Re: A cautionary tale

2006-02-19 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
would like to publicly concur with Richard. Thanks for > making that comment - I think it is justified... This kind of "punishment" is more appropriate in a kindergarten than in this community. Bruce and Matthew are our leaders and I respect their decision, but I deeply dis

Re: LFS vs BLFS -- udev rules

2006-04-20 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
ith devices in LFS: the old MAKEDEV script - At some point ease of use might enter the picture. Having all rules set in one place at one time eases system setup considerably. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.li

Re: Outstanding issues for LFS-6.2

2006-06-26 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-26 17:01]: > Jeremy (Not Huntwork?) That's probably Jeremy Utley. These days you can find him in #lfs-support on IRC as J_Man. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs

did jhalfs break my system?

2006-07-15 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
; /tools/bin/pwd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Nov 18 2005 stty -> /tools/bin/stty 0[/bin]$ Why and how did jhalfs modify my binaries in /bin? In the meantime, if somebody could send me a static bash, I'd highly appreciate it. I can't even compile my own bash. -- Miguel Bazdresch -- h

Re: did jhalfs break my system?

2006-07-15 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-15 20:29]: > Miguel Bazdresch wrote these words on 07/15/06 19:11 CST: OK, after analysis of the evidence left, and pondering and reading of jhalfs files, I've convinced myself that it was my mistake. I believe that in my current build

Re: did jhalfs break my system?

2006-07-16 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
* Thrust2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-16 12:43]: > Miguel Bazdresch wrote: > >Hi, > > >In the meantime, if somebody could send me a static bash, I'd highly > >appreciate it. I can't even compile my own bash. > > > > > These have helped me

lfs-6.2pre1 test report

2006-07-19 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
vim-7.0 vte-0.12.0 wget-1.10.2 which xchat-2.6.6 xfce-4.3.90.2 zip-2.31 Everything seems to work. I have yet to test my scanner and printer, but I'm unlikely to have a chance to set them up before the weekend. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/ma

Re: Mount kernfs reminder after revised chroot

2006-07-20 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
gt; reminder in both spots and be more verbose. I think it's a good idea, and as you say, it can't hurt. Another option is just adding a pointer to the first page. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.lin

mutt 1.5.12

2006-08-09 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
Hello, Recently I saw a patch for a vulnerability in mutt 1.5.11. Wouldn't it be better to upgrade to 1.5.12? I've been using it every day for some three weeks now without a hitch, and it doesn't require a change to the BLFS instructions. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstowe

Re: suggest 'make -j2' for SMP machines?

2007-06-04 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
ic, since it's basic knowledge of how your computer works... OTOH we already say some pretty basic things, and the proliferation of multicore CPUs might warrant a mention of make -j. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: suggest 'make -j2' for SMP machines?

2007-06-05 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
C file. And lots of packages (maybe most?) seem to be made up of many small C files. I'd say the same thing. -- Miguel Bazdresch -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Sane Scanning

2006-01-05 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
would > be appreciated. I use SANE and have a USB scanner. AFAICT, you don't need any special kernel stuff to use it (that may be different for SCSI). The libusb library is required and, in my case, also is libieee1284. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http

Re: BLFS Expansion

2006-01-05 Thread Miguel Bazdresch
dy is going to add instructions for converting texinfo > documentation to other formats. After such addition, a previously-CMMI > package may no longer count as such. Not if the instructions are generic enough and can be put in a separate page that explains how to do it for all (most?) packa