> > On 2012-09-05 15:34, Baho Utot wrote: > > On 09/05/2012 09:55 AM, Jasmine Iwanek wrote: > > > > Leaping before looking is what I do well and it has taught me a great > > deal. Following a path by others may be a very good guide, but to > > truly > > learn requires ones to deviate from the beaten path and strike out on > > your own. How else can you create a truly giant mess in which to > > learn > > from? Like taking LFS and adding pacman packager. > > > > By scripting your builds you learn a great deal about linux and > > admin. > > One also has the opportunity to learn some debugging skills. > > Scripted > > builds also give one repeatability once they are working. > > > > I have scripted my LFS builds and incorporating the pacman package > > manager. I started with 6.8 and I am currently completing 7.2. I did > > so > > that I can confirm that my scripts produce a proper build, i.e. it > > was > > tested over the four builds which gave me the opportunity to weed out > > non apparent errors. I then took those same packages produced by the > > build and installed them onto 5 other machines so I could check to > > see > > if the build was generic for the i686 and x86_64 platforms. > > > > I now have a solid platform in which to create a distribution system > > ( > > as well building BLFS ) as for the computers under my care. I have > > learned many things. > > > > I still think that helping others even if they have failed to follow > > the > > book is a worthy goal as it shows where the book my be improved. Who > > knows by some not following the book new things are learned? > > > > Helping others is always good. > > Oh, I agree with you fully, don't get me wrong, but people should be > starting at the start, not the end. > > -- > Jasmine Iwanek > > > What is that supposed to mean? Really, if you have nothing useful to say then don't say anything.
Thanks for your positive post Baho. Richard
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