From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen Subject: Re: [rb-general] Mes 0.15 released Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:49:41 +0200 Message-ID: <87h8m7nvdm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vaanor7p.fsf@gnu.org> <20180612173511.s2o2b4ryumxqsjkl@layer-acht.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSxjM-000219-9b for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:50:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fSxjL-0002JC-EN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:50:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180612173511.s2o2b4ryumxqsjkl@layer-acht.org> (Holger Levsen's message of "Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:35:12 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Holger Levsen Cc: General discussions about reproducible builds , guix-devel@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org, epsilon-devel@gnu.org, bootstrappable@freelists.org Holger Levsen writes: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 07:22:02PM +0200, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: >> As of 0.14, Mes+MesCC compiles a self-hosting TinyCC. Using the 0.15 >> Mes C library, this TinyCC can build the GNU tools triplet: >> binutils-2.14, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5. > > wow, awesome! Thank you! I will now start working first towards replacing the GuixSD bootstrap and I suspect this is going to be quite a long path still. If anyone is willing to start looking at adding Mes to Debian, I'd be very happy to help. It would be nice to share full source bootstrappability and to strengthen our cross-distro ties. Greetings, janneke --=20 Jan Nieuwenhuizen | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar=C2=AE http://AvatarAcademy.com