On Tuesday 25 March 2008 23:06:28 Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Sukucorp Sukucorp wrote: > > If you use DESTDIR approach, you are deviating from the book. If > > you are deviating from the book it is assumed that you know what > > you are doing. > > > > Anyway this point might be moot if LFS starts supporting a package > > manager of some sort. > > With this "discouraging" attitude, package management will never > become part of the LFS book. > IMO, using DESTDIR is a deviation from the 6.3 book, and is generally discouraged. At the least it is indeed assumed you can deal with any problems that may crop up.
That said, I do believe PM is the way forward beyond 6.3. I can't say I look forward to dealing with these kind of issues when PM is supported, but I think the books will be better for it in 7.0 or whenever PM is added. -- Robert Daniels -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
