On Mon, 2020-06-15 at 19:28 +0800, Kevin Buckley via lfs-dev wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 18:34, Pierre Labastie via lfs-dev > <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > OTOH, personally, I like meson/ninja. I wish it were used more > > often. > > They have nothing to do with systemd. > > For some reason, I had thought that there was a package in the SysD > build that was "so new" that it had never had an autotools system but > had been tooled, from the start, with meson/ninja, hence them being > required. > > > > Given that LFS used to start from the view that one only built > > > what was needed to build the LFS-system, and never warming > > > to the systemd camp fire, i've always felt Ninja and Meson to be > > > a kind of feature-creep and so was wondering if that could be > > > made more explicit, so that people could see that Ninja and Meson > > > could happily be left out until BLFS. > > > (Though there's no getting away from them there: more's the > > > pity!) > > > > OTOH, personally, I like meson/ninja. I wish it were used more > > often. > > They have nothing to do with systemd, > > In that case, I withdraw the suggestion and apologise for any > confusion > that suggestion might cause for anyone else reading this thread. >
*I* have to apologize for not being clear: yes, meson/ninja are needed by sysd and not needed in the sysv book. I just meant they are not part of the systemd package (and that I liked them, which is just my personal taste). I think xry111 suggestion might be a good compromise. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
