[lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
Greetings. Working my way through my first build of LFS 7.4.  I'm wondering, after building and installing all of the packages in Chapter 6, can the /tools directory be deleted?  I see that find and strip are used in Section 6.65, but we have new copies of those in /bin and /usr/bin. Also, reg

Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
But why do you still use /tools/bin/  for bash, file, & strip on page 202? From: Bruce Dubbs To: joel kammet ; LFS Support List Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory joel kammet wrote: > Gr

[lfs-support] Fw: Re: /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
--- On Mon, 2/17/14, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > From: Bruce Dubbs > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory > To: "joel kammet" , "LFS Support List" > > Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 10:34 PM > joel kammet wrote: > > But why do you still use /t

[lfs-support] Fw: Re: Fw: Re: /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
--- On Mon, 2/17/14, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > That's so > we don't operate (strip) on a running program.  After > that's > done, look at 6.66. Cleaning > Up.  At that point we are done with /tools. > I see - finally :) Thanks again. -Joel -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-su

[lfs-support] init script question

2014-02-20 Thread joel kammet
I've been wondering about the case statement in S00mountvirtfs that mounts the virtual filesystems.   if ! mountpoint /run >/dev/null; then mount /run || failed=1 and similar commands for proc sys and dev. I understand what the mountpoint lines are doing, but "mount /run" puzzles

Re: [lfs-support] init script question

2014-02-20 Thread joel kammet
>> I understand what the mountpoint lines are doing, but "mount /run" puzzles >> me. >> >> >> There are no fstab entries for these filesystems, so I would expect "mount >> [device] >> [mountpoint]". >> > There are. > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter08/fstab.html >