On Jan 21, 2008 4:06 PM, Baho Utot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am working on a scripting build system to build LFS 6.3 from a subversion
> repository.
>
> I have successfully built all the chapters up to the end of 5.
>
> I am starting on Chapter 6.
>
> From Chapter 6.6. Creating Essential Files and Symlinks
>
> To remove the "I have no name!" prompt, start a new shell. Since a full Glibc
> was installed in Chapter 5 and the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files have been
> created, user name and group name resolution will now work:
>
> exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h
>
> I believe that if I skip that it will not cause any trouble.
>
> Am I correct?

Yes, that's fine. Since you're running a script, you won't have a
prompt, anyway. What you could do is re-exec the script after creating
the passwd and group files, but it's probably more effort than it's
worth to keep track of arguments and existing state.

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Dan
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