Great thanks very much everyone .... I maybe a while ;)
On 20 September 2017 at 14:48, Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
wrote:
> Aaron Gray writes ("Re: Debian distro build system"):
> > I basically want to
> >
> > a) be able to build a Debain distro myself such as Jessie for testing
> purposes
> >
> > b) be able to make bespoke modifications to this
>
> All the source code and tools are available. But sadly it's a bit
> complicated. (IMO this should be easier than it is.)
>
> Some resources
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller
> https://wiki.debian.org/MassRebuilds
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWannaBuildInfrastructureOnOneServer
> https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/sbuild/sbuild.1.en.html
> https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dpkg-dev/dpkg-buildpackage.1.en.html
> https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dgit/dgit-user.7.en.html
>
> (Full disclosure: the last link there is a plug - I'm the author)
>
> Good luck.
>
> Ian.
>
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Aaron Gray
Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher,
Information Theorist, and amateur computer scientist.
