Building OpenIndiana
Source repositories
OpenIndiana is built from several source repositories which are available on Github.
| Repository | Description | Build instructions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| oi-userland | Unified build system for OpenIndiana | Building oi-userland | |
| illumos-gate | Kernel and core userland components | Use openindiana/illumos-gate component | When preparing change for integration use official Building illumos instructions |
| pkg5 | Image Packaging System package manager | Use openindiana/pkg component | |
| slim_source | Installers and Distribution Constructor | Use openindiana/slim_source component | Also known as Caiman |
| time-slider | Graphical ZFS snapshot manager | Use openindiana/time-slider component | |
| nwam-manager | Network auto-magic GUI | Use openindiana/nwam-manager component | |
| nimbus | Nimbus GTK theme | Use desktop/nimbus component | |
| openindiana-completions | OpenIndiana bash completions | Use shell/bash-completion component | |
| openindiana-welcome | openindiana-about tool | Use openindiana/openindiana-welcome component | |
| openindiana-backgrounds | OpenIndiana desktop backgrounds | Use openindiana/openindiana-backgrounds component | |
| sysding | Sysding initial configuration system | Use openindiana/sysding component | |
| oi-docs | User documentation site | Getting Started with OpenIndiana Docs |
Build process
The OpenIndiana Hipster build process is rather simple.
Once a pull request has been merged to oi-userland Jenkins starts an incremental oi-userland build. For components coming from other source repositories manual intervention can be necessary to start the build. illumos-gate is rebuilt daily in a separate Jenkins job.
If packages are built successfully they are either published to the main Openindiana package repository or to the package repository for patent-encumbered software.
Note that the main OpenIndiana package repository also contains packages inherited from the now discontinued OpenIndiana /dev distribution.
Such packages are available only in binary form and can be identified by a 2013.0.0.0 branch number.
Twice per year the OpenIndiana developers create ISO images based on this repository using the Distribution Constructor.
If you want to build a customized ISO image you can publish necessary additional packages to your own repository and use Distribution Constructor to create images with additional publishers and/or packages.
Created: 2019-05-24 09:35:26