Gerard Beekmans wrote: > If a symlink allows us to leave grep in its proper location in the > alphabet, I don't see a problem with that. We just want to make sure > that grep's "make install" replaces the symlink rather than overwrite > the target in /tools. > As much as an alphabetical branch makes sense, moving a few packages out of order doesn't seem like a bad idea to me. I would rather satisfy the dependency with the actual package then create a symlink.
> Seeing /tools isn't deleted until at the very end of Chapter 6, the > symlink method would be perfectly safe IMO. > > I don't see a technical reason for symlink vs. no symlink (and > subsequently moving the Grep package itself). I think it's a > preference what is considered "nicer." > I agree 100%. > A symlink is less work than moving the package itself and the move has > no added benefit as far as I can tell. > The only benefit is not having to create one more symlink at the beginning of the chapter. > I'm changing my vote from moving grep to symlink grep unless a valid > technical reason comes up that warrants not using a symlink. We should > still move libtool. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
