Yes, thanks for clearing that up. The packages are (as far as I can tell) all compressed with either a bz2 or gz extension, which means they are compressed. They are also tar'd, but it is my understanding that tar isn't a compressed format. So I think technically they have to be uncompressed and then untar'd, although that happens at the same time and almost instantly. I also know not to actually create the directory first.
I am also aware that everything is case sensitive, if I am referring to things in a case-insensitive way, rest assured I am aware that the case(s) may change. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Moffat <k...@linuxfromscratch.org> To: LFS Support List <lfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> Cc: Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Chapter 5 questions On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 04:15:57PM +0200, Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Le jeudi 03 mai à 15:16, Scott Robertson a écrit : > > > > So the GCC directory is similar in that it goes in > > /mnt/lfs/sources/GCC-4.x is that right? I don't think the book > > explicitly says it, but I guess you are supposed to uncompress the GCC-4.x > > tar file into the GCC-4.x directory first, right? And then the GMP, MPFR > > and MPC packages go into the GCC-4.x directory? So the folder structure > > would be: > > > > /mnt/lfs/sources/GCC-4.x/ > > Yes and this will repeat for every package in chapter 5 and then in chapter > 6. Actually, the phrase 'uncompress the GCC-4.x tar file into the GCC-4.x directory' can be interpreted in more than one way. Scott probably meant it correctly, but just in case - you should be in /mnt/lfs/sources and extract the tarball there (tar -xvf for any recent version of tar), do NOT first create a directory - probably wouldn't cause any damage, but would be unnecessary. Also note that I'm suggesting tar -xvf because sometimes the directory name might not be exactly the same as the tarball name. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
