Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions
Summary
Jinx is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions, inspired by xbstrap and package build systems from Void Linux and Arch Linux.
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Mintsuki/Jinx
Source: https://github.com/Mintsuki/Jinx
Jinx
Jinx (Jinx Is Not Xbstrap) is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions inspired by xbstrap, Void Linux’s void-packages, and Arch Linux’s PKGBUILDs.
An example OS using Jinx is Gloire.
Dependencies
- Linux distro (other OSes are not supported)
bash(the script itself is bash)- awk
- findutils (for
findandxargs) - git
- GNU make
- grep
- gzip
- sed
- tar
- wget
- zstd
- coreutils or equivalent (for
sha256sum/sha256) - procps or equivalent (for
free) - util-linux or equivalent (for
unshare)
Documentation
Documentation can be found in DOCUMENTATION.md.
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