Re: Binutils pass2, --disable-nls

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Robert Connolly wrote: > Is there a reason Binutils pass2 has --disable-nls? Yes, the same as before: if someone wishes to use HJL binutils, this avoids the "gettext" host requirement. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscr

Binutils pass2, --disable-nls

2008-10-25 Thread Robert Connolly
Is there a reason Binutils pass2 has --disable-nls? robert pgpPjHt55KEs0.pgp Description: PGP signature -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: ICA/Farce

2008-10-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 05:36:02PM -0500, DJ Lucas wrote: > Hey guys. Is there any recent documentation on the expectations of > farce or ICA? I'm out of time for the weekend, so figured now was a > good time to fire off and let it fly. Doing only 2 passes of chapter6 > with both comparison m

ICA/Farce

2008-10-25 Thread DJ Lucas
Hey guys. Is there any recent documentation on the expectations of farce or ICA? I'm out of time for the weekend, so figured now was a good time to fire off and let it fly. Doing only 2 passes of chapter6 with both comparison methods checked. What are the advantages of 3 or more passes? --

Updated acknowledgment

2008-10-25 Thread Jean-Philippe MENGUAL
Hi, Here's a suggestion to update the acknowledgment. I wonder if it's not the process I'm supposed to use to suggest such changes. Best regards, JPM Index: chapter01/changelog.xml === --- chapter01/changelog.xml (révision 8692

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread DJ Lucas
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: > > >> Many other distributions ignore the on disk encodings completely, >> leaving the end user with a mix of improperly encoded manual pages. >> > > Well, the end user doesn't care how the manual pages are encoded on > disk. The only thing

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Lefteris Dimitroulakis
Στις Saturday 25 October 2008 19:00:12 ο/η Bruce Dubbs έγραψε: > > How about 'unreadable'. > or ... meaningless strings of characters maybe ? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: >> >>> So, please choose another word below. >>> When man encounters an unexpected encoding, it will display the contents as configured, resulting in completely illegible text. >> How about 'unreadable'. >

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
I wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: >> >>> So, please choose another word below. >>> When man encounters an unexpected encoding, it will display the contents as configured, resulting in completely illegible text. >> >> How about 'unreadable'. > > Yes, it is bet

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > >> So, please choose another word below. >> >>> When man encounters an unexpected encoding, it will display the contents >>> as configured, resulting in completely illegible text. > > How about 'unreadable'. Yes, it is better. But it can be mi

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > So, please choose another word below. > >> When man encounters an unexpected encoding, it will display the contents >> as configured, resulting in completely illegible text. How about 'unreadable'. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
DJ Lucas wrote: > Many other distributions ignore the on disk encodings completely, > leaving the end user with a mix of improperly encoded manual pages. Well, the end user doesn't care how the manual pages are encoded on disk. The only thing that matters is if they are displayed correctly. An

Re: Some issues and possible solutions regarding the use of Glibc 2.8 and GCC 4.3.2 in BLFS

2008-10-25 Thread Rick Houkes
2008/10/25 Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rick Houkes wrote these words on 10/25/08 09:08 CST: >> Whilst using stable BLFS 6.3 and LFS SVN (version since Glibc 2.8 and >> GCC 4.3.2 where introduced) I have ran into some problems as some >> programs refuse to compile if either or both or thes

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread DJ Lucas
DJ Lucas wrote: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > >> DJ Lucas wrote: >> >> >>> Many other distributions ignore the problem >>> completely, leaving the end user with a mix of readable and >>> unreadable manual pages, and even worse yet, unreadable error >>> messages when a suitable manual

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread DJ Lucas
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: > >> Many other distributions ignore the problem >> completely, leaving the end user with a mix of readable and >> unreadable manual pages, and even worse yet, unreadable error >> messages when a suitable manual page is not found. >> > > "ignor

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
DJ Lucas wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: >> Thank you again for the detailed critique, suggestions and examples. >> You've been a great help. I'll have another go at it using your text above. >> >> > OK, I think this is almost the final... > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/LFS-MANDB/chapter06

Re: Please review for Man-DB changes

2008-10-25 Thread DJ Lucas
DJ Lucas wrote: > > Thank you again for the detailed critique, suggestions and examples. > You've been a great help. I'll have another go at it using your text above. > > OK, I think this is almost the final... http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~dj/LFS-MANDB/chapter06/man-db.html ...I have a