Ok I'm quite a newbe to both Linux and "PC" development, however I know what I want to do but don't know where to start!
What I'd like to know is how do I build a distribution entirely from scratch/source like the pro's do. ie. Get all the debian source for the latest arm port (just the source) and then compile/build it till I have a working system. Why would I want to do this? Well first of I want to optimize the final code to specific processors (OMAP3530 and ARM926EJ-S) and also customise the builds to use different application/graphic components such as gnome, E17, samba, etc. I also figure this is a great way to learn about Linux/debian and fixing any bugs will give me some insight into the various languages (C/C++ specifically) I'm sure there must be some product or methodoligy that the pro's use to build debian distributions with different tweaks where the code has to branch (eg, Ubuntu desktop V NBR) so that all the common code remains common and some kinds of config files then set the options (some kind of global system makefile? or .config file?) Surely its not a case of downloading each package source manually, checking that all the dependents are downloaded, then manually doing a make config / make / make install for each and every package and having one directory structure for each distribution? Any pointers would be welcome as google is not my friend as I can't find anything about taking a current distribution and compiling the whole. (it did find stuff about making packages, and rebuilding an already installed distribution, both of which are not what I want, lol) JonXx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/blu0-smtp589ce1ec813b4cac037faa98...@phx.gbl
