Well, I'm home sick and have nothing better to do. I'll try my chapter 6 with a toolchain lacking util-linux-ng and see what happens.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Matthew Burgess<matt...@linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:06:43 -0500, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Matthew Burgess wrote: >>> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:37:20 -0500, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> So now the question arises: Do we need util-linux-ng in Chapter 5? >>> >>> >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter06/kernfs.html >>> requires a '--bind' capable mount. So, we'd need mount from >> util-linux-ng >>> unless we add that as a host requirement. >> >> But we do that before we enter chroot. It's true that we add /tools/bin >> to the >> PATH in section 4.4, but is there a host in use now that we use that >> doesn't >> support mount --bind? >> >> In any case, do we need more or mkswap? > > I think 'more' was added to aid those wanting to view log files from > within the chroot env without having to compile 'less' in chapter 5. As > we were compiling parts of Util-Linux anyway, then adding 'more' was > pretty trivial. I tend to use tools from my host to view LFS build > logs. I've no idea why mkswap is being compiled...maybe it came from > some ICA builds and something in chapter 6 needs it, though I can't > think what that might be. > > Based on the above, I'd be willing to see Util-Linux-NG dropped from chapter > 5, assuming it causes no regressions, obviously. > > Regards, > > Matt. > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
