On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 4:44 PM, FRIGN <d...@frign.de> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:32:18 -0400 > stephen Turner <stephen.n.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Stephen, > >> On your site i see you have tested compiling your system with PCC >> and i also see a SCC in dev. What was the reason you chose to write >> SCC? Is it due to PCC's reliance on lex, yacc and m4? > > The last PCC release (1.1.0) was in 2014. Of course, this does not mean > much, but it does not receive any major attention as of late. > Additionally, and I can't speak for Roberto here, the goals of scc go > in a different direction. Stay tuned for Roberto's talk at slcon3.
They are not cutting regular releases but the CVS is getting updates. They also have it time stamp every day with a tarball release so its kinda hard to track when they actually do work if your not on the mailing list. > >> Bash and Make, I'm looking for compatible replacements for these. As >> i currently understand it bash at the least is expected to compile >> the linux kernel. Is there any suitable projects that you may have >> seen around the net or considered a bash rewrite? I see you recommend >> mksh and dash but neither have bashisms that some projects seem to >> expect. > > Just don't use bash, but the Posix shell. Use the "#!/bin/sh"shebang > and test your scripts with shellcheck[0], which is also pretty reliable > in detecting bashisms. > Some people would recommend rc (by Plan9), but it's definitely not > portable and most unixoid OSes offer it. > For make: Some people recommend mk, I'd recommend just being aware of > GNUisms for make and try to make it portable (it's not difficult). I try to keep my scripts pretty generic as i tend to use them on multiple platforms, linux and os x mostly. i also specify sh :) > >> I found libre linux where they clean out the "globs" and tiny linux >> but i was wondering if there was a new linux kernel cleanup project >> somewhere? > > I'm sure you mean "BLOBs", which are binary chunks of proprietary > machine code. To be honest, I don't mind that running in my system, > however, in the long run one should try to select hardware that is not > requiring BLOBs in the first place (Broadcom is a sinner in this > regard). All this "Libre" bullshit with projects to "clean up" the > Linux kernel don't achieve anything beyond ideological satisfaction. > Stop singing the false song of "Libre Software" and rather make smart > decisions in life. > If you end up configuring your Kernel yourself and remove everything > you don't need in the first place (including all drivers with BLOBs), > your compilate won't contain BLOBs as well. I haven't used libre linux yet. Seems like a bit of a hassle honestly but i like the idea. For me the appeal is just having everything in code like it should be and being open for audit or improvement. > > With best regards > > FRIGN > > [0]: https://www.shellcheck.net/ > > -- > FRIGN <d...@frign.de> >
