stosss wrote:
> The OP is using Ubuntu and I have seen a lot of other posts in this
> and other mailing lists where there is some strange behavior with
> Ubuntu compared to just about any other distribution.
It's almost always because they don't have the required tools installed
or symlinks sh-
On 03/10/2010 12:22 AM, stosss wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Chris Staub wrote:
>
> If this was for me, I am not using Ubuntu. I do all my LFS builds with
> an LFS LiveCD.
>
> The OP is using Ubuntu and I have seen a lot of other posts in this
> and other mailing lists where there is s
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Chris Staub wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 10:38 PM, stosss wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Larry Gilbert
>> wrote:
>>> Tobias Gasser ebp-gasser.ch> writes:
>>>
now i'm building a new one from a xubuntu 9.10 lifecd.
to build glibc in chapter 5.
On 03/09/2010 10:38 PM, stosss wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Larry Gilbert
> wrote:
>> Tobias Gasser ebp-gasser.ch> writes:
>>
>>> now i'm building a new one from a xubuntu 9.10 lifecd.
>>>
>>> to build glibc in chapter 5.7, i had to add the same construction with
>>> CC/AR/RANLIB as
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Chris Staub wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 09:53 PM, stosss wrote:
>>
>> The articles "a", "an" and "the" can be dropped when there is only one.
>>
>> "You are doing an su to root" implies there are more su to root
>> commands. There is only one su, switch user or super us
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Larry Gilbert
wrote:
> Tobias Gasser ebp-gasser.ch> writes:
>
>> now i'm building a new one from a xubuntu 9.10 lifecd.
>>
>> to build glibc in chapter 5.7, i had to add the same construction with
>> CC/AR/RANLIB as with binutils/gcc pass 2 (ch 5.9/5.10) to use the
On 03/09/2010 09:53 PM, stosss wrote:
>
> The articles "a", "an" and "the" can be dropped when there is only one.
>
> "You are doing an su to root" implies there are more su to root
> commands. There is only one su, switch user or super user command.
>
> "You are doing the su to root" or "you are d
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> stosss wrote:
>> I believe it would be correct to drop the "a" inside the parenthesis
>> in the last sentence of this chapter.
>>
>> Linux From Scratch - Version 6.6
>> Chapter 4. Final Preparations
>>
>> 4.1. About $LFS
>>
>> bottom of page
>>
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> David Jensen wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:20 -0600
>> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>
>>> There is still an implied 'command' there, as in:
>>>
>>> as when doing a suu [command] to root.
>>>
>>> I used suu here to emphasize the pronunciation.
>>
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:32 PM, stosss wrote:
> Paul Brians
> Emeritus Professor of English
> Washington State University
>
> If the word following begins with a vowel sound, the word you want is
> “an”: “Have an apple, Adam.” If the word following begins with a
> consonant, but begins with a vowe
Paul Brians
Emeritus Professor of English
Washington State University
If the word following begins with a vowel sound, the word you want is
“an”: “Have an apple, Adam.” If the word following begins with a
consonant, but begins with a vowel sound, you still need “an”: “An
X-ray will show whether th
Chris Staub wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 05:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> David Jensen wrote:
>>> I always use 'an' before soft consonents. It 'may' be incorrect but it
>>> flows off the tongue better.
>> Not in my opinion. The article 'an' is used to prevent two consecutive
>> vowel sounds. To me, su
On 9 March 2010 23:40, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> Ken submitted the patch two years ago against grep 2.5.3. The purpose
> of the patch was
>
> Description: Various fixes, particularly speed improvements for UTF-8
> locales. Also adds a 'standard input' marker into the results for
> certain obscure u
On 03/09/2010 05:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> David Jensen wrote:
>>
>> I always use 'an' before soft consonents. It 'may' be incorrect but it
>> flows off the tongue better.
>
> Not in my opinion. The article 'an' is used to prevent two consecutive
> vowel sounds. To me, su is not a vowel sound.
