On 07/19/2018 07:28 AM, Joe wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:04:37 -0500
Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
My goal is not what you would term a true LFS system.
It is focused on what Beekmans writes in his preface stating "... but
also serve as an ideal learning opportunity for programmers and
system administrators to enhance their (existing) Linux skills."
As I'm interested more in system administration than programming, I
see minimal advantage in enduring the compiles. My focus would be on
which packages were selected and why in the order chosen.
Just read the book, then. But it doesn't sink in quite so much as when
you're actually downloading and compiling each component...
<chuckle> Saw that principle demonstrated as a Freshman BSEE student in
Spring '61. The first semester of calculus made much more sense in light
of second semester physics LABORatory.
When I asked if there were discussions anywhere, I was specifically
referring to the latest "Debian from Scratch". I've been following
lfs-c...@lists.linuxfromscratch.org for about three years :}
I would have said the way to go was to actually build a standard LFS,
then examine the Debian scripts and what is actually present in a
minimal netinstall. In particular, look at the Debian patches to
upstream software. I did a couple of LFS builds about fifteen or twenty
years ago, fairly early in its life, and learned a fair bit in the
process.
A slightly different use of netinst was on my TODO list. I was going to
do a very minimal install without connection to the internet. I would
compare it to the result of chapter 5 and the result of Beasley's
branching off.
