On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:31:14 +0000 david zorg <li...@zorgz.org> wrote:
> Bruce, i think you're misunderstanding DJ's proposal - it sounds to me > like he's saying that if the creation of the file-system heirachy and > the essential files for the final system was done all on one page of > the book, it would make it easier for folks using PM to bundle up this > (mostly)empty structure as a single package, much like Gentoo's > 'baselayout' package, i guess. Probably not the best comparison, in hindsight. Upon investigation, Gentoo's baselayout package is considerably more exotic than that, and includes many more files such as package-independent rc-scripts - hence it's periodic version-bumps when enhancements are made... The contents of DJ's proposed bundle, however, is unlikely to need updating as far as i can see, and so i don't think it needs to be PM-aware, as it's a one-time install - the purpose of PM is, after all, to manage package-updates. I still think building packages in chapter-6's chroot as an unprivileged user ought to be encouraged, though - it may be unnecessary, but it would engender good habits to be carried over to BLFS and similar projects, plus it would be compatible with any of the PM systems i have knowledge of. It would need (a crippled, non-setuid) 'su' installed in chapter-5, i imagine, to change from root to the package-builder's id - what else..? Zorg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
