>> /lfs/patch-2.5.9/patch.c:1327: warning: the use of `mktemp' is >> dangerous, better use `mkstemp' > > If you look at the code, there is a comment: > > /* It is OK to use mktemp here, since the rest of the code always ...
Thanks for pointing that out but that was not what I was posting about, but merely the output from the "make" showing the 10/15 references to the "/bin/ed" define, output which I included for completeness/context. >> It is interesting (to me anyway) that the patch that gets applied to the >> build >> in LFS-6.5: >> >> patch-2.5.9-fixes-1.patch >> >> actually changes just the one file that the "define" of ed_PROGRAM appears >> in, namely, pch.c > > A coincidence. I am sure it is, but it as I may have been the only person to ever go looking to see where the confusing "/bin/ed" is being used used, I found it interesting and of course, I did say that it might only be interesting to me. > If you look at the code, /bin/ed is called only if the patch is > a actually en ed style patch, otherwise it just prints an error that patch > couldn't find ed. > > The instructions in BLFS do install ed in /bin. Yes, I noted this in my original too. In Chap5 (Temp System) the book makes a big play of telling the builder that things will be installed below /tools and I thus thought it might be confusing to see "/bin/ed", indeed the "/bin" with a pefixed /tools was probably what caught my eye before the "ed" itself. > Some BLFS packages do need ed and it is included there for those packages. Once again, nothing I did not say in my original post, so thanks for confirming that. But anyway, I have provided the community with feedback from my experience and it's obviously not a issue - no harm done and it certainly won't prevent me from continuing my latest build - but if someone should wonder about it, the info is out there. Hope to feedback any experiences from my User Based Management install over the next few days. Kevin -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
