Re: choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread RaptorX
> > *See above. Most distros are "build once, install many", and the separate > user technique is not very suited to that. For one thing, it overloads > something which is not intended for that kind of work, namely, the > password user authentication system. It would mean that the distro would > co

Re: choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread Mike McCarty
RaptorX wrote: > Hi guys... > > I made it without troubles to chapter 6.3 of LFS [6.4]. > Here we are talking about package management. It briefly describes different > types of systems, I like particularly the user-based one even though I am > not sure if I have to create or download a script tha

Re: sysvinit and inittab to shutdown

2009-07-23 Thread Justin P. Mattock
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Justin P. Mattock wrote: > >> Any ideas on why ctl+alt+del doesn't shutdown my machine? >> the inittab I copied was from 6.54.3 >> which has the entry there, but when exiting >> the xserver and issuing those commands, I have >> no movement.(also my user name is in shutdown.

RE: choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread Spahn, Daniel
I have another solution that might work better for you LFS was obviously not designed specifically for package management- to me, it appears that the design of the OS is to teach the builder how to build software, and how to script such builds himself, and thus be an excellent learning tool,

Re: choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/7/23 RaptorX : > And > > if you have to choose which of this would be your choice and why: > > --User Based Management > > --Creating Package Archives > > --Tracing Installation Scripts > > --Symlink Style Package Management > Way back when, some of us (well, me at least!) were driven to

Re: choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread RaptorX
And if you have to choose which of this would be your choice and why: --User Based Management --Creating Package Archives --Tracing Installation Scripts --Symlink Style Package Management On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 8:13 PM, RaptorX wrote: > Hi guys... > > I made it without troubles to chap

choosing a Package Management...

2009-07-23 Thread RaptorX
Hi guys... I made it without troubles to chapter 6.3 of LFS [6.4]. Here we are talking about package management. It briefly describes different types of systems, I like particularly the user-based one even though I am not sure if I have to create or download a script that uses that kind of system

Re: E2fsprogs aclaration...

2009-07-23 Thread RaptorX
ah ok I understood that as the folder outside e2fsprogs/ !! thanks. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Spahn, Daniel wrote: > Don't think there's a difference. The top of the source tree is the > folder into which the contents of the tar are extracted. > > -- > From:

RE: E2fsprogs aclaration...

2009-07-23 Thread Spahn, Daniel
Don't think there's a difference. The top of the source tree is the folder into which the contents of the tar are extracted. From: RaptorX Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:25 AM To: LFS Support List Subject: E2fsprogs aclaration... Hi... I dont have any troub

E2fsprogs aclaration...

2009-07-23 Thread RaptorX
Hi... I dont have any troubles with the installation, everything is going smooth. Now, I just have a question. Back in chapter 5.19 book 6.4 it states: The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in a * > subdirectory* of the source tree: > > mkdir -v build > cd build > > To