Am 29.06.2008 um 16:51 schrieb Randal L. Schwartz:
"Bert" == Bert Freudenberg bert@freudenbergs.de writes:
Bert> No it would not. The main issue for them is that you have to start from what Bert> they perceive as "binary blob" which is monkey-patched into newer versions.
The C compiler would fit the same definition, by that reasoning.
No. You need a C compiler, true, but it builds the next C compiler from text sources only, it does not clone itself.
This is also the difference between using SystemTracer to clone an image into a new format vs. what Ralph suggested, using an image to assemble a new image from scratch, containing only an explicitly defined set of objects.
- Bert -