On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 05:34:39PM -0300, Marcelo Queiroz wrote: > Hi! > > When following instructions in Section 5.7 (Glibc) > <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/glibc.html> of > the LFS Book (version 9.1) I realized I had downloaded the patch (fhs) for > glibc and was unsure whether to use it or not, so I started googling trying > to figure out what to do, etc, until I decided to look ahead and see that > the need for this patch would only appear in Section 6.9 (Glibc) > <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/glibc.html>. > > I imagine a tiny note in Section 3.1 > <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter03/introduction.html> > (or > maybe Section 5.2 > <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/toolchaintechnotes.html>) > saying that patches won't be needed before Chapter 6 > <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/chapter06.html> > would be most welcome, especially for newbies such as myself. > > Thanks, > > Marcelo
The patches are only applied when needed! In the (now old-style) build we typically only patched the builds for the final system, the build in /tools is only temporary. ĸen -- Juliet's version of cleanliness was next to godliness, which was to say it was erratic, past all understanding and was seldom seen. -- Unseen Academicals -- 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