Yes, indeed, now I see where i read too fast. Darn. Thanks a lot, Chris.
On 9/24/07, Chris Staub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have followed thru with LFS 6.3 thru chapter 5 and now at chapter 6. > > I boot from LFS Live CD, and have downloaded all package tarballs t > > to the $LFS/sources directory. > > > > What the book apparently doesnt specify at all, is whether one has to > > re-unpack the tarballs (read: re-create sources) when done with > > chapter 5 compilations before startin compiling packages from chapter > > 6? > > > > It is important because the packages in chapter 5 that are recompiled > > in chapter 6 (Glibc, GCC, etc) get patches appplied, not to mention > > that their make scripts make later recompilation not really recompile > > them at all. > > > > For instance at least one package told me "None of the targets needs > > recompiling" or something along the lines of, because all the files > > from chapter 5 phase build are still there, which make finds already. > > > > I dont know if i am making much sense here, its late and i am tired :) > > Looks like you missed the part on page 5.1 where it says to remove all > package source and build directories after each package installation. > Since the source and build dirs need to be removed after each build, > clearly you'll have to untar them again when you build the package again > later in the book. > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
