-# Copyright 1999-2005 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/catalyst/README,v 1.16 2006/10/02 20:25:25 wolf31o2 Exp $
Licensing
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- Python 2.4 or greater (may still work with 2.3)
-- A portage snapshot (or portage tree to make your own)
-- A Gentoo generic stage3 tarball
+- An ebuild repository snapshot (or an ebuild tree to create one)
+- A generic stage3 tarball for your architecture
- shash for digest support
-What is Catalyst?
+What is catalyst?
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Catalyst is the Gentoo Linux project's release building tool. With catalyst,
Catalyst is capable of:
-- Building installation stages for every architecture supported by Gentoo
-- Building bootable LiveCDs for every architecture supported by Gentoo
-- Building GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform) sets for every architecture supported by Gentoo
+- Building installation stages
+- Building bootable LiveCDs
+- Building GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform) sets
- Setting up a Tinderbox target for test building
- Building netboot images