On 6/1/12, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: >> Now that pkg-config is returning to the LFS book, it's time to >> consider how we deal with people using the current and previous LFS >> releases (i.e. 7.1 and 7.0) which are without it. >> >> I'll begin by suggesting that, transitionally and for an >> indeterminate period, we should keep it in BLFS, but with a big NOTE >> at the top, e.g. >> >> "Pkg-config is part of LFS, but was omitted from the 7.0 and 7.1 >> releases. If you are using a system which includes it, there is >> nothing more to do. If not, you should follow these instructions." >> >> And eventually, once we think new users will no longer be building >> fresh 7.0 or 7.1 systems, we can retire the page. I've stressed new >> users because I assume anyone using svn versions of LFS knows what >> they are doing. > > I think that's fine, and the same message for popt. > >> Alternatively, we could point people to the development version of >> LFS with a different NOTE, e.g. >> >> "If you are using an LFS system without pkg-config (the 7.0 and 7.1 >> releases), please follow the instructions in the development LFS >> book at http://..."; >> >> For that, we could reduce the page to 'Introduction to pkg-config' >> with the description of what it is, and the note. I suppose we >> should drop the version in the BLFS page if we take this option. >> >> Does either version of this sound useful ? If so, any better >> wording ? > > Just adding to LFS-SVN is sufficient IMO. > >> Reverting the pkg-config/glib dependency changes is another matter. > > I do think that BLFS pkg-config should use the same version of as LFS-svn.
I tried to send this the other day but it got rejected by mailman on a suspicious header. Maybe because it was sent from my phone. Anyway... FYI, the next version will have a bundled glib again and no popt. You'll need to build --with-internal-glib. I expect to make a release in the next few weeks, but I haven't brought it up with Tollef yet. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
