Re: [tlug] JFS file system license

["SL Baur" <steve@example.com>]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com> wrote:

> No, that's not the biggest blockage.  A guy I know uses a Linux box
> that's built, kernel and all, using Intel's C compiler.
>
> After playing around with the idea for a bit, I realized that the
> biggest blockage to a GNU-free Linux system would actually be GNU make.

What out of the BSD userland tools require that?

Intel's C compiler does not quite count, but it sounds
close.  I used DEC's native Alpha C compiler for
many things when building the stillborn Turbolinux 7
for Alpha, but there was a lot of stuff it could not
compile.

BSD make[1] could probably be made to grow a GNU
make compatibility mode fairly cheaply if that were
really an issue.

Does KDE have any GNU dependencies (other than
G++)?  I haven't checked in years.

-sb

[1] And surely, the code has to be in better shape.