Dan Nicholson wrote: > On 10/9/07, Walter Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> From: Simon Geard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> Installing one or two tools like Links isn't exactly a major change to >>> the system - it's a trivial build that'll take a minute or two of your >>> time to perform. Would you really prefer to spend hours writing scripts >>> to do xml transformations, just to avoid installing a simple package? >>> >> That's a very good point. Except that I want to start creating pacman >> packages for everything new I add to the system and as I haven't done this >> before it would require some experimentation. >> > > First thing to note is that what's in LFS isn't supposed to be a > feature complete system. It tries to create a general development > system for you to build on. So, if links needs to be part of your base > install, you shouldn't feel like you're doing something wrong. My > "base install" is considerably larger than what's in LFS since my > barrier for "minimum for usability" is higher. Nothing wrong with > that. > > If you're experimenting with a package manager, it may be best to just > install the needed tools now and just overwrite them once you get your > actual packages in place. Not ideal, but you can always smooth the > edges for the next run. > > As an aside, what's the difference between less and links? I.e., why > is it OK to have less be an unpackaged part of LFS, but links must be > a pacman package? I guess that sort of goes back to the first thing I > said: the borders of LFS are blurry at best. > > -- > Dan > Take a look at this: http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/unhtml.html
It is called unhtml. It turns html pages into text. I used it when I built the BLFS system I am using now and I also included it in this hint: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/copy-paste-blfs-book-commands.txt (shameless plug, I know ;-)) It might get you started. rblythe -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
