On 3/19/19, Frans de Boer <fr...@fransdb.nl> wrote: > On 19-03-19 10:19, Michael Shell wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:15:25 +0100 >> thomas <tho...@linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: >> >>> Renaming /tools to another name will be appropriate to come over this >>> issue. >> >> Perhaps a more functionally descriptive name would also help in other >> ways. After all, the stuff in /tools is for a *temporary* LFS system, >> a first stage of the LFS build process. >> >> So, perhaps a dir name such as "lfs_stage1" or "lfs_tmp_toolchain" would >> not only avoid the Debian namespace collision, but also would be more >> educational, potentially less confusing to the newbie, and functionally >> descriptive as well. >> >> Just my $0.02, >> > I already use for years now the link name 'lfs'. I build script files > and use a common include which contains the current link name. Easy when > I change the link name again, I only have to change it in the common > include file once. > > My 0,01 Euro cents ;)
I like those variations. They're *cognitively friendly*, a reminder from whence that strange top level directory came. If length isn't a consideration, meaning considering so many directories are 3 to 5 characters long at that level, I like that "lfs_toolchain", even versus the slightly shorter "lfs_tool" variation. "Toolchain".. it's nice to see that. It made me just search to get the right feel via chatter out on the W-W-W. Surely others will do the same as part of the learning process, thus gaining and hopefully retaining an important piece of Linux nomenclature. Yeah, I know it's in the book, again it's that whole cognitive thing (*for some of us*). Helps to keep flashing that reminder. :) Additionally, being able to encounter that "lfs" on regular occasion at that level... that's a nice, not-so-subtle *visual* reminder to get back in there and GIT-R-DONE! That's especially true since you're talking about that one being temporary and thus to be deleted at some point deeper into our progress. Yeah, /tool has theoretically been there already serving in that capacity, BUT.. *in my case*, "tool" just sort of nuzzled its way in then hung out there innocuously with all the other... 4-letter-words in Debian's hierarchy. :D Cindy :) -- Talking Rock, North Georgia -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
