I think that purity and other axioms that are put forward at the beginning of the build process are only as valuable as the benefits they provide later on. If purity means stability, reliability or more fried bananas at the end of the day, that's more important than the philosophical value of a "pure" LFS system.
I wouldn't be offended if a LFS package maintainer said "get the binaries from the distributor" if it makes my system more stable. In other words, if you promise a good stable system, people will be willing to jump through whatever hoops you tell them to. On that note, the most valuable tool to build a LFS system is a good LFS live cd. I do have some suggestions to put forward but I'm unsure if this is the right place to put them. Best, Hugo -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
