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flex 2.6.4 and bison. It allows macros to be defined and files to be
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generated from those macros.
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flex 2.6.14
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===========
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flex 2.6.4
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==========
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We recompile unpatched GNU ``flex`` using older flex 2.5.11. This is
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again a two stage process, first compiling flex using ``scan.c`` (from
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(selected arbitarily, could go newer but did not test), with a small amount
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of patching. This is also modern enough for most hardware and to cause few
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problems with software built in sysc. Secondly, the linux-libre scripts are used
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to deblob the kernel. Unauditable, unbootstrappable binary blobs within our
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kernel are unacceptable. Our gawk is too buggy/old so we use sed instead for
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this operation. Every other pregenerated file is appended with ``_shipped`` so
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we use a ``find`` command to remove those, which are automatically regenerated.
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to deblob the kernel. Every other pregenerated file is appended with ``_shipped``
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so we use a ``find`` command to remove those, which are automatically regenerated.
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The kernel config was originally taken from Void Linux, and was then modified
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for the requirements of live-bootstrap, including compiler features, drivers,
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and removing modules. Speaking of which, modules cannot be used. These cannot
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be transferred to subsequent systems, and we do not have ``modprobe``. Lastly,
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and removing modules. Modules are unused. They are difficult to transfer to
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subsequent systems, and we do not have ``modprobe``. Lastly,
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the initramfs of sysb is generated in this stage, using ``gen_init_cpio`` within
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the Linux kernel tree. This avoids the compilation of ``cpio`` as well.
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This is the last step of sysa, run for non-chroot mode. It uses kexec to load
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the new Linux kernel into RAM and execute it, moving into sysb.
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In chroot, sysb is skipped, and data is transferred directly to sysc and
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chrooted into.
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sysb
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====
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sysb is purely a transition to sysc, allowing binaries from sysa to get onto a
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disk (as sysa does not nessecarily have hard disk support in the kernel).
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disk (as sysa does not necessarily have hard disk support in the kernel).
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It populates device nodes, mounts sysc, copies over data, and executes sysc.
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bash 5.1
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extensions required and is the latest version of Perl. We are now basically able
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to run any Perl application we want.
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libarchive 3.5.2
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``libarchive`` is a C library used to read and write archives.
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openssl 1.1.1l
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==============
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OpenSSL is a C library for secure communications/cryptography. We do not
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strictly use any of the networking functions of this library but it is a hard dependency
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of XBPS.
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zlib 1.2.12
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===========
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zlib is a software library used for data compression and implements an abstraction of
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DEFLATE algorithm that is also used in ``gzip``.
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xbps 0.59.1
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===========
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XBPS is the package manager used from Void Linux. It has a rather simple package
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creation and installation system, and is much more robust than the hand-rolled
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tar package system used previously. From here, all package archives use XBPS.
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automake 1.16.3
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Texinfo is a typesetting syntax used for generating documentation. We can now use
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``makeinfo`` script to convert ``.texi`` files into ``.info`` documentation format.
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zlib 1.2.11
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===========
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zlib is a software library used for data compression and implements an abstraction of
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DEFLATE algorithm that is also used in ``gzip``.
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gcc 4.7.4
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=========
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