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[bug#33038] [PATCH 6/6] doc: Update Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binar
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
Subject: |
[bug#33038] [PATCH 6/6] doc: Update Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries. |
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Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:23:21 +0200 |
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Ludovic Courtès writes:
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> * doc/guix.texi (Preparing to Use the Bootstrap Binaries): Mention
>> bootstrap-mes alongside bootstrap-gcc.
>> (Reducing the Set of Bootstrap Binaries): Mention the Reduced Binary Seed
>> bootstrap, MesCC-Tools and Mes.
>
> LGTM!
>
>> +Our first major achievement is the replacement of of GCC, the GNU C Library
>> +and Binutils by MesCC-Tools (a simple hex linker and macro assembler) and
>> Mes
>> +(a Scheme interpreter and a C99 compiler in Scheme). Neither MesCC-Tools
>> nor
>> +Mes can be fully bootstrapped yet and thus we inject them as binary seeds.
>> We
>> +call this the Reduced Binary Seed bootstrap, as it has halved the size of
>> our
>> +bootstrap binaries! Also, it has eliminated the C compiler binary;
>> i686-linux
>> +and x86_64-linux GuixSD are now bootstrapped without any binary C compiler.
>
> s/GuixSD/Guix packages/
> Perhaps add an @pxref for Mes?
Ah, sure. Changed to
+Our first major achievement is the replacement of of GCC, the GNU C Library
+and Binutils by MesCC-Tools (a simple hex linker and macro assembler) and Mes
+(@pxref{Top, GNU Mes Reference Manual,, mes, GNU Mes}, a Scheme interpreter
+and C compiler in Scheme). Neither MesCC-Tools nor Mes can be fully
+bootstrapped yet and thus we inject them as binary seeds. We call this the
+Reduced Binary Seed bootstrap, as it has halved the size of our bootstrap
+binaries! Also, it has eliminated the C compiler binary; i686-linux and
+x86_64-linux Guix packages are now bootstrapped without any binary C compiler.
Updated on gitlab/core-updates-next, "waiting" for the builds to say OK :-)
>> +Work is ongoing to make MesCC-Tools and Mes fully bootstrappable and we are
>> +also looking at any other bootstrap binaries. Your help is welcome!
>
> I still can’t believe this is a reality, awesome!! :-)
Thank you, yes -- what a long road from the initial Mes announcement! Thanks
to all the help from #bootstrappable and from yourself.
And this is only the beginning... :-)
janneke
- [bug#33038] bootstrap: Regeneration of Mes bootstrap seeds., Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/10/14
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/10/14
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/10/19
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/10/20
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/10/20
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Marius Bakke, 2018/10/21
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Ludovic Courtès, 2018/10/21
- [bug#33038] [PATCH 3/6] bootstrap: Add %bootstrap-mes., Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2018/10/21