I doubt this will go over well, but what the heck: I understand that Readline was added to LFS because: 1) Bash can use it vs. its bundled readline functions. 2) Lots of BLFS packages can link to it.
I believe PCRE should be added to LFS because: 1) Grep can use it vs. its bundled regex functions. 2) Lots of BLFS packages can link to it. I, and I'm guessing many others, build PCRE right before Grep in chapter 6. It doesn't seem to depend on anything else, it's UTF8 compatible with current BLFS instructions, and seems fairly trivial to add. Its also one of those essential libraries pretty much everyone is going to install later anyhow. Just a thought. Jeremy p.s. Alternatively, could a note similar to Shadow's Cracklib tip be added to Grep's instructions? That would satisfy the anti-bloat people (though I wouldn't consider this package bloat at all). -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
