Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 05:34:32PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> Yes, I intend to make 7.3 from svn on Friday, but I can delay that if we >> think we need to. I do hesitate to put things off because new packages >> just keep on turning up. On average, a new package in LFS is

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 05:34:32PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Yes, I intend to make 7.3 from svn on Friday, but I can delay that if we > think we need to. I do hesitate to put things off because new packages > just keep on turning up. On average, a new package in LFS is released > once eve

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:25:55PM +, Matt Burgess wrote: > On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 22:47 +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > So perhaps we should just disable them again ? I've given up > > caring wither way, I'd just like the book to be consistent in what > > is documented ;-) > > Like you, I'm

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 04:56:10PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> >> Since I don't use normally kbd at all, my experiences are limited. I >> almost never use the 'console' except via ssh and fonts are then >> controlled by the remote terminal program. >> >> I'll defer to your jud

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Matt Burgess
On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 22:47 +, Ken Moffat wrote: > So perhaps we should just disable them again ? I've given up > caring wither way, I'd just like the book to be consistent in what > is documented ;-) Like you, I'm not particularly fussed either way. As it's useless without a BLFS package

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 04:56:10PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Since I don't use normally kbd at all, my experiences are limited. I > almost never use the 'console' except via ssh and fonts are then > controlled by the remote terminal program. > > I'll defer to your judgement. Just give me

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > In LFS-7.2 we removed resizecons because at that time it only > installed on "i386" and it was generally useless for LFS users. My > explanation said: > > Remove the redundant resizecons program (32-bit x86 only, needs the > defunct svgalib, which predates linux-2.6 and is in

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:22:11PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > In LFS-7.2 we removed resizecons because at that time it only > installed on "i386" and it was generally useless for LFS users. My > explanation said: > > Remove the redundant resizecons program (32-bit x86 only, needs the > defunct s

[lfs-dev] kbd-1.15.5 : resizecons

2013-02-25 Thread Ken Moffat
In LFS-7.2 we removed resizecons because at that time it only installed on "i386" and it was generally useless for LFS users. My explanation said: Remove the redundant resizecons program (32-bit x86 only, needs the defunct svgalib, which predates linux-2.6 and is incompatible with modern KMS, to