User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread William Zhou
I have been using LFS for more than a year's time and it is great. One of my friend started LFS several days ago and got an error when adjusting the toolchain( 5.7 ). The problem was that the gcc specs path was pointed to the host's one. It took me me a while to figure out that he ignored the crea

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Archaic
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:37:54PM -, William Zhou wrote: > > But I believe the creation of LFS should be stated to be mandatory, or at > least make this clear. And lose the excellent lesson your friend learned from this? :) We cannot be liable for people ignoring large chunks of the book. >

LFS-6.1.1-pre1 Released

2005-11-17 Thread Matthew Burgess
The Linux From Scratch community is pleased to announce the first pre-release of LFS 6.1.1. This release includes fixes for all known errata since LFS-6.1 was released 4 months ago. You can read the book online at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.1.1-pre1/ or download to read locall

User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread William Zhou
> > And lose the excellent lesson your friend learned from this? :) We > cannot be liable for people ignoring large chunks of the book. I agreed with you. In 6.5, Creating directories. You don't have to have the /usr/local/game. If it is only a recommendation, it should not affect the LFS itself.

Re: LFS-6.1.1-pre1 Released

2005-11-17 Thread Archaic
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:46:45PM +, Matthew Burgess wrote: > > A special note of thanks to Archaic for his assistance with all the > behind the scenes activities that went into this release. His release > scripts and notes as have been a massive time saver! Archaic, you're a > star! aw

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Jeremy Byron
William Zhou wrote: One of my friend started LFS several days ago and got an error when adjusting the toolchain( 5.7 ). The problem was that the gcc specs path was pointed to the host's one. It took me me a while to figure out that he ignored the creation of user lfs and thus the ~/.bashrc is no

Moving Readline static libraries

2005-11-17 Thread go moko
Hello In chapter 6.22.1, during the install of Readline, the book say: Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location: mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib But it seems that these libraries are still installed correctly in /usr/lib by the "make install" command. Or am I fals

Re: Moving Readline static libraries

2005-11-17 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 11/17/05, go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In chapter 6.22.1, during the install of Readline, the > book say: > Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate > location: > mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib > > But it seems that these libraries are still installed > correctly

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Archaic
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 10:08:07PM -, William Zhou wrote: > > (BTW, How do I reply to a specif thread instead of creating a new one? > I tried to figure it out but I can't. Thanks.) You can't. You are using a crappy mail client. Download thunderbird. -- Archaic Want control, education, and

Re: Moving Readline static libraries

2005-11-17 Thread go moko
--- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/17/05, go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In chapter 6.22.1, during the install of Readline, > the > > book say: > > Now move the static libraries to a more > appropriate > > location: > > mv -v /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib > > > >

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Duncan Webb
Archaic wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 10:08:07PM -, William Zhou wrote: (BTW, How do I reply to a specif thread instead of creating a new one? I tried to figure it out but I can't. Thanks.) You can't. You are using a crappy mail client. Download thunderbird. I use Thunderbird (1

Re: Moving Readline static libraries

2005-11-17 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 11/17/05, go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The configure command in the book is > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib > > so the libraries will go to /lib unless you used a > > different command. > > I used this command, and I get a mess

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Andrew Benton
William Zhou wrote: I have been using LFS for more than a year's time and it is great. One of my friend started LFS several days ago and got an error when adjusting the toolchain( 5.7 ). The problem was that the gcc specs path was pointed to the host's one. It took me me a while to figure out th

Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread William Harrington
Hello, There has been a high amount of traffic related to the chroot environment of chapter 6. It would be great if we could tie people down, force their eyelids open, and make them read! However, that would probably be torture. We probably do not condone torture. "Remember that if for a

Re: Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
William Harrington wrote: It would be great if we could tie people down, force their eyelids open, and make them read! However, that would probably be torture. We probably do not condone torture. Heh. Sure we do! "Running /sources/gcc-4.0.2/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/compile.exp .

Re: Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 11/17/05, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William Harrington wrote: > > Is it a good idea to include something about populating dev in that > > part, too? > > Yes, I think I agree with your assessment. The information is there, but > it is missed way too much. I don't think this is

для Lfs,

2005-11-17 Thread 21 ноября
«ХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫЕ ДОГОВОРЫ: ПРАВОВЫЕ И НАЛОГОВЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ ДЛЯ ЦЕЛЕЙ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ НАЛОГООБЛОЖЕНИЯ» Консультационный семинар - 21 ноября 2005. Семинар ориентирован на: финансовых директоров и руководителей компаний, главных бухгалтеров, специалистов по налоговому планированию Время проведения: 10-

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Emu
Jeremy Byron wrote: William Zhou wrote: --snip-- Regards, Jeremy. I think that you have mis-understood William's email. From his email, I gather that he means that the commands set in 1 through 3 should be stated as 'Compulsory', ie if not used then you have a good chance of making yo

Re: Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
William Harrington wrote: Hello, There has been a high amount of traffic related to the chroot environment of chapter 6. It would be great if we could tie people down, force their eyelids open, and make them read! However, that would probably be torture. We probably do not condone tor

Re: Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: William Harrington wrote: You are discussing this WONTFIX bug: http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1649 Yes, but a couple of things here: 1) This item needed more discussion by the community. Also the suggestion made in the bug is a little differe

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread Jeremy Byron
Emu wrote: I think that you have mis-understood William's email. From his email, I gather that he means that the commands set in 1 through 3 should be stated as 'Compulsory', ie if not used then you have a good chance of > I think as Linux becomes more mainstream, more people are going to

Re: Users reentering chroot and continuing

2005-11-17 Thread Richard A Downing
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:30:44 -0600 William Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > There has been a high amount of traffic related to the chroot > environment of chapter 6. > It would be great if we could tie people down, force their eyelids > open, and make them read! Howeve

Re: News Server Offline Indefinitely

2005-11-17 Thread DJ Lucas
Matthew Burgess wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Greetings All: Due to various recurring issues with our news server, it has been decided to take it offline indefinitely. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. In the meantime, the LFS server admins are researching making use of gman

Re: Moving Readline static libraries

2005-11-17 Thread go moko
--- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/17/05, go moko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The configure command in the book is > > > ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib > > > so the libraries will go to /lib unless you used > a > > >

Re: User lfs is more than optional.

2005-11-17 Thread go moko
--- Jeremy Byron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Emu wrote: > > > > I think that you have mis-understood William's > email. From his email, I > > gather that he means that the commands set in 1 > through 3 should be > > stated as 'Compulsory', ie if not used then you > have a good chance of > > >