On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 06:56:33PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > There isn't one. To bootstrap "source only" you must first have a > compiler which requires a working compiler which requires a bootstrap > ... so you need a running Linux system somewhere. [You _can_ build on > another Unix or even Windows but it's significantly more involved - > building the GNU toolchain takes a fair while even if you can.] > > Linux from scratch assumes a running Linux system somewhere ... >
sometime in the far distant future, paleontologists will be debating the classic questions like: Which came first? The compiler or the OS? This debate will echo across the galaxies and cause great rifts in society. A
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