#2780: Paths and additional commands for cleanup
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Reporter: josephkern | Owner: lfs-b...@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.8
Component: Book | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords: sources_path
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Comment(by d...@…):
Replying to [ticket:2780 josephkern]:
> Chapter 5 Section 1: Binutils Pass 1 has a parts that are ambiguous this
patch attempts to address these issues.
>
> There is a comment in Chapter 3 stating the following:
>
> "A working directory is also required to unpack the sources and build
them. $LFS/sources can be used both as the place to store the tarballs and
patches and as a working directory. "
>
> But none of the paths reflect this statement. In some cases they read
`../` where they should read `../sources/` it looks like there may be more
patches like this that are needed. I will keyword them with 'sources_path'
in the future.
Actually, you've simply overlooked a rather important note regarding the
build procedure. As outlined in Section 5.3, in the third "Important" box
on that page, the starting point for all commands is in the newly created
directory (after unpacking the source tarball). It is an editor's
unwritten rule that only in special cases, a tar command be placed into
the book's instructions. AFAIK, the only exception is GMP and MPFR in GCC.
This rule is in place to avoid too much hand-holding for newer users that
probably don't quite have the requisite knowledge to successfully complete
a build.
This ticket should be closed invalid IMO, but can stay open for a day or
so if you have a suggestion to make that less ambiguous as it _has_ come
up a couple of times over the years. It is usually just the result of the
reporter being a little too eager and skimming over the instructions so
that they can get right into his/her first LFS. :-)
Hope that helps. Have fun.
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