In LFS-7.2 we removed resizecons because at that time it only installed on "i386" and it was generally useless for LFS users. My explanation said:
Remove the redundant resizecons program (32-bit x86 only, needs the defunct svgalib, which predates linux-2.6 and is incompatible with modern KMS, to provide the video mode files - for normal use setfont sizes the console appropriately) and its manpage. Meanwhile, SuSe sent a patch upstream to build it in x86_64 as well as i386. So, we are stuck with it and Matt removed the seds and touch (correctly, IMHO - we don't usually remove programs just because they are useless, it was the "manpage but no program" situation on x86_64 that triggered this action). But the resizecons program is now not listed among what is installed, and therefore has no description. Should we just reinstate the description, without telling people that in an LFS/BLFS context it is pretty much useless, or should we add it with a note something like "Using this needs the defunct svgalib." ? ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
