On 12/29/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yes, that is probably best. As has been said by everyone, package
> management is something that needs to be implemented at the beginning
> of Chapter 6 in LFS. I think everyone is in agreement there.

Can someone bugzilla this so that it is not forgotten?

> I believe it to be healthy to change one's mind and "come over to
> the other side".

I think so too. Welcome to the "other" side :)

> Only problem is in BLFS, where some packages don't/won't work
> with a fake root installation method.

For the really troublesome packages (OpenOffice is one of those),
there is always the install into /opt/<pacakge> cop-out. Though, *all*
packages can be installed into fakeroot since that is how the distros
do it. It may be a bit convoluted, but it is doable.

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