--- Jeremy Byron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Emu wrote:
> ><snip>
> > I think that you have mis-understood William's
> email. From his email, I
> > gather that he means that the commands set in 1
> through 3 should be
> > stated as 'Compulsory', ie if not used then you
> have a good chance of
> ><snip>
> > I think as Linux becomes more mainstream, more
> people are going to try
> > LFS for the first time and some people don't know
> (or understand or even
> > don't realise) that a recommendation in the LFS
> book is something that
> > you should do to prevent troubles occurring down
> the line.
>
> Not at all.. as I said, 'recommended' essentially
> means 'compulsory' or
> at least 'deal with your own problems if something
> goes wrong by not
> following the recommendations.' That's implied in
> the definition of
> recommended as far as I'm concerned.
>
> This is true for anything where there is a
> recommended action. If I
> were to recommend you not jumping out of an airplane
> from 30,000 feet
> without a parachute, I'm pretty sure you'll accept
> that as a compulsory
> action. If you choose not listen, the fact that you
> become flying goo
> when you hit the ground is your own damn fault. But
> hey, if you can
> learn to fly on your way down, that's great; write a
> hint for the rest
> of us. ;)
>
> The point is, the *LFS maintainers cannot be held
> accountable for people
> who cannot follow instructions. The instructions
> are there and, for
> those who read them, they work.
>
> Jeremy.
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If I can just give you my opinion based on my short
experience, creating the user LFS is a recommandation
and not an obligation, because all the book can be
done exactly without this single command. Everything
can be done as root without any change (even if, of
course, it's not *recommanded* due to the risks of
mistake), and the final system would be as good as if
built with lfs user.
Regards
G. Moko
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