Why isn't dpkg included in the LFS book

Hi everybody! I was wondering: one of the things that gives me a headache when installing LFS, is that there is no generic package management system that you can use to install the basic system software (Chapter 6). I know, that the point of lfs is to built everything from scratch, but that not n

Question regarding Chapter 5 Bzip2 build

Hi everyone! I have a question regarding Chapter 5 Bzip2 build. When you compile Bzip2 you only issue make. But how do I tell it that the compiler I want to use is the gcc compiled in the /tools/ directory? Am I missing something? Thanks for the help! Michael -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mail

Bug with chapter 5 bzip install in LFS v 6.3 and the fix

sed -i s,RANLIB=ranlib,RANLIB=/tools/bin/ranlib, Makefile I hope this bugreport is usefull to you guys!! Michael Schmidt -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page