Jinx

Jinx (Jinx Is Not Xbstrap) is a meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions inspired by xbstrap and Arch Linux's PKGBUILDs.

Some examples of hobby OSes using Jinx are Vinix, Gloire, and Jinix.

Dependencies

• Linux distro (other OSes are not supported)
• POSIX compatible /bin/sh
• curl
• findutils (for find and xargs)
• awk
• cc (gcc or clang work)
• git
• grep
• gzip
• libarchive (for bsdtar)
• procps (for free)
• rsync
• tar
• zstd