Re: /tools gcc specs wrong after readjusting the toolchain in Chapter 6 (kinda long)

2007-12-10 Thread Chris Staub
Ivan Kabaivanov wrote: > Hi all, > > I believe there's a untriggered bug in chapter 6, Re-adjusting the toolchain. > > We've just entered the chroot, installed the kernel headers and built glibc. > At this point we still only have /tools/bin/gcc. We've just built glibc so > we have it under /li

Re: /tools gcc specs wrong after readjusting the toolchain in Chapter 6 (kinda long)

2007-12-10 Thread Ivan Kabaivanov
On Monday 10 December 2007, Chris Staub wrote: > Ivan Kabaivanov wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I believe there's a untriggered bug in chapter 6, Re-adjusting the > > toolchain. > > > > We've just entered the chroot, installed the kernel headers and built > > glibc. At this point we still only have /to

Re: /tools gcc specs wrong after readjusting the toolchain in Chapter 6 (kinda long)

2007-12-10 Thread TheOldFellow
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:09:04 -0500 Ivan Kabaivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry for sounding the alarm without merit :-) Hey, isn't it good to see that: 1) Someone is paying attention. 2) Some people actually understand building the toolchain. Well it makes me feel more confident any

Evolution of LFS

2007-12-10 Thread Tushar Teredesai
Hi: I am back:) For the past year or so I have been using Ubuntu Linux mainly because of lack of time. For the past month I have been updating my scripts to match the current LFS setup so that I can be a happy LFSer again. I recently received a question from a user who inquired why we did the thi

Re: Evolution of LFS

2007-12-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tushar Teredesai wrote: > Hi: > > I am back:) I'm glad someone is. > I recently received a question from a user who inquired why we did the > things in LFS the way were are doing them now. That got me thinking > that though not-so-old-timers like me know how LFS evolved over the > years, new co

Typo on the Console page

2007-12-10 Thread Chris Staub
This was reported on IRC by "sbnet". On page 7.6, Configuring the Linux Console, it says... "There is no pre-made UTF-8 Russian keyamp, therefore it has to be produced by converting the existing KOI8-R keymap as illustrated below:" "keyamp" should of course be "keymap". -- http://linuxfromscra

Re: Typo on the Console page

2007-12-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Chris Staub wrote: > This was reported on IRC by "sbnet". On page 7.6, Configuring the Linux > Console, it says... > > "There is no pre-made UTF-8 Russian keyamp, therefore it has to be > produced by converting the existing KOI8-R keymap as illustrated below:" > > "keyamp" should of course be "

proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Julio Meca Hansen
As the wiki states, either e2fsprogs or udev needs to be installed in chapter 5 if we're going to include the util-linux-ng package. After analysing the matter a bit, I've been testing with the installation of e2fsprogs in chapter 5, this set of commands: mkdir -v build cd build ../configure --p

[ANNOUNCE] Next Generation build method

2007-12-10 Thread Greg Schafer
Hi, While we are talking about the evolution of LFS, now seems like a good time to announce to the wider LFS community the availability of a Next Generation build method. The main advantages of the new method are: - sane x86_64 bi-arch (aka Multilib) - no more weird host issues like those expe

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Julio Meca Hansen wrote: > As the wiki states, either e2fsprogs or udev needs to be installed in > chapter 5 if we're going to include the util-linux-ng package. > > After analysing the matter a bit, I've been testing with the > installation of e2fsprogs in chapter 5, this set of commands: > > mk

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Dec 10, 2007 1:49 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julio Meca Hansen wrote: > > As the wiki states, either e2fsprogs or udev needs to be installed in > > chapter 5 if we're going to include the util-linux-ng package. > > > > After analysing the matter a bit, I've been testing with th

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next Generation build method

2007-12-10 Thread Ivan Kabaivanov
On Monday 10 December 2007 16:41, Greg Schafer wrote: > Hi, > > While we are talking about the evolution of LFS, now seems like a good > time to announce to the wider LFS community the availability of a Next > Generation build method. > > The main advantages of the new method are: > > - sane x86_6

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next Generation build method

2007-12-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:41:06AM +1100, Greg Schafer wrote: > - when targeting x86_64, it doesn't matter whether the host is running >32-bit or 64-bit kernel or userland or combination of both, it just >works. > In best /. fashion, I haven't read the links yet, but you're saying it's o

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Pegg
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Julio Meca Hansen wrote: > I've lost the background on this. Looking at util-linux, why do we need > it at all in Chapter 5? Can't we just build it once in Chapter 6 just > before the first file that needs it? > From what I remember it was so we could mount /dev/pts and /d

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Pegg
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Julio Meca Hansen wrote: > I've lost the background on this. Looking at util-linux, why do we need > it at all in Chapter 5? Can't we just build it once in Chapter 6 just > before the first file that needs it? > From what I remember it was so we could mount /dev/pts and /d

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Thomas Pegg
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Julio Meca Hansen wrote: > I've lost the background on this. Looking at util-linux, why do we need > it at all in Chapter 5? Can't we just build it once in Chapter 6 just > before the first file that needs it? > From what I remember it was so we could mount /dev/pts and /d

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Joe Ciccone
Thomas Pegg wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> Julio Meca Hansen wrote: >> > > >> I've lost the background on this. Looking at util-linux, why do we need >> it at all in Chapter 5? Can't we just build it once in Chapter 6 just >> before the first file that needs it? >> >> > From wh

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Bryan Kadzban
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Thomas Pegg wrote: > From what I remember it was so we could mount /dev/pts and /dev/shm > inside of the chroot, but that's unnecessary now with the bind mount > of the host's /dev. The bind-mount of /dev isn't what makes it unnecessary. That's

Re: proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

2007-12-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Bryan Kadzban wrote: > Thomas Pegg wrote: >> From what I remember it was so we could mount /dev/pts and /dev/shm >> inside of the chroot, but that's unnecessary now with the bind mount >> of the host's /dev. > > The bind-mount of /dev isn't what makes it unnecessary. That's why > section 6.2.3 s

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next Generation build method

2007-12-10 Thread Greg Schafer
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:41:06AM +1100, Greg Schafer wrote: >> - when targeting x86_64, it doesn't matter whether the host is running >>32-bit or 64-bit kernel or userland or combination of both, it just >>works. >> > In best /. fashion, I haven't read the links ye