I am fumbling through and have now got to chapter 7 but not without some
bother with the instructions.
Early on you are told that you start by building the tools chain and
should start from $LFS/tools.
Next - mkdir build file
next - cd build file ok so far.
Then unpack source (to be built file) in build file. Still ok.
Next - possibly a preamble but more to the point ../configure 'the file
being built' possibly with qualifiers.
This is not ok because ../configure needs to be ./configure.
Again the way that patches work for me is that you put the patch in the
folder to be patched and then go for the patch instruction.
Ch 5.9.1Expect - excuse the pun.
I am in $LFS/tools/expect(unpacked) and I have copied the patch into
expect(unpacked).
Next patch -Np1 -i ../expect...............
This is not ok because again ../expect..... should be ./expect.......
The same hiccup but a different flavour.
As I have gone through the book I have tried to think of an elegant
solution which will ensure that future readers do not make the mistakes
that I have.
The only solution I have thought of is to precede each chapter, the bit
where the user starts typing, with a simple statement saying what
folders should be where.
Perhaps $LFS/tools then mkdir -v build-folder
Unpack in $LFS/tools/build-folder
It is a very good teacher that can place the words so that everybody
receives the same message.
It is a genius who does it for dyslexics.
martin welsh
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