[GLLUG] Fwd: Re: Compiling Linux & Distros

[Sean Omalley]

Gentoo, uses portage which is similar to the bsd build system. 

Fedora uses srpms, But they use an automated build system (Koji) which rebuilds in a chroot build environment (mock). I usually use mock, without koji since I am only working on a package at a time usually trying to find build errors, fix bugs, switch build flags or compilers.  
If you just download the srpm and build on a supported platform, you shouldn't have any issues. 

There is a tool I want to say originally for busybox that lets you customize a distro to build a custom installer. I think there is a tool for creating a Fedora Spin, that does something similar. 

But like all of fedora's packages are checksum'd and packages are signed with keys. I think most distro's do this now. 

I am not plugging Fedora, as much as I am just a little more familiar with it. They also usually have pretty good documentation. 





> On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 12:00 PM, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
> > -------- Original Message --------
>>  Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Compiling Linux & Distros
>>  Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:53:51 -0500
>>  From: Mike <mgoppold5 at yahoo.com>
>>  To: Patrick Goupell <patrick at upmerchants.com>
>> 
>>  Thanks for all the replies people--good info.
>> 
>>  I guess I'm fancy.  PURPOSE: If I like a distro, it'd be nice to 
> run a
>>  program that builds a whole install cd.  Then check checksums with
>>  download CDs.  This BSD build world process sounds rather good.
>> 
> I cannot recommend it if you can avoid it.  BSD style builds are long
> and unpleasantly complicated.
> 
> Clay
> 
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