Re: Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Matthew Burgess wrote: > Hi folks. > > As recently discussed on the lfs-dev list and in the related bug > (http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1676), LFS would like > to acquire the package management info that BLFS has. I've attached a > patch (`svn diff` format) that removes the in

Re: Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
Tushar Teredesai wrote: On 1/24/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If we link to some or all of these, I worry that we will have to continually monitor the status of the hints, i.e. to see if they still apply to the current version of LFS and that they haven't fallen into the "Unmai

Re: Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 1/24/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If we link to some or all of these, I worry that we will have to > continually monitor the status of the hints, i.e. to see if they still > apply to the current version of LFS and that they haven't fallen into > the "Unmaintained" bucket.

Re: Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
Tushar Teredesai wrote: On 1/24/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As recently discussed on the lfs-dev list and in the related bug (http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1676), LFS would like to acquire the package management info that BLFS has. One addition. It would

Re: NSS Changes [was: Re: r5589 ...]

2006-01-24 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 1/24/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what to about these. I mentioned this in an earlier > email, but didn't get anything constructive on what should be > done with these programs (I thought for sure you would comment). > > Do realize that there is a mention in the i

Re: Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 1/24/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As recently discussed on the lfs-dev list and in the related bug > (http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1676), LFS would like > to acquire the package management info that BLFS has. I've attached a > patch (`svn diff` format)

Move package management to LFS

2006-01-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
Hi folks. As recently discussed on the lfs-dev list and in the related bug (http://bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1676), LFS would like to acquire the package management info that BLFS has. I've attached a patch (`svn diff` format) that removes the information from BLFS, on the as

Re: itcl compilation error

2006-01-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/24/06, Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > First of all, this is the wrong list. You *might* try blfs-support, but > since itcl is not in the blfs book, you may not get any responses there > either. Oops, sorry for the noise. I always forget to look at what list things are on. -- Da

Re: itcl compilation error

2006-01-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Basant Saini wrote: > Gentlemen, > You have done a wonderful job in explaining how to complie/build/install > tk/tcl/Xorg etc. from scratch. I compile and built successfully tcl/tk > version 8.4.11 and Xorg and now I am trying to compile and built itcl I > downloaded the source from sourceForge.net

Re: BLFS-XML: internal subsets and XIncludes

2006-01-24 Thread M.Canales.es
El Martes, 24 de Enero de 2006 17:12, Nico R. escribió: > Hi! > > Hmm ... no replies? Perhaps I should better post this to -dev where the > BLFS XML gurus live? I'm not a guru but live here ;-) > > I'd like to create one XML file with the BLFS book in it, so I used the > > following command: > >

Re: itcl compilation error

2006-01-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/24/06, Basant Saini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > gcc -pipe -shared -o libitk3.2.so itk_cmds.o itk_option.o itk_archetype.o > itk_util.o itkStubInit.o itkStubLib.o -L/usr/lib -ltkstub8.4 -L/usr/lib > -ltclstub8.4 ../itcl/libitclstub3.2.a > gcc: ../itcl/libitclstub3.2.a: No such file or dir

itcl compilation error

2006-01-24 Thread Basant Saini
Gentlemen, You have done a wonderful job in explaining how to complie/build/install tk/tcl/Xorg etc. from scratch. I compile and built successfully tcl/tk version 8.4.11 and Xorg and now I am trying to compile and built itcl I downloaded the source from sourceForge.net but could not comiple su

Re: BLFS-XML: internal subsets and XIncludes

2006-01-24 Thread Randy McMurchy
Nico R. wrote these words on 01/24/06 10:12 CST: > Hmm ... no replies? Perhaps I should better post this to -dev where the > BLFS XML gurus live? I saw your message, but it is way over my head. Your best bet may be to email privately to Manuel. He is the Guru. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version

Re: BLFS-XML: internal subsets and XIncludes

2006-01-24 Thread Nico R.
Hi! I'm having a problem with the BLFS XML sources and xmllint. I wrote on blfs-support about 22.5 hours ago: > I'm taking this to -support first, because I don't know whether this is > my fault or whether xmllint is behaving wrongly. Hmm ... no replies? Perhaps I should better post this to -de

Re: client.mk description

2006-01-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/24/06, Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "client.mk is a custom Makefile provided by Mozilla providing many > targets. Some text wrapping kept me from seeing how stupid this line is. How about "client.mk is a custom Makefile distributed with Mozilla products providing many target

Re: client.mk description

2006-01-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 1/23/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > make -f client.mk ...: Mozilla products are packaged to allow the > use of a configuration file which can be used to pass the > configuration settings to the configure command. This is a bit of a mouthful, but seems OK

Re: Recommended and Optional Items

2006-01-24 Thread Richard A Downing
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:38:14 -0500 Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randy McMurchy wrote: > > Why? > > > > This person has deviated from the prescribed method of doing things. > > Well, in many ways, that's the motto of LFS, right? Also, why is it > prescribed? Not because it's neces

Re: Recommended and Optional Items

2006-01-24 Thread Richard A Downing
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:07:08 -0600 Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am disappointed in my effort in describing the make -f client.mk > text. I mailed into the list asking for help. *Today* It went > unanswered. Time zones, old chap! I only just got up *today*. R. -- http://linux

Re: Scripting Xorg-7.0

2006-01-24 Thread Richard A Downing
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:48:28 -0600 Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard A Downing wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:17:24 -0600 > > Bruce Dubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not opposed to adding a section on scripting packages. Chapter 2 > seems to be the appropriate place for th