Re: Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Archaic
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 08:19:35PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > All three of the suggestions above are not just a trivial matter. > I think it really sucks that one can't use the most recent prior > version of LFS as a host to build the current version. >From what I can tell, the problem go b

Re: Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Steve Crosby
Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Steve Crosby wrote these words on 03/07/05 20:12 CST: > >> 1. build the initial binutils and gcc in chapter 5 using dynamic >> libs, rather than static (this avoids the stripped libc.a issue). >> >> 2. use binutils prior to 2

Re: Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
Steve Crosby wrote these words on 03/07/05 20:12 CST: > 1. build the initial binutils and gcc in chapter 5 using dynamic libs, > rather than static (this avoids the stripped libc.a issue). > > 2. use binutils prior to 2.15.91.0.2 in the initial chapter 5 (this results > in binutils ignoring the

Re: Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Steve Crosby
Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:b19vf2-uq1.ln1 @rmlscsi.mcmurchy.prv: > Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 03/07/05 18:10 CST: >> When using an LFS-6.0 host, with stripped binaries, the last step >> in the chapter 5 Binutils instructions (rebuilding the ld >> subdirectory) in the

Re: Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
Randy McMurchy wrote these words on 03/07/05 18:10 CST: > When using an LFS-6.0 host, with stripped binaries, the last step > in the chapter 5 Binutils instructions (rebuilding the ld > subdirectory) in the current SVN book will fail. > > This is a known issue. > > Two things: > > 1. Shouldn't t

Binutils failure in Chapter 5

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
When using an LFS-6.0 host, with stripped binaries, the last step in the chapter 5 Binutils instructions (rebuilding the ld subdirectory) in the current SVN book will fail. This is a known issue. Two things: 1. Shouldn't this be explained in BIG BOLD text somewhere in the prerequisites? With som

Re: new uname patch

2005-03-07 Thread Robert Connolly
Hello. I just sent coreutils-5.2.1-uname-3.patch to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This version is mainly the same as version-2, but the cpuid() assembly function was adjusted to be position independent so it can compile with -fpie/fpic (for hlfs). I also added "prescott" because it is supported by gcc's mt

Re: Update to the INSTALL file

2005-03-07 Thread Matthew Burgess
Randy McMurchy wrote: Attached you'll find a diff that will update the INSTALL file. Changes are as follows: Many thanks Randy, I've applied this to the unstable book sources in r4724. Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ U

Re: LP user

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/07/05 11:33 CST: > Randy McMurchy wrote: >> I need to create an 'lp' user for the CUPS instructions. I'm not >> sure what to use as the home directory. I always use /var/spool/cups. >> >> However, /var/spool/cups is a privileged directory. But I don't see >> that

Re: Update to the INSTALL file

2005-03-07 Thread M.Canales.es
Randy McMurchy escribió en lfs.dev el Lunes, 7 de Marzo de 2005 15:36: > Attached you'll find a diff that will update the INSTALL file. Changes > are as follows: Thanks. Updating it now in {H}LFS. -- Manuel Canales Esparcia Usuario de LFS nº 2886: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ LFS en cast

Re: LFS on Sun Ultra5

2005-03-07 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Steve Crosby wrote: okay - so from Linux it is ;) Instaling Aurora Linux now because it was handy, any other recommendations for a host distro? Just so happens that I'm working on a sparc install as well :) It's an UltraSparcIIi in a Sun Netra T1 105. So far Gentoo has been working well for me

Update to the INSTALL file

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
Attached you'll find a diff that will update the INSTALL file. Changes are as follows: 1. Removed the mention of using the Tidy patch, as I included the patch into the BLFS instructions. 2. Modified the stuff to render PDF to just point at the two packages required to install from BLFS (J2SDK and

Update to the INSTALL file

2005-03-07 Thread Randy McMurchy
Attached you'll find a diff that will update the INSTALL file. Changes are as follows: 1. Removed the mention of using the Tidy patch, as I included the patch into the BLFS instructions. 2. Modified the stuff to render PDF to just point at the two packages required to install from BLFS (J2SDK and

Re: LFS on Sun Ultra5

2005-03-07 Thread Steve Crosby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:OFE9389F4D.EB5D7A58- [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Steve Crosby wrote: > >>For the LFS build - is there a recommendation about building LFS from >>Linux >>or Solaris? > > MUCH easier from linux ;-) > > There is this little matter of no ext2 write support under solaris...