Toolchain Pass 1 Question (6.4 vs dev)

2008-12-15 Thread Reece Dunn
Hi, I am looking at the 6.4 release and the current development build methods. Comparing Chapter 5.4 (toolchain/binutils - pass 1), 6.4 (and 6.3) have the line: CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-2.18/configure ... whereas the development build has: ../binutils-2.19/configure --target=$LF

Re: Toolchain Pass 1 Question (6.4 vs dev)

2008-12-17 Thread Reece Dunn
2008/12/16 Jeremy Huntwork : > Reece Dunn wrote: >> Is this an intentional change - for example, as a result of the new >> build method - or is it an accidental result of the merge of Jeremy's >> 64-bit support? That is, does the --target= remove the need for the >>

RE: Dead Project? (I hope not)

2006-08-20 Thread Reece Dunn
Matthew Burges wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So I think the project needs a challenge. Trouble is I can't think what > > it is! > > Yep, and that's why I can both understand Randy's and the community's > concerns about the lack of activity, but then wonder what activity it is > they'

RE: Dead Project? (I hope not)

2006-08-20 Thread Reece Dunn
Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 09:48:23PM +0100, Reece Dunn wrote: > > > > LFS is an ideal distribution for be, because: > > * I already know how to use bash, rm, tar and the like from cygwin; > > * it gives me the opportunity to discover Linux things

Helper scripts for udev configuration in Chapter 7

2007-09-30 Thread Reece Dunn
Hi, These are some scripts I have written to auto-detect what network card and cd drive udev rules to use: cat > detect-cd << "EOF" #!/bin/bash # Written by Reece H. Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for block in `find /sys/block -maxdepth 1 -name [sh]d* | sed 's@/sys@@'`; do udevtest ${block} > tmp/ud

Re: Helper scripts for udev configuration in Chapter 7

2007-09-30 Thread Reece Dunn
On 30/09/2007, Bryan Kadzban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Reece Dunn wrote: > > These are some scripts I have written to auto-detect what network > > card and cd drive udev rules to use: > > Any reason you

Linux Headers question

2007-11-21 Thread Reece Dunn
Hi, In the sections on building the Linux headers from the kernel sources, the build instructions are (for section 6): make mrproper make headers_check make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include What is the rationale behind the last two lines? W

Re: Linux Headers question

2007-11-21 Thread Reece Dunn
On 21/11/2007, Thomas Trepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Reece, > > On Wednesday 21 November 2007 21:35:48 Reece Dunn wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In the sections on building the Linux headers from the kernel sources, > > the build instructions are (fo

Re: ALFS project status

2007-12-14 Thread Reece Dunn
On 14/12/2007, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > The problem for the LFS family of projects is that he was the only > active jhalfs developer, thus, the ALFS project either needs > additional developers, or has to be officially declared no longer > existing. Any voluntee

Re: Poll about package management

2008-03-03 Thread Reece Dunn
Here are my answers for my current (and planned future) use of LFS: On 03/03/2008, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [ ] I am an editor of LFS or one of the related projects > [X] I use LFS as my primary Linux system > [X] I use LFS on more than one PC (including virtual machin

Re: Linux Headers Installation

2008-10-11 Thread Reece Dunn
2008/10/11 Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > There's a minor ticket about explaining what the installation > commands in the Linux Headers installation do, and it occurred > to me that is it possible that there's a redundant step? ... > Now here is where I don't really see the need