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diff --git a/rsb/source-builder.rst b/rsb/source-builder.rst index 51a15f9..1da8275 100644 --- a/rsb/source-builder.rst +++ b/rsb/source-builder.rst @@ -133,28 +133,6 @@ own tool set that you install under your home directory. Avoiding installing any extra packages as a super user is always helpful in maintaining a secure computing environment. -History -------- - -The RTEMS Source Builder is a stand alone tool based on another tool called the -*SpecBuilder* written by Chris Johns. The *SpecBuilder* was written around 2010 -for the RTEMS project to provide Chris with a way to build tools on hosts that -did not support RPMs. At the time the RTEMS tools maintainer only supported -*spec* files and these files held all the vital configuration data needed to -create suitable tool sets. The available SRPM and *spec* files by themselves -where of little use because a suitable ``rpm`` tool was needed to use them. At -the time the available versions of ``rpm`` for a number of non-RPM hosts were -broken and randomly maintained. The solution Chris settled on was to use the -*spec* files and to write a Python based tool that parsed the *spec* file -format creating a shell script that could be run to build the package. The -approach proved successful and Chris was able to track the RPM version of the -RTEMS tools on a non-RPM host for a number of years. - -The *SpecBuilder* tool did not build tools or packages unrelated to the RTEMS -Project where no suitable *spec* file was available so another tool was -needed. Rather than start again Chris decided to take the parsing code for the -*spec* file format and build a new tool called the RTEMS Source Builder. - Controlling the Tools Build --------------------------- |