-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Clarke Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:03 PM To: LFS Developers Mailinglist Subject: RE: SVN-20080403 : 5.6.1. Installation of Glibc failure
> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Clarke > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 8:22 PM > To: LFS Developers Mailinglist > Subject: Re: SVN-20080403 : 5.6.1. Installation of Glibc failure > > >> Loren Foret wrote: >>> More like linux from any distro. >> But I think the point is that some distros now come with, for example, >> dash as the default shell linked to /bin/sh, or as the OP apparently >> found, mawk as the default AWK interpreter. If LFS is to become "more >> than a book", it may be worthwhile to reconsider the "somewhat >> arbitrary" host requirements, or at least point out that certain distros >> may have the tools but they may not be invoked by default. > > Gentlemen, I really did not want to stir up a major debate. I am sorry > if my little problems have caused and issue. I have the greatest > respect for LFS and I really do see it as a true open source project > where people can learn while doing. > > I did run into some little issues and if I were a tad more careful > with that version check script then I never would have hit this. > > Maybe the question on the table here should be "what are the bare > minimal requirements from which you can begin work?" > > I think that make and bison and flex etc etc can all be built if > the user has at least GCC and some sort of running system. Am I > wrong to think this way ? > > Dennis > > > -- ------------------------------------------------ > > It's a good start... what you require at an absolute minimum is the "core > toolchain" > This being gcc, glibc, kernel headers, binutils. Those would get you > compiling but it would be a pain without some of the more obvious tools we > use a lot when compiling source. > those would be make and related. The minimum version for the tools you need > to "successfully" compile the core LFS system are in the book. For the > making of make bison and flex... I would imagine it could be done without a > version of make already installed but it would probably be a lot of work. > I would guess it realy depends on how you start the job. Is this a > cross-compile by chance? No Sir. This is all on PowerPC. Since I jumped into the jh branch all is going just swimmingly. Slow. But going fine. Dennis -- ------------------------------------------------- Great :) Now it makes sense. I need to do a powerpc build pretty soon. Have a PS3 that needs a good linux system on it :) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
