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diff --git a/dev/releases/1/opkbootstrap.mdwn b/dev/releases/1/opkbootstrap.mdwn index 71c2eed..8ca215e 100644 --- a/dev/releases/1/opkbootstrap.mdwn +++ b/dev/releases/1/opkbootstrap.mdwn @@ -1,42 +1,3 @@ [[!meta title="Release Series 1 Goal: Installation Bootstrap Tool"]] -A goal for [[release_1.0|dev/releases/1]] is an installation bootstrap tool. - - -Overview -======== - -A tool similar to [debootstrap][debootstrap] of Debian needs to be written to -bootstrap the installation of a basic system. It can be used for -[[building_packages|dev/todo/package-cross-building-tool]] or installing the -operating system on hardware targets. - -Basically, the tool would fetch from the package archive the index of packages, -determine which packages need to be installed, download each package, and unpack -each package. Since the package manager may not be available, the tool must -handle dependency resolution and package unpacking on its own. - -If written portably (i.e. in conformance with POSIX.1), this tool could be used -to make base system images on any UNIX-like operating system with -implementations of the `tar` and `chroot` programs. Additionally, the package -building tool can build packages for this distribution inside an isolated -environment made using this installation tool. Therefore, these tools can be -thought of as a "Software Development Kit" ("SDK") for the distribution, usable -on any capable development system. - -Ideas and code may be borrowed from debootstrap and old versions of ipkg (the -predecessor to opkg, originally written in UNIX shell command language). - - -Status -====== - -Development has begun on [opkbootstrap][opkbootstrap]. It currently downloads -old ipkg-style source lists, finds essential packages, and unpacks packages. To -do are downloading Debian pool-style source lists, resolving dependencies, -downloading packages, setting up an isolated environment ("chroot"), and running -maintainer scripts. - - -[debootstrap]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=d-i/debootstrap.git;a=tree -[opkbootstrap]: http://git.os.pehjota.net/opkbootstrap/opkbootstrap.git/ +Page removed. See [[dev/prokit]] |