Larry Gilbert wrote:
> Guy Dalziel dementedfury.org> writes:
>
>> For Grep in chapter 6 we apply a patch of Debian fixes. It seems,
>> however, that it is this patch that is causing fmbtest.sh to fail.
>> The unpatched Grep passed all 14 tests while the patched one did not. I
>> think that we sho
Matthew Burgess linuxfromscratch.org> writes:
> "This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions for
> arbitrary precision arithmetic."
IMHO, this is the best and most correct of the three.
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Tobias Gasser ebp-gasser.ch> writes:
> now i'm building a new one from a xubuntu 9.10 lifecd.
>
> to build glibc in chapter 5.7, i had to add the same construction with
> CC/AR/RANLIB as with binutils/gcc pass 2 (ch 5.9/5.10) to use the newly
> built toolchain.
>
> without, the hosts tools will
David Jensen wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:20 -0600
> Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
>> There is still an implied 'command' there, as in:
>>
>> as when doing a suu [command] to root.
>>
>> I used suu here to emphasize the pronunciation.
>>
>
> I always use 'an' before soft consonents. It 'may' be
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:02:20 -0600
Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> There is still an implied 'command' there, as in:
>
> as when doing a suu [command] to root.
>
> I used suu here to emphasize the pronunciation.
>
I always use 'an' before soft consonents. It 'may' be incorrect but it
flows off the
Guy Dalziel dementedfury.org> writes:
> For Grep in chapter 6 we apply a patch of Debian fixes. It seems,
> however, that it is this patch that is causing fmbtest.sh to fail.
> The unpatched Grep passed all 14 tests while the patched one did not. I
> think that we should reconsider the use of it.
Chris Staub wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 11:41 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> stosss wrote:
>>> I believe it would be correct to drop the "a" inside the parenthesis
>>> in the last sentence of this chapter.
>>>
>>> Linux From Scratch - Version 6.6
>>> Chapter 4. Final Preparations
>>>
>>> 4.1. About $LFS
>>>
On 3/9/2010 12:14 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> tho...@equinox.homelinux.org wrote:
>
>
>> Is it all bad only to me or do you feel same?
>>
> Well, there is always KDE3 which still builds.
>
>
well, kde3 is still nice... we should try to do a gradual change to
kde4, otherwise it might se
Andrew Benton schrieb:
> Support questions should be sent to lfs-supp...@linuxfromscratch.org
sorry, as i posted another message in this list (which i guess is
correct) i forgot to switch to the correct list... but as i solved the
problem some minutes ago, i reply here again and don't move.
> Did
On 03/09/2010 11:41 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> stosss wrote:
>> I believe it would be correct to drop the "a" inside the parenthesis
>> in the last sentence of this chapter.
>>
>> Linux From Scratch - Version 6.6
>> Chapter 4. Final Preparations
>>
>> 4.1. About $LFS
>>
>> bottom of page
>>
>> - Do n
tho...@equinox.homelinux.org wrote:
> Is it all bad only to me or do you feel same?
Well, there is always KDE3 which still builds.
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stosss wrote:
> I believe it would be correct to drop the "a" inside the parenthesis
> in the last sentence of this chapter.
>
> Linux From Scratch - Version 6.6
> Chapter 4. Final Preparations
>
> 4.1. About $LFS
>
> bottom of page
>
> - Do not forget to check that $LFS is set whenever you lea
Guy Dalziel wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
>> + This package contains math libraries and has useful functions for
>> arbitrary pr
stosss wrote:
> Is there any announcement on the mailing list when the errata page
> gets a correction for the LFS book?
We have not been doing that. I wouldn't do it for anything short of a
major flaw that prevented building or security problem. In that case,
we'd probably put out x.y.1 vesio
stosss wrote:
> The sentence with the minus sign uses the word have when it should be
> using the word has.
Fixed in svn.
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On 9 March 2010 10:28, wrote:
> Is it all bad only to me or do you feel same?
I think most people here feel the same.
