Dunno but the name sounds like it may be similar. My own pet name for this is "the mother of all makefiles". :-) -- Rod On Thu, 07 Sep 2000, you wrote: > is this something similar to make world command from free?open?netBSD? > > I am not really familiar with it but it sounds like what you are doing > is similar to that. > > Bill Warner > > > Am 06. Sep, 2000 schwäzte Rod Roark so: > > > > > Hey I just wanted to tell y'all about my project to automate the > > > installation of Linux from source. From my announcement on freshmeat: > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > LFSMake 20000904 > > > > > > Rod Roark - September 05th 2000, 23:04 EDT > > > > > > A Makefile to automate the installation of a "Linux from Scratch" > > > system. It allows you to download, compile and install the basic > > > packages required for a useful system. It supports concurrent > > > downloading and building, and can take advantage of multiple CPUs. In > > > addition to 55 basic system components, you can install XFree86, KDE2, > > > and ALSA. More packages will be supported in future releases. > > > > Rod, > > > > have you looked at the Linux from Scratch site and HOWTO? Don't know if > > there's much overlap between what you're doing and what they're doing. I > > do know of at least on lurker on the PLUG list working on it ;-). The LFS > > group has also be pretty proactive with the LDP, which is a good thing. > > > > ciao, > > > > der.hans > > -- > > # der.hans@LuftHans.com home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.Opnix.com > > # A t-shirt a day keeps the noose (tie) away. - der.hans