Philipp Christian Loewner wrote: > OK, I finally got that. So I just misinterpreted the > book at that passages. > If it is not easy to understand then there is still a problem with the text that surrounds the commands. BLFS does not endorse scripting the build commands, but it was argued for this one little example in the book because of the repetition. Imagine typing (or even copy and pasting) the same commands 250+ times. :-) I think 'to script' was a bad choice of words, where I should have used 'to partially automate'.
Currently the book has : ==== Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands, you are encouraged to script the build. For most sections, you can use a script with commands similar to the following, to compile and install all packages in a wget file list: ==== Perhaps this text is easier to understand and explains the purpose a little better: ==== Additionally, because of the large number of repetitive commands, you are encouraged to partially automate the build. The commands below (or similar) can be entered at the command line to compile each group of packages (proto, libs, apps, drivers). The wiki links on each group's page contain specific commands to compile the entire group of packages, based on the content of the wget files. ==== I think we need to revisit this and consider putting the exact loop commands back into the book (as was done originally, but best after the 6.3 release). -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
