Re: [lfs-dev] grep nitpick in chapter 5

2012-06-07 Thread Matt Burgess
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 15:43 -0400, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > On 6/6/12 3:24 PM, Matt Burgess wrote: > > Surely if we can't find/link against host libs at this point, that flag > > is at best superfluous and at worst a potential danger as it may mask us > > being able to link against host libs when w

Re: [lfs-dev] grep nitpick in chapter 5

2012-06-06 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/6/12 3:24 PM, Matt Burgess wrote: > Surely if we can't find/link against host libs at this point, that flag > is at best superfluous and at worst a potential danger as it may mask us > being able to link against host libs when we shouldn't be able to? Yep - agreed on all points. Superfluous.

Re: [lfs-dev] grep nitpick in chapter 5

2012-06-06 Thread Matt Burgess
On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 14:57 -0400, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > If the user has been following the instructions correctly, it will be > impossible to link against host libs at this point. So, why then do you think > We have the switch --disable-perl-regexp which is fine Surely if we can't find/l

[lfs-dev] grep nitpick in chapter 5

2012-06-06 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
We have the switch --disable-perl-regexp which is fine, but the explanation is no longer correct. It says: This ensures that the grep program does not get linked against a Perl Compatible Regular Expression (PCRE) library that may be present on the host but will not be available once we enter t