Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 11/29/05 11:32 CST: > Quite frankly, from the comments I've been reading, most of those who > are opposed to putting this type of info in the book aren't giving > technical reasons.
That's not true. The reasons stated have been accurate. They may not be "technical" because there is nothing "technical" to state. I will say this: I believe it doesn't belong because we are writing a boot that suggests how to build a Linux system. Everything I've read why we should use fake root is so that the users can ensure that what they are putting on their disk is actually what is intended. However, I thought our goal was to provide instructions to build a safe, secure, accurate Linux system. Why should readers not trust the book and do extra steps to ensure what *the Editors* say is the steps to accomplish this. That's why a hint, with an appropriate reference to it from the LFS and BLFS book satisfies the situation. We'll give readers knowledge to use if they vary from the book, install packages not included in the book or want to use fake root as a package manager. But I don't think we should include the actual doing of the fake root stuff in either book, as the readers should be able to trust what we Editors have written. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 11:42:00 up 65 days, 21:06, 3 users, load average: 0.13, 0.06, 0.20 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
