Mike McCarty wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Well, the build has to proceed in a linear fashion, so there > must be a linearizable dependency list, else one would have > no way to bootstrap.
The way if works in some cases is to build #1, then #2, and then #1 again. It may not be that direct. The sequence may be 1, 2, 3, 4, 1. > Anyway, first things first. Some way to pull things from the > web would be nice, but at present I can transfer files using > CD-ROMs, I guess. LFS has an FTP client. Also, once you have sshd running, you can use a remote system with a full blown window manager through ssh. > Anyway, I'm considering starting in on X > Window, and then a desktop and GNOME, after doing the minimal > stuff I can from the "clean up" chapter. Consider fluxbox or metacity before Gnome. One of the problems with Gnome is that it requires a lot of builds just to start a minimal system. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
