On Saturday 25 November 2006 11:13, jignesh gangani wrote:
> I have BLFS-6.1 as reference.

If you're going to build BLFS-6.1 it would be better for you to ask
your questions on the BLFS support mailing list. Though I'll try to
answer a few of them.

First, BLFS-6.1 is _too_ old for using with the latest xLFS's. BLFS
editors recommend using development version of the BLFS book rather
than a stable one at the moment.

> But I am confused on some issues. 
> 1. Should I follow the order in the book? I know that you don't need all
> packages, but does order matter?

Every package from BLFS has a dependency list consisting of required
dependencies and optional ones. In theory, these dependencies are the
only thing controlling the build order.

If you're going to build a package you should first build all its
required dependencies (and their dependencies as well), then those of
the optional dependencies you'd like (and their ones too), and then the
package in question.

> 2. Should I build X and Kde first and all the other softwares afterwards?

No, actually. For example, you should build OpenSSL _before_ KDE. But
if you're going to build some X application the you have to build it
_after_ building X.

-- 
Nothing but perfection
pv
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