KenSchalk with help from TimMann worked on a draft about porting Vesta to Linux using the boot-strap method and submitted it for Usenix. It was rejected, at least in part due to Vesta not being available as free software at the time.
Before trying again, a port started using the make/autoconf-based kit should be completed (e.g. to Solaris of Mac OS X). That provides alternatives in some parts, but still requires constructing the encapsulated build environment.