Stable Version 10.0.0 Release Candidate 1

Tested on x86_64 Musl-based host.

Files Posted

ct-amd64-musl-mlfs-10.0.0.tar.xz -- Runs only on musl-based x86_64 host
tc-amd64-curses-mlfs-10.0.0.tar.xz -- Runs on both musl & glibc based hosts. Built with zlib-ng, and netBSD's curses library

Major New features:

• Unified /usr/bin & /bin and /usr/sbin & /sbin and /usr/lib /lib
• Removed obsolete bin user and group
• Added zlib-ng as alternative to zlib
• Added NetBSD's curses library as alternative to ncurses
• Added Samurai as alternative to Ninja
• Added NSSS as optional support for Glibc's nss
• Change scheduler functions Linux-compatible in musl
• Upgraded GCC to 11.2.0 with isl 0.24
• Upgraded utmps to 0.1.1.0
• Upgraded skalibs to 2.11.1.0
• Upgraded execline to 2.8.2.0
• Upgraded S6 to 2.11.0.1
• Upgraded S6-rc to 0.5.3.0
• Upgraded s6-linux-utils to 2.5.1.7
• Upgraded S6-Portable-Utils to 2.2.3.4
• Upgraded s6-linux-init to 1.0.7.0

Stable Version 9.0.0

New features:

• Single Pass build for GCC and Binutils.
• Upgraded to latest versions of skarnet's s6 suite of software.
• There are instructions on manually creating a initramfs for boot.
• Finish scripts to automatically build cross-tools and tools
• Upgraded to GCC 10.3.1-git, using Alpine Linux's fork of GCC... now requires flex to build.
• Imported upgraded bootscripts to use Skarnet's latest S6 suite

Issues:

• Perl 5.34.0 will not cross compile with perl-cross 1.5.6. For now, toolchain will use perl 5.32.1
• Grub 2.06 builds bloated/corrupted diskboot.img and boot.img

Change log:

• Upgraded bash to 5.1
• Updated lsb-release to 9.0
• Upgraded flex to 2.6.4
• Upgraded expat to 2.4.1
• Upgraded inetutils to 2.0
• Upgraded perl to 5.34.0
• Upgraded autoconf to 2.7.1
• Upgraded automake to 1.16.3
• Upgraded libelf to 0.185
• Upgraded libreSSL to 3.3.3
• Upgraded Python3 to 3.9.5
• Upgraded procps-ng to 3.3.17 with utmps support
• Upgraded coreutils with utmps support
• Upgraded grub to 2.06
• Upgraded iproute 2 to 5.12.0
• Upgraded to man-db 2.9.4.
• Upgraded vim to 8.2.2890
• Upgraded util-linux to 2.36.2
• Upgraded execline to 2.8.0.1
• Upgraded s6 to 2.10.0.3
• Upgraded s6-rc to 0.5.2.2
• Upgraded s6-linux-utils to 2.5.1.5
• Upgraded s6-portable-utils to 2.2.3.2
• Upgraded s6-linux-init 1.0.6.3

Release Files

• cross_tools-amd64-musl_host-mlfs-9.0.0.tar.xz : Cross-tools that run on a Musl host. Used to build tools toolchain for chroot.
• tools-amd64-mlfs-9.0.0.tar.xz : Tools toolchain that builds MLFS in chroot. Can be run on a Glibc or Musl host.

Toolchain (/tools)

The toolchain to build the final MLFS system.

Purpose: A tool chain that builds a system that uses musl Libc other than Glibc.

Host: x86_64 (glibc and musl tested)
Target: Runs on Host but builds binaries that run for x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as /tools. Then prefix $PATH with /tools/bin

Toolchain (/tools)

The toolchain to build the final MLFS system.

Purpose: A tool chain that builds a system that uses musl Libc other than Glibc.

Host: armv7l-*eabihf (glibc and musl tested)
Target: Runs on Host but builds binaries that run for armv7l-linux-musleabihf

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as /tools. Then prefix $PATH with /tools/bin

Crosis-Toolchain (/cross-tools)

The toolchain to cross-build the final toolchain (/tools) used to build a MLFS system.

Purpose: Helps create a tool chain that uses musl Libc other than Glibc.

Host: x86_64-lfs-linux-gnu (Glibc)
Target: Runs on Host but builds binaries that compile for x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as /cross-tools. Then prefix $PATH with /cross-tools/bin

NOTE:
Toolchain runs on a host with Glibc and with dynamic loader at /lib64:

$ ldd /cross-tools/bin/x86_64-linux-musl-gcc
 linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffcb9b16000)
 libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f8c9b4dd000)
 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f8c9b12b000)
 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f8c9b81e000)

Cross-Toolchain (/cross-tools)

The toolchain to cross-build the final toolchain (/tools) used to build a MLFS system.

Purpose: Helps create a tool chain that uses musl Libc other than Glibc.

Host: armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf (Glibc)
Target: Runs on Host but builds binaries that compile for armv7l-mlfs-linux-musleabihf

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as /cross-tools. Then prefix $PATH with /cross-tools/bin

NOTE:
Cross toolchain runs on a host with Glibc and with dynamic loader at /lib

Toolchain (/tools) - Development/Beta version 3.01

This is the final toolchain to build a 64-bit MLFS (x86_64-linux-musl). Must be used under a chroot environment.

Host: Any x86_64 host
Target: x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as "/tools". Chroot with "/tools" suffixed at the end of $PATH

Note: This toolchain can be used to to build a 64-bit MLFS right away, without building the cross-tools and toolchain itself.

FIXES: Recompiled File-5.34 correctly.

Cross-Toolchain (/cross-tools)

The toolchain to cross-build the final toolchain (/tools) used to build a MLFS system.

Purpose: Helps create a tool chain that uses a Libc other than Glibc.

Host: x86_64-lfs-linux-musl (Musl)
Target: Runs on Host but builds binaries that compile for x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as "/cross-tools". Then prefix $PATH with "/cross-tools"

UPDATE: Fixed issue with conflicting build triplet when building on a musl host. Using x86_64-mlfs-linux-musl instead of x86_64-linux-musl.

NOTE:
Toolchain runs on a host with musl and with dynamic loader at /lib:

$ ldd /cross-tools/bin/x86_64-mlfs-linux-musl-gcc
        /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fcaa9a37000)
        libc.so => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fcaa9a37000)

Toolchain (/tools) - version 5.00

This is the final toolchain to build a 64-bit MLFS (x86_64-linux-musl). Must be used under a chroot environment.

Host: Any x86_64 host
Target: x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as "/tools". Chroot with "/tools" suffixed at the end of $PATH

Note: This toolchain can be used to to build a 64-bit MLFS right away, without building the cross-tools and toolchain itself.

Toolchain (/tools) - Development/Beta version 3.00

This is the final toolchain to build a 64-bit MLFS (x86_64-linux-musl). Must be used under a chroot environment.

Host: Any x86_64 host
Target: x86_64-linux-musl

To use: Extract to directory then [as root] link it as "/tools". Chroot with "/tools" suffixed at the end of $PATH

Note: This toolchain can be used to to build a 64-bit MLFS right away, without building the cross-tools and toolchain itself.