kernel headers success

2007-10-10 Thread Barry Loo
FYI I just sucessfully built my os, including cdrtools, with the actual kernel headers instead of the linux-libc-headers package. The relevant package versions I have on my system include the following: Binutils 2.18 Linux 2.6.22 Glibc 2.6.1 Gcc 4.2.1 Also, I've built about 120 other packages, m

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Walter Barnes
>From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I agree with what seems to be Walter's essential point: once we have a nice >clean LFS system, we should be able to carry on from there, not still relying >on whatever support system(s) we had to use building LFS. A bridge to BLFS >isn't an unrea

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Trent Shea
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 01:20:31 pm Chuck Rhode wrote: > I'm not familiar with the ancient history of BLFS, but it seems to me > there might be room for three products: I'm also not familiar with the history or the discussions surrounding the current format(s), but what it seems you're aski

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Chuck Rhode
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote this on Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 05:04:03PM +. My reply is below. > One can hardly blame the new LFS'er for wanting to carry on in his > nice new system. I'm not familiar with the ancient history of BLFS, but it seems to me there might be room for three products: BLFS-Par

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Chris Staub
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As a point of personal preference, I also don't much like "info". I'd prefer > not seeing that solution. It seems to be being "left behind" anyhow. > Man-pages seem to be the choice of everyone but FSF/GNU, with HTML coming on > strong, and XML waiting in the wings.

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Reece Dunn
On 10/10/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Being a LFS user I can see Walter's point, and it's a good one IMO. I can't > understand why it seems so obscure to some on the list. Yet, there may be an > incredibly simple solution. I have also been an LFS user for a while now.

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Being a LFS user I can see Walter's point, and it's a good one IMO. I can't understand why it seems so obscure to some on the list. Yet, there may be an incredibly simple solution. If I can summarize his point: once one makes a bright, shiney, new, but very Spartan LFS system, the next thing

Re: Fw: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:11:03 -0700 (PDT), Walter Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From: Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>On 10/9/07, Walter Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Providing BLFS in info format does not require dumbing down *LFS or > making any other major changes to its

Re: How to read BLFS in LFS

2007-10-10 Thread Matthias Feichtinger
Am Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2007 03:57 schrieb Walter Barnes: >That looks good but the problem is that the prerequisites include things > that are not a part of LFS (a working unprivledged user acount and an > internet connection). And that's great. That good, very good. And I really hope it never w