FC6 (x86_64) as a host system

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
> Greg came up with a pretty good solution for DIY (IMO). Basically, by > passing CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" during binutils-pass1 and gcc-pass1, gcc > will continue to use the host linker until we get our gcc built. Maybe this hack work for FC6 (i686), but it isn't actually sufficient on bi-arch (multi

Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
And two remarks on the LFS-6.2. 1. Section 6.9.1. Installation of Glibc [QUOTE] When running make install, a script called test-installation.pl performs a small sanity test on our newly installed Glibc. However, because our toolchain still points to the /t

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Staub
Fix wrote: > And two remarks on the LFS-6.2. > > 1. Section 6.9.1. Installation of Glibc > > [QUOTE] > When running make install, a script called test-installation.pl > performs a small sanity test on our newly installed Glibc. However, > because our toolchain sti

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Staub
Chris Staub wrote: >> Running "make install" in section 6.9.1 I have discovered that perl >> binary installed in /tools/bin tries to locate its >> extensions in /usr/local/* directories, however they were installed >> in /tools/share/perl5/*. Before entering the chroot >> environment

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, the "test" it is referring to is done at the end of "make install". > It even specifies this at the beginning of the text you just > copied-and-pasted from the book. If you *are* getting a large number of > testsuite errors, something else i

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Staub
Fix wrote: > On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> No, the "test" it is referring to is done at the end of "make install". >> It even specifies this at the beginning of the text you just >> copied-and-pasted from the book. If you *are* getting a large number of >> testsuite error

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > LFS does not work for 64-bit systems. Yes, I know. But on a i386 system, these tests should be linked against /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2 or against just compiled new linker that resides somewhere in glibc-build directory? Fix -- http://linux

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Staub
Fix wrote: > On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> LFS does not work for 64-bit systems. > > Yes, I know. But on a i386 system, these tests should be linked > against /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2 or against just compiled new linker > that resides somewhere in glibc-build directory? >

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, as I mentioned before, it should never have been created anyway. > The actual problem needs to be fixed, not simply worked around with a > symlink. For sure. I've said "a temporary" workaround. Fix -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Fix
On 3/19/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The command in the book should change it so that the test uses the > newly-installed libraries in /lib. About what a test are you saying, that which is execute after (in the process of) "make install", or about bunch of the small test programs

Re: Remarks on LFS-6.2

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Staub
Fix wrote: > > About what a test are you saying, that which is execute after (in the > process of) "make install", or about bunch of the small test programs > that are executed by "make check"? I mean second, and at the time they > are executing NO libraries are installed in /lib. If, naturally, y