LFSMake

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 <rod at sunsetsystems.com> - 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