Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> mknod -m 666 $LFS/dev/tty c 5 0 >> >> If that is done in Chapter 6, then the user doesn't have to remember any >> additional lines other than the chroot line (which is difficult enough). > > Keep in mind why you want this. If you are really going through the book > as a user, this entire conversation is moot. You will not be outside of > dev trying to get back in before you reboot your new system with a shiny > new udev to auto-populate /dev. Unless, of course, you've restarted your > machine in which case the book has already referred you to the beginning > of chapter six. > > So, really, it appears that you want this to make your experience with > jhalfs nicer.
Yes. Is there something wrong with that? > In which case, is it really harder to remember: > > mount --bind /dev $LFS/dev In my proposal, some users will get a little convenience without having to remember anything. > I'm not intending to be unsympathetic. I just don't understand how your > proposed command really benefits the average end user. In a lot of cases, it won't. But what does it hurt? We do a lot of things that are not, strictly speaking, minimal. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
