On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:51:01 -0500 Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just looking for ways to reduce the temp-system in /tools as much > as possible. I've built LFS systems before without having ncurses > there and it works fine. I believe the only issue is texinfo - many > programs in chapter 6 need it to build their info pages, but I > believe they only need the "makeinfo" program, which doesn't require > ncurses. Of course I'm testing this myself, but I was wondering if > anyone else had any opinions. > > Note: this would also necessitate removing "more" from the chap. 5 > util-linux, but AFAIK nothing in chap. 6 needs it - it's just there > for the user's convenience (though I never need it myself). I can see a point to removing packages from the chapter 5 build if it doesn't cause problems later - those with slow old machines will benefit from a reduction in the time taken to get to Chapter 6. As an ex 486 and Pentium-133 lfs builder I can tell you this is significant benefit. IMO C5 should be a working minimum to build C6 - the word 'working' includes tools to diagnose problems. But just removing bits from /tools? Especially 'really useful' (tm) bits like 'more' doesn't seem like a good idea. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
