[lfs-dev] kbd resizecons was still build on 32-bit x86

2012-06-04 Thread xinglp
I just finished the SVN-20120603 lfs build. The resizecons was still there, only the manpage removed. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: [lfs-dev] Fix Includes [WAS: Re: Wording fix]

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 5/28/12 6:54 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Maybe let's wait before updating anything again, just to be 100% certain on what the right path is here, and I'll try to reach out to upstream in the meantime to see if someone there is willing to give me an answer we can work with. Well, I posted a

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd resizecons was still build on 32-bit x86

2012-06-04 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:45:54PM +0800, xinglp wrote: I just finished the SVN-20120603 lfs build. The resizecons was still there, only the manpage removed. I stopped building 32-bit x86 a long time ago, so I don't have a build environment to prove the change works. But, a quick test shows

[lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
I thought popt was already removed from pkg-config in git? If so, why did we add it into the book now instead of at least applying Dan's patch to remove that dependency? JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: I thought popt was already removed from pkg-config in git? If so, why did we add it into the book now instead of at least applying Dan's patch to remove that dependency? Other packages use popt. If it works (appears to be ok) and can be used by pkg-config, then we

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 3:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: I thought popt was already removed from pkg-config in git? If so, why did we add it into the book now instead of at least applying Dan's patch to remove that dependency? Other packages use popt. If it works (appears to be ok) and

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: On 6/4/12 3:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: I thought popt was already removed from pkg-config in git? If so, why did we add it into the book now instead of at least applying Dan's patch to remove that dependency? Other packages use popt. If it works

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 3:28 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: hd2u.xml:para role=requiredxref linkend=popt//para libbonobo.xml:xref linkend=popt//para libdv.xml:para role=optionalxref linkend=popt/, rsync.xml:para role=optionalxref linkend=popt/, samba3.xml:para role=optionalxref linkend=popt/, inkscape.xml:xref

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread DJ Lucas
On 06/01/2012 10:16 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Matt, Trying a fresh build, perl 5.16.0 fails to configure. As user lfs: $ sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools Directories to use for library searches? [/lib/../lib64 /usr/lib/../lib64 /lib /usr/lib /tools/lib] ... What libraries to use?

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread DJ Lucas
On 06/04/2012 02:38 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: While I am having other issues with perl ATM, maybe it would be better to use the new compiler to determine the library search path instead of the brute force method above (or the one in hints/linux.sh). hints/linux.sh temporarily redefines gcc to

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
DJ Lucas wrote: On 06/01/2012 10:16 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Matt, Trying a fresh build, perl 5.16.0 fails to configure. As user lfs: $ sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools Directories to use for library searches? [/lib/../lib64 /usr/lib/../lib64 /lib /usr/lib /tools/lib] ... What

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread DJ Lucas
On 06/04/2012 03:33 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: chmod 0644 hints/linux.sh sed -i -e 's|/usr/bin/gcc|/tools/bin/gcc|' hints/linux.sh sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools make seems to work. We still need a chmod instruction and the sed is slightly different. We do lose the need to

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
DJ Lucas wrote: On 06/04/2012 02:38 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: That worked for both the separate NPTL linking problems and the host libs. Bruce, would it be possible for you to try with the original instructions on your affected host and use this new perl-libc patch? I didn't check if the sed

Re: [lfs-dev] perl chapter 5 fails

2012-06-04 Thread DJ Lucas
On 06/04/2012 03:53 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: DJ Lucas wrote: On 06/04/2012 02:38 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: That worked for both the separate NPTL linking problems and the host libs. Bruce, would it be possible for you to try with the original instructions on your affected host and use this new

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread DJ Lucas
On 06/04/2012 02:35 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: (perl is another one I'd love to see removed, but I'm not going to seriously recommend that one :) ) Just curiosity, what are the necessary steps? I was pretty sure that something obscure in either gcc or glibc builds required it, but I am all

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 5:20 PM, DJ Lucas wrote: On 06/04/2012 02:35 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: (perl is another one I'd love to see removed, but I'm not going to seriously recommend that one :) ) Just curiosity, what are the necessary steps? I was pretty sure that something obscure in either gcc or glibc

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Andrew Benton
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:30:29 +0100 Jeremy Huntwork jhuntw...@lightcubesolutions.com wrote: The current headers-install command in the kernel tree is a perl script, but there exists a patch to replace it with a very simple shell script (and I believe the intent is to submit it upstream).

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 7:52 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: So maybe it should just be installed in Chapter 5 and the Chapter 6 page could move to BLFS? If you removed the dependency in glibc and linux, you wouldn't need to do either. JH -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ:

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 7:54 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: On 6/4/12 7:52 PM, Andrew Benton wrote: So maybe it should just be installed in Chapter 5 and the Chapter 6 page could move to BLFS? If you removed the dependency in glibc and linux, you wouldn't need to do either. Oh, I see what you mean though, if

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 8:52 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable foundation-level system. This includes all packages needed to replicate itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize a more complete system based on the

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: On 6/4/12 8:52 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable foundation-level system. This includes all packages needed to replicate itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize a more complete

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Bryan Kadzban
Bruce Dubbs wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: On 6/4/12 8:52 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable foundation-level system. This includes all packages needed to replicate itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to

Re: [lfs-dev] popt in the book?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
On 6/4/12 10:51 PM, Bryan Kadzban wrote: OK. Your distro, your rules. :) For the record, perl is also required for automake. Half of its installed files (or so) are perl modules, and /usr/bin/automake is a perl script. That's another package I would personally remove from LFS (along with

Re: [lfs-dev] kbd resizecons was still build on 32-bit x86

2012-06-04 Thread xinglp
2012/6/5 Ken Moffat zarniwh...@ntlworld.com: On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:45:54PM +0800, xinglp wrote: I just finished the SVN-20120603 lfs build. The resizecons was still there, only the manpage removed.  I stopped building 32-bit x86 a long time ago, so I don't have a build environment to

[lfs-dev] binutils unnecessary patch

2012-06-04 Thread lfs-dev
in 6.13, the binutils page, there are sed commands to fix the tests, one is: sed -i /exception_defines.h/d ld/testsuite/ld-elf/new.cc though it doesn't seem to change anything :S i can't find any exception_defines.h in that file. -- Waleed K. Hamra Manager of Hamra Information Systems