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Analysis of the differences between GNU/Linux and GNU/kFreeBSD on the .udeb...
I am commenting the importance of a package considering: installer/build/pkg-lists/{base,standard-udebs} installer/build/pkg-lists/monolithic/{common,i386.cfg} Useful commands: $ cd installer/build/ $...
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Targeting busybox on GNU/kFreeBSD
Busybox shouldn't be Linux-specific [0]. At the moment it doesn't build on GNU/kFreeBSD [1]. There were previous porting efforts [2][3]. I'm trying to make it building [4]. I am only considering the...
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busybox udeb builds on GNU/kFreeBSD (in a hackish way)
I managed to build the busybox udeb on GNU/kFreeBSD in a hackish way. See the patch at: http://slackydeb.altervista.org/files/debian_gnu_kfreebsd/busybox/20090514_2011_busybox.diff
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2 little porting fixes sent to busybox upstream
See the [request] email. The patches I sent are: 20090515_1734_busybox.upstream.iuclc.diff (see [upstream reply] at the old version of the patch) 20090515_1618_busybox.upstream.domainname.diff (see...
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busybox splitted patches
I splitted (and modified) the previous busybox patch. The patches not sent upstream are [0] and [1]. To build busybox on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD you need: -applying the 2 patches linked in this post...
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free in busybox working on GNU/kFreeBSD
I managed to get free in busybox working on GNU/kFreeBSD, but heavily copying and pasting code from the procps package. The resulting free implementation is not so tiny... I quickly tested it (busybox...
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busybox builds with "CONFIG_INIT=y" on GNU/kFreeBSD
I managed to build busybox on GNU/kFreeBSD with "CONFIG_INIT=y". I couldn't test the binary because I don't know how to test it... Here is the patch:...
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busybox builds with "CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB=y" on GNU/kFreeBSD (no patch...
busybox builds with "CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB=y" on GNU/kFreeBSD without further patches needed :).
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Big picture: "Community Bonding Period" end, coding period start
As you can see at [timeline], on May 23 the "Community Bonding Period" ended, and the coding period started. During the "Community Bonding Period", I played a bit with the boot sequence on GNU/kFreeBSD...
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busybox: failed test and other config options enabled on GNU/kFreeBSD
On Monday 24 I tried to test busybox init (with CONFIG_INIT and CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB), without success. I created a virtual machine with Debian GNU/kFreeBSD on it. I installed the busybox deb I...
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busybox status on GNU/kFreeBSD
To build busybox on GNU/kFreeBSD you have to apply some patches and disable some config options. Patches to apply: -applied upstream -to build with CONFIG_INIT enabled (a bit hackish and to test) -to...
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busybox mount builds on GNU/kFreeBSD
busybox "mount" builds (I think it does not work...) on GNU/kFreeBSD with a very hackish patch [0] (Update 20090603: obsolete). Linux "mount" has one more explicit parameter (i.e. "source") than the...
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Porting parted on GNU/kFreeBSD
As you can see at [0], partconf-find-partitions and partconf-mkfstab udebs (from partconf source package) are needed (among others). partconf source package doesn't build because of the lack of...
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kFreeBSD progress report week 2
Instead of copying and pasting it here, I prefer to link it. See: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/soc-coordination/2009-June/000584.html
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d-i kfreebsd branch setup
I tried to merge debian installer (d-i) trunk in the kfreebsd branch, without success. My mentor helped me, cleaning the kfreebsd branch and making it equal to trunk. Then I merged the changes from the...
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kFreeBSD progress report week 4
Read the progress report of week 4 of the project "d-i support for GNU/kFreeBSD".
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HOWTO svn merge trunk to a branch
To sync d-i kfreebsd branch to d-i trunk, e.g. r59038, from a clean working copy of d-i kfreebsd branch (.) run $ svn merge --dry-run -r 59022:59038...
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kFreeBSD progress report week 6
Read the progress report of week 6 of the project "d-i support for GNU/kFreeBSD".
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kFreeBSD progress report week 8
Read the progress report of week 8 of the project "d-i support for GNU/kFreeBSD". If you have some spare time, please port BusyBox "ip" and "route" on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. I think that the Debian IRC...
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HOWTO build BusyBox package on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
I assume you have Debian GNU/kFreeBSD i386 installed. If you don't, please refer to the install notes. Ensure that in your "/etc/apt/sources.list" you have these lines deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian...
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