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Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 9bbdb791af Add split packages and cross-bootstrapping support to tix-build(8).
pkg.use-bootstrap can now be set to true to add a bootstrap phase to
cross-builds. I.e. the package is built for the native platform and
installed to a temporary location, which is in the PATH during the
actual cross-compilation. This feature is useful for some misbehaving
ports that can cross-compile, but require the exact same version of the
software installed locally. The bootstrap build is controlled with the
bootstrap.foo variables rather than the normal pkg.foo variables.

pkg.source-package can now be set to the name of another package, whose
source code is built using the current tixbuildinfo. This feature allows
providing multiple packages using the same source code package. By
default, the source code of the source package is assumed to be in
../${pkg.source-package}, but this can be overridden with the option
--source-directory.

pkg.alias-of can now be set to the name of another package to specify
that this package is an alias of the other package, creating an empty
binary package depending on the real package.

pkg.subdir support has been fixed in the clean and post-install phases.

pkg-config support has been improved and PKG_CONFIG is now set to
$HOST-pkg-config and PKG_CONFIG_FOR_BUILD is set to pkg-config.

tix-build has been refactored as needed and generally cleaned up. Error
handling, such as on allocations, have been added in a lot of cases. The
support for FOO_FOR_BUILD variables have been unified and simplified.
Appending to PATH now correctly handles the empty PATH.
2016-12-27 23:14:00 +01:00
bench Relicense Sortix to the ISC license. 2016-03-05 22:21:50 +01:00
build-aux Add split packages and cross-bootstrapping support to tix-build(8). 2016-12-27 23:14:00 +01:00
carray Fix newlines in errx(3) calls. 2016-10-03 16:00:00 +02:00
disked Fix getline(3) and getdelim(3) usage. 2016-05-15 19:32:04 +02:00
dispd Detect whether the terminal has a display and a keyboard layout. 2016-11-23 22:31:04 +01:00
doc Document clock(3) as obsolete. 2016-09-28 20:29:17 +02:00
editor Type escape colon to enter commands in editor(1). 2016-11-22 21:36:43 +01:00
ext Fix handling of unmountable filesystems. 2016-03-26 16:07:22 +01:00
games Relicense Sortix to the ISC license. 2016-03-05 22:21:50 +01:00
init Detect whether the terminal has a display and a keyboard layout. 2016-11-23 22:31:04 +01:00
kblayout Add German keyboard layout. 2016-11-14 20:35:54 +01:00
kblayout-compiler Add German keyboard layout. 2016-11-14 20:35:54 +01:00
kernel Revert "Add <limits.h>." 2016-12-27 21:58:07 +01:00
libc Revert "Add <limits.h>." 2016-12-27 21:58:07 +01:00
libm Remove libm exec-include directory. 2016-01-25 17:39:57 +01:00
libmount Default to installing GRUB if an existing installation uses GRUB. 2016-10-04 00:34:50 +02:00
login Detect whether the terminal has a display and a keyboard layout. 2016-11-23 22:31:04 +01:00
mkinitrd Fix mkinitrd(8) documentation typos. 2016-10-09 19:18:23 +02:00
regress Test if exit() works in a multi-threaded process. 2016-11-27 11:20:53 +01:00
sf Relicense Sortix to the ISC license. 2016-03-05 22:21:50 +01:00
sh Support 8-bit/24-bit color and more escape codes in the graphical console. 2016-11-27 11:19:03 +01:00
share/man Add split packages and cross-bootstrapping support to tix-build(8). 2016-12-27 23:14:00 +01:00
sysinstall Refactor graphical resolution changes. 2016-11-27 11:18:48 +01:00
tix Add split packages and cross-bootstrapping support to tix-build(8). 2016-12-27 23:14:00 +01:00
trianglix Fix execl(3) sentinel undefined behaviour. 2016-09-30 23:36:49 +02:00
update-initrd Make update-initrd(8) invoke its sysmerge replacement if any. 2016-11-27 11:20:53 +01:00
utils Support 8-bit/24-bit color and more escape codes in the graphical console. 2016-11-27 11:19:03 +01:00
.gitignore Remove non-existent directories from .gitignore. 2016-03-06 14:55:03 +01:00
LICENSE Relicense Sortix to the ISC license. 2016-03-05 22:21:50 +01:00
Makefile Add support for sessions. 2016-11-23 22:30:47 +01:00
README Fix 'is can' typo in README. 2016-10-01 14:52:09 +02:00

README

The Sortix Operating System
===========================

Sortix is a small self-hosting operating-system aiming to be a clean and modern
POSIX implementation.  It is a hobbyist operating system written from scratch
with its own base system, including kernel and standard library, as well as
ports of third party software.  It has a straightforward installer and can be
developed under itself.  Releases come with the source code in /src, ready for
tinkering.

It has been in development since 2011 by a single developer and contributors.
Though the system is stable and capable right now, it is still early in
development, and a number of crucial features haven't been made yet.  Releases
are made yearly and future releases will add features such as networking, SMP,
and USB that were skipped in favor of becoming self-hosting now.

Documentation
-------------

The system is documented as manual pages.  Introductory system usage is covered
in the user-guide(7) manual page.

Links
-----

For more information, please visit the official website:

  https://sortix.org/

Building Sortix
---------------

Development of Sortix under itself is covered in development(7).

Development from another operating system is covered in cross-development(7).

You can view the cross-development(7) manual page with this command:

  man share/man/man7/cross-development.7

License
-------

Copyright 2011-2016 Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen and contributors.

Sortix is free software licensed under the ISC license as described in the
LICENSE file.  It also contains permissively licensed code from other projects.