On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 12:33:21PM +0000, lux-integ wrote: > On Saturday 28 February 2009 05:04:51 pm Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > lux-integ wrote: > > > On Saturday 28 February 2009 10:13:00 am lux-integ wrote: > > > > > > I have just discovered if you use the Linker-flags and the > > > Header-flags (LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS respectively) in front of cmake. the > > > build goes to completion > > > > Did you really need to quote 30K worth of previous posts top tell us that? > > Trim you posts! > > > > -- Bruce > > Could you explain what you are trying to achieve with such a post? And
I thought Bruce's phraseology was clear and to the point. I hadn't measured the length of what you repeated in that reply, but it was enormous. Normally, I would have asked you to trim your future posts when I replied. In that case, I didn't. > moreover if you are so omnipotent with knowledge and knew this all along, > why did you not volunteer the info? Knowledge my boy is best shared > otherwise it leads easily to empty pomposity. If you must know I > knew 2 nobel-prize winners personally and they are the most down-to-earth > and eager to display their lack of knowledge when they do not know. You seem to be confused - I don't see any implication that Bruce knew how to fix the problem (and since in this instance it was triggered by you building X in an unusual prefix, I think it is unlikely that anybody here knew the solution until you shared it with us). > > As regards 'post trimming' there was only one largish post wherein I tried > to > illustrate what was being identified by the ENVARS that were set. All > other postings were short. Moreover in my postings I hope I have provided > enough info regarding ENVAR settings and the like to enable others (who > unlike you do not know (nor profess to know )) to compile KDE4.2.0. This is > suppose to be how 'open-source' collaboration works. Is it not? > Balance, dear boy, balance ;-) A lot of the time, exactly how much to trim is a matter of choice. But when the mail is already long, if in doubt trim a little more. > So before you make you small-minded remarks, read the postings of someone > that engenders respect (KenMoffat) a generous and knowledgable person > with a long track record on BLFS and who has found my comments with the > building of KDE4 helpful -and I too his. > > lux-integ > Perhaps I need to remind _you_ that kde3's presence in BLFS, and much of the grunt work for recent LFS releases, is down to Bruce's efforts over the years. You also flatter me - my knowledge of 'nix is generally much *less* than most people who stay on this list, but I do try to keep my notes, which means that if something goes wrong there is a good chance I've had a similar problem. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
