The wip-bootstrap branch now builds without binutils, gcc, and glibc seeds.
Thanks to #bootstrappable and #glibc and a week's work of hammering and determination we succeeded in bootstrapping glibc-2.16.0. This glibc is recent enough to bootstrap GuixSD! Now we have a prototype bootstrap that needs ("i686-linux" `(("linux-libre-headers" ,%bootstrap-linux-libre-headers) ("mescc-tools-seed" ,%mescc-tools-seed) ("mes-seed" ,%mes-seed) ("srfi-43" ,%srfi-43 ) ("tinycc-seed" ,%tinycc-seed))) ("coreutils&co" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co) ("bash" ,%bootstrap-coreutils&co))) to build all of Guix i686-linux. To try it, do something like git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/guix cd guix git checkout -b wip-bootstrap guix environment guix ./bootstrap ./configure make and then, if you're feeling courageous and lucky ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux hello or otherwise, you can do as I did ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux gcc-mesboot ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) make-boot0)' ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) bintutils-cross-boot0)' ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) gcc-cross-boot0)' ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) gcc-final)' ./pre-inst-env guix build --system=i686-linux -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) guile-final)' We need to determine the next steps and we could use some help. A rough list of things to be done * review the wip-bootstrap branch, merge it * make lots of noise!!! * replace coreutils&co by bootstrapped packages * other architectures: x86_64, arm*, ... * replace mes-seed by a full source bootstrapped mes.M2 * replace Bash with Gash and/or Geesh*) We're now very close to have Guix x86 be the first GNU/Linux that was bootstrapped without the use of binary C compiler seed. Greetings, janneke *) Gash and Geesh are exciting new projects that have the mostly overlapping goal to create a posix/bash compatible shell in Guile. Although it may not be the highest priority from a full source bootstrap point of view, having a shell in Guile is very exciting and would help Guix a lot. We need to evaluate gash and geesh and formulate a strategy. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | AvatarĀ® http://AvatarAcademy.com