Sorry to barge in all of a sudden, but I just want to clear up some info: On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Andrew Elian <e_lio...@hotmail.com> wrote: > It seems to me you will have two major difficulties with your current > LFS build: 1) your build host is old and 2) using an amd64 with a 32 bit > linux. Not in itself a bad thing, but as you have discovered, some packages > will do strange things and fail to compile. Well, actually, having a 32bit host on a 64bit system will not be much different from building 32bit on 32bit or 64bit on 64bit. The only substantal difference is that 32bit systems can only access up to 4 GB of RAM due to limitations, while 64bit systems have no limit.
Quoting from the book (section iii, "LFS Target Architectures"): "The gain from going to a 64-bit system is relatively minimal. Of course, if you have more than 4GB of RAM or want to manipulate data that exceeds 4GB, the advantages of a 64-bit system are substantial." That, and the fact that packages compiled against static libraries will not compile unless the library was compiled with -fPIC. Therefore unless he has more than 4GB of RAM (which I doubt, as only computer enthusiasts really have more than that, and if he was one, I don't think he will be this helpless), I don't really recommend building 64bit systems right now. But that doesn't mean that you can still try, oh no, you will just have a more challenging experience, and if you like that, go ahead. But otherwise, don't go 64bits. > I will strongly recommend the x86_64-Pure64 Cross Linux From Scratch book as > it deals > with building on a host which is very different than the target. Give > development version (as it is the most up to date) a try and see how it goes. Actually, I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU USE CLFS. It's nothing personal, but the reason why is that it's meant for experts, experts that are not like you. The book is less stable, and the stable version right now is less up to date. They also do things quite diffrerently in the book, so it will be tougher to follow right now. When you feel like it, sure, But not for your first build. Oh, and it's dangerous to go alone. Take this! (Hint Get!!) http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/essential_prereading.txt -- William Immendorf The ultimate in free computing. Messages in plain text, please, no HTML. GPG key ID: 1697BE98 If it's not signed, it's not from me. -- "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- Are you a Gmail user? Please read this important notice: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/jstrap/gmail?31450. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
