On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:53:52 -0400, John Stanley <jpsinthe...@verizon.net> wrote: > There doesn't seem to be an easy way to turn off the > libffi requirement, which is unfortunate, as libglib itself > doesn't need it. On the other hand, I've been building > lfs/blfs-like systems for several years now, and end up > installing libffi later for other packages (eg, Guile2), so > building it in the base system is fine for me. > > I am suggesting the foregoing build (or similar) for the > lfs system, and wondering if any lfs developers have > looked at this issue and have a better way to handle > the glib/pkg-config lfs Ch. 6 build.
Hi John, Thanks for the time you've spent looking into this. There was a report that Glib-2.30.0 needed Python as well. Do you see that in your builds? My preferred way of handling the glib/pkg-config requirement in LFS Chapter 6 at the moment is to "fix" e2fsprogs so that it doesn't require pkg-config at all (see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-dev/2011-September/065203.html). I've not had time to look at that yet, so don't know whether it's even a viable approach. If it's not, or we simply don't get around to looking at it, then your method looks good for getting Glib-2.30.x integrated. Thanks, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
