Re: [lfs-dev] LFS will need bc.

2013-04-01 Thread William Tracy
se glibc's C++ library alongside it. (Emphasis on "possible".) I'll shut up now and let you guys get back on-topic. :-) ~ William Tracy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS 7.3 ISO discussion

2013-03-21 Thread William Tracy
y packages (autotools comes to mind) and rebuilding others with -Os. If you actually get serious about deleting unnecessary files, Gnome has a tool called "baobab" (or "Disk Usage Analyzer" under the menu) that makes pretty graphs that show you which parts of a directory tree are che

Re: [lfs-dev] Plans for LFS-7.1

2012-02-06 Thread William Tracy
If the plans to include initramfs go forward, would those be targeted for 8.0? William Tracy afishion...@gmail.com Cell phone: (805) 704-0917 Internet phone: (707) 206-6441 On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > We are starting to plan for LFS-7.1. We are anticipating an -

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS-8.0

2012-01-31 Thread William Tracy
tree. At the same time, the existing system works and I don't see any compelling reason to change it.) William Tracy afishion...@gmail.com Cell phone: (805) 704-0917 Internet phone: (707) 206-6441 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

Re: [lfs-dev] LFS Direction

2012-01-14 Thread William Tracy
reference to that section early in the LFS chapter on the kernel. I would love to see initramfs covered by Linux From Scratch (it would be *really* handy for LFS-based liveCD/flashdrive systems) but I really don't see it belonging in a "normal" LFS system. William Tracy afishio

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-12 Thread William Tracy
the "non-technical" users, and the mailing list gets used by the developers and the occasional power user. I think that speaks volumes about which is more appropriate for a project with the words "from scratch" in its name. :-) William Tracy afishion...@gmail.com Cell phone:

Re: LFS' future server plans

2011-09-11 Thread William Tracy
th every push to revision control? Sure. Multiple web front-ends, because someone wants an app written in PHP, and someone else wants an app built with Ruby on Rails? Sure. I already have enough projects on my plate, but if anyone out there wants to build this, I might be able to pitch in. :-)

Re: Rebuilding glibc results in an infinite loop

2011-08-31 Thread William Tracy
rlier (as opposed to, say, my system clock being on the fritz) but was something outside of the package build directory (which is why starting that package over again didn't help). William Tracy afishion...@gmail.com Cell phone: (805) 704-0917 Internet phone: (707) 206-6441 On Wed, Aug 31,

Rebuilding glibc results in an infinite loop

2011-08-30 Thread William Tracy
tuitive to debug. So, can I suggest adding a bullet point to the book addressing this potential trap? William Tracy afishion...@gmail.com Cell phone: (805) 704-0917 Internet phone: (707) 206-6441 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsub