From: "kallisti5" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:44:08 -0000
#11878: bootstrap is complex and error prone
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Reporter: kallisti5 | Owner: bonefish
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Build System | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: bootstrap | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All |
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Our current bootstrap process is extremely complex and error prone. We
really need to reduce some of the complexity of the initial bootstrap.
Port progress is at a standstill as you have to have an entire bootstrap
completed before doing any port work on bootloader, kernel, etc.
Ideas:
* Create a new single repo with the most basic tools forked. We tune the
build scripts to be easily executable within the initial bootstrap
environment. We generate one haiku_bootstrap_env hpkg that provides a
basic environment. (coreutils,awk,bison,curl,mawk,flex,m4,make,sed)
* Fork busybox and make a simple busybox fork to provide all of the core
utils + sed,awk,wget,etc. I have a busybox binary generated on Haiku
after some tweaking... their build system is really rough however and can
be flaky when automated.
* Introduce a new @basic-raw target which doesn't require a bootstrap.
Just include bootloader, filesystem drivers, kernel.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/11878>
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