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“Recently, the Open Object Rexx project (ooRexx; see
Resources later in this article for more info) converted its old
on-demand software build system from VMware-hosted guest operating
systems to Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM)-hosted guests. This
change provided a more efficient build environment and reduced the
build times for users.“The ooRexx software build system allows developers to build
ooRexx software packages for multiple x86-based platforms and
operating systems. Currently, the supported guest operating systems
include Windows® XP (i386), Fedora 10 (i386 and x86_64), and
Ubuntu 8.04 (i386). These guest operating systems can produce
ooRexx installation and documentation packages for Windows (EXE),
Fedora and openSUSE (RPM), and Ubuntu (DEB). Other x86-based
operating systems will come online as demanded by the developers
and users of ooRexx.“This article shows how to create your own software build
system, taking the ooRexx development team’s setup as an example
and including tips and direction as needed for developers
experienced with ooRexx, Apache, and Linux. You can download the
server and guest scripts at the end of this article. As designed,
the system is specifically for building the ooRexx software, but
the concepts can be applied to a general purpose build system for
any software.”
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