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authorPatrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2021-01-17 02:27:25 (EST)
committer Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2021-01-17 02:27:25 (EST)
commitd926b512df921a925756ff4580a28587c063cdb8 (patch)
treec58a8bd13567a132fd608c431b55050e7a808976 /NEWS
parent5236a7dcbefdbc2431949ff662a6217b3ebd91fd (diff)
NEWS: Expand on "prokit install" changes
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@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ New features:
* "prokit install" is now a frontend for all installers. The separate
"prokit installer-pc" and "prokit mkinitramfs" commands have been
- removed and merged into "prokit install".
+ removed and merged into "prokit install", which determines which
+ backend to use for a requested platform. The "pcramfs" backend now
+ installs a system and packs it into a RAM-based file system, all in
+ one command; it also removes all of the installed files that get
+ packed into the RAM-based file system.
+ * "prokit install" now determines the correct architecture for a
+ requested platform. The "-a" option is now only necessary if
+ installing ProteanOS's "dev" platform for an architecture different
+ from but compatible with the native architecture.
* "prokit build" now passes an "-a" option, if supported, to opkg to
install host-architecture non-coinstallable dependencies (such as
library development packages) when cross building.