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On Mar 9, 2010, at 6:12, Matthew Burgess
wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:28:24 +0100 (CET),
> tho...@equinox.homelinux.org wrote:
>> Because 4.4.1 has been released, I started another try to setup KDE4.
>> LFS-6.6 is out so a crystal clear and modern basis seems to be a good
>> start for this test
Guy Dalziel schrieb:
>> + This package contains math libraries and has useful functions for
>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
>
> I disagree which the correction, 'has' feels more singular than 'have'
> and therefore I feel that 'have' is correct. However, it would so
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:47:56 -0600, Guy Dalziel
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 06:20:45AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>> To illustrate: This package has... is correct. This package have... is
>> not correct.
>
> That's because 'package' is singular, not plural. You wouldn't say, "the
> cats has a new
On 09/03/10 10:36, Tobias Gasser wrote:
> after chapter 5 i run
>
> readelf -f /tools/bin/* | grep "Request"
>
> everything is fine except perl
>
> perl still points to the hosts /lib/ld-linux.so !!
>
>
> in chapter 6.7 (linux-headers) the job stops as perl can't run.
>
> i guess to symlink ld-linu
On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 06:20:45AM -0500, stosss wrote:
> To illustrate: This package has... is correct. This package have... is
> not correct.
That's because 'package' is singular, not plural. You wouldn't say, "the
cats has a new ball", it would be, "the cats have a new ball". In the
case of you
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Matthew Burgess
wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 04:50:52 -0600, Guy Dalziel
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Guy Dalziel
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
>> + This package contains math libraries and has use
On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 05:21:35AM -0700, Matthew Burgess wrote:
> "This package contains math libraries and have useful functions" in the
> context of
> this correction should really be read as:
>
> "This package...have useful functions", which is clearly wrong.
The way that I read the sentence
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:28:24 +0100 (CET), tho...@equinox.homelinux.org wrote:
> Because 4.4.1 has been released, I started another try to setup KDE4.
> LFS-6.6 is out so a crystal clear and modern basis seems to be a good
> start for this test again. Btw, X11 works really fine on my T60 now, even
>
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:17 AM, stosss wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Guy Dalziel
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
> + This package contains math libraries and has useful functions for
> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is
I believe it would be correct to drop the "a" inside the parenthesis
in the last sentence of this chapter.
Linux From Scratch - Version 6.6
Chapter 4. Final Preparations
4.1. About $LFS
bottom of page
- Do not forget to check that $LFS is set whenever you leave and
reenter the current working e
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:17 AM, stosss wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Guy Dalziel
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 04:50:52 -0600, Guy Dalziel
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 04:24:33AM -0500, stosss wrote:
>> - This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
>> arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.
>> + This package contains math libraries and has
after chapter 5 i run
readelf -f /tools/bin/* | grep "Request"
everything is fine except perl
perl still points to the hosts /lib/ld-linux.so !!
in chapter 6.7 (linux-headers) the job stops as perl can't run.
i guess to symlink ld-linux.so from /tools/lib to /lib is not really a
solution - wi
Because 4.4.1 has been released, I started another try to setup KDE4.
LFS-6.6 is out so a crystal clear and modern basis seems to be a good
start for this test again. Btw, X11 works really fine on my T60 now, even
without any configuration - nice :-)
Regarding to KDE4, I'm disappointed. It is not
for quite some time i used an older lfs to build a new one.
now i'm building a new one from a xubuntu 9.10 lifecd.
to build glibc in chapter 5.7, i had to add the same construction with
CC/AR/RANLIB as with binutils/gcc pass 2 (ch 5.9/5.10) to use the newly
built toolchain.
without, the hosts t
Is there any announcement on the mailing list when the errata page
gets a correction for the LFS book?
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The sentence with the minus sign uses the word have when it should be
using the word has. At least that is the case with American English. I
don't know but, it might be correct according to GB English. I haven't
taken the time to look it up to figure out if it is correct or wrong
in GB English.
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