From d926b512df921a925756ff4580a28587c063cdb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McDermott Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:27:25 -0500 Subject: NEWS: Expand on "prokit install" changes --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c779b52..2a07117 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v0.9.1