[oi-dev] Building OpenIndiana

Henk Langeveld henk at hlangeveld.nl
Wed May 8 13:01:32 UTC 2013


On 08/05/2013 01:11, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> There isn't really any single document describing how to "build" OI
> - it's not an easy task. Under Sun, OpenSolaris was built from a
> collection of consolidations, a consolidation being a logical
> grouping of software, and OI inherited this.

> Each consolidation uses different build systems, each with their own
> pros and cons, but all requiring quite a lot of domain specific
> knowledge, with very little documentation provided to get started.



Alasdair,
  
That was a very good summary and explanation.
Thanks for that.  And for the rest.

Cheers,
Henk




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