DJ Lucas wrote: > I do not have all the details in front of me, but somebody said that gcc > failed if gmp was not on the host in pass1. Greg pointed us to a DIY > thread that showed how to build with GCC. There was no _need_ to build > inline beyond that point, because that fixed the problem of the extra > host system requirement. The extra packages are minimal, and required > one way or the other. Shared seems better IMO as I use GMP anyway. It > might not be a bad idea (less maintenance) to build the same way for > both early builds and only build gmp and mpfr standalone for the final, > though I haven't tried that yet.
Understood. This explanation as with others that appeared on the thread have answered the question adequately, I think. I don't have any problems with installing them to the final system. I was going to ask what you thought about making both passes in chapter 5 the same, but you've touched on that as well. I don't suppose it makes a big difference there. The only advantages I can see for building inline for both passes are perhaps a slightly smaller set of temporary tools, a marginal amount of time saved by the user (especially if building by hand) and, again, slightly less chance of error. Nothing really there that I think it's worth making a stink about. Anyway, I think I'm satisfied on this point. Thanks, everyone, for the input. -- JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
