lots of progress, still WIP

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-./chroot/*
+./chroot/*
+./bin/*

base.sh

@@ -6,20 +6,51 @@ has() {
     alias*|"") return 1
   esac
 }
-has go || { echo "The golang compiler is required on the host system..."; exit 1;}
+has go || { echo "golang compiler is required on the host system..."; exit 1;}
 # needed for kati
 has curl || { echo "curl is required on the host systtem"; exit 1;}
 # for downloading sources
 has bsdtar || { echo "bsdtar is required on the host system"; exit 1;}
 # for extracting sources
-rm chroot/builddir -rf 2>/dev/null
+has mkdir || { echo "basic coreutils are required..."; exit 1;}
+mkdir ./chroot ./bin 2>/dev/null
+rm chroot/* bin/* -rf 2>/dev/null # clean chroot and bin before starting
 mkdir -p chroot/builddir; bdir="$(realpath chroot/builddir)"
+cd chroot; org=$(realpath ${PWD}/../)
 IFS=""; while read -r p; do # no need for EOF check
   case "$p" in
     "#"*) ;; # ignore lines with comments
-     *) org=${PWD}; url="${p##*- }"
+     *) url="${p##*- }"
       echo "Downloading/Extracting ${p%% -*} ..." 
       cd ${bdir}; curl -L "$url" --progress-bar | bsdtar -xf -;;
   esac
-done < ./sources # read from sources and download
+done < ${org}/sources # read from sources and download
 cd ${org}
+for i in bin etc lib dev usr; do # create some base folders
+  mkdir -p "${org}/chroot/${i}"
+done
+# ./loc read func
+loc(){
+  while read -r p || [ -n "$p" ]; do
+    case "$p" in # basically grep for $1
+      *"${1}"*) printf '%s\n' "${p##*- }"
+    esac
+  done < ${org}/loc
+}
+for i in ${org}/bscripts/*; do # loop over all build scripts
+  . ${i} # source build script
+  [ "$pkg" = "ex" ] && continue # DO NOT ATTEMPT TO READ EXAMPLE SCRIPT
+  IFS=" "; for dep in ${hbinrequires}; do # loop over all host bin deps
+    has $dep || { echo "$i is required on the hostsystem"; exit 1;}
+  done
+  cd ${dir}; ${cmd}
+  [ -e "${out}" ] && {
+    chmod +x "${out}" # mark as excutable
+    cp "${out}" "${org}/bin/" # copy to nG's local bin/
+    export PATH="${org}/bin:$PATH" # set PATH to contain local bin/
+    # also make sure local bin/ is first in PATH
+  :;} || {
+    echo "$out NOT FOUND... CANNOT CONTINUE; BUILD MUST HAVE FAILED"
+    exit 1
+  }
+done

bscripts/ex

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# example bscript for nG
+# MUST start with a shebang for /bin/sh
+# ---
+#!/bin/sh
+pkg=ex # name of pkg; MUST be equal to $0
+dir="$bdir/$(loc $pkg)" # pulls in and sets the location of build folder
+hbinrequires="" # required binaries on the host system
+gbinrequires="" # required binaries within nG's local bin/
+cbinrequires="" # required binaries within chroot/bin
+cmd='' # equal to the literal process required to build $pkg
+out="$dir/<>" # equal to outputed binary
+static="" # MUST be set if $out is not static
+# if $static is set $pkg MUST be recompiled from within chroot

bscripts/kati

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+pkg=kati
+dir="$bdir/$(loc $pkg)"
+hbinrequires="go"
+cmd='go build -o kati github.com/google/kati/golang/cmd/kati'
+out="$dir/kati"
+static="1"