[lfs-support] Proposed Changes to LFS Book

2014-01-14 Thread alex lupu
Dear Development LFS Book Administrators: I would like to submit for your consideration the following changes to the Section "III. 6.7. Linux-3.12.6 API Headers" of the "Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20140102" book. 1. After the paragraph " ..: This is done by way of sanitizing various C he

Re: [lfs-support] A bug in gawk?

2013-10-11 Thread alex lupu
> Bruce wrote: > See if awk 'BEGIN {FS="\\.so"}... works for you. Hi Bruce, It DOES !!! Thank you very much! As an aside, (to explain) why _I_ prefer 'awk' to 'sed' _in this case: for f in `cat tempx.txt`; do echo $f | sed -r 's/(.*)\.so.*/\1/'; done vs. cat tempx.txt | awk 'BEGIN {FS="\\.s

Re: [lfs-support] A bug in gawk?

2013-10-11 Thread alex lupu
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:48 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> alex lupu wrote: > >> ... []$ cat tempx.txt | awk 'BEGIN {FS=".so"} ; {print $1}' >> ... >> Is there a problem with GNU gawk and/or my system or maybe with me? > >

[lfs-support] A bug in gawk?

2013-10-11 Thread alex lupu
gawk - v. <= 4.1.0 sed - v. whatever I have a file, 'tempx.txt' containing (for simplicity - some "so" files from my '/usr/lib/'), []$ cat tempx.txt libexpect5.43.so libsndfile.so.1.0.25 libsoftokn3.so libsoup-2.4.so.1.5.0 and I would like to separate their "roots" from the rest, i.e., "libsnd

Re: [lfs-support] Missing the good, old RTC

2013-07-18 Thread alex lupu
would like to thank you for your interest in our products and are looking forward to hearing from you in the future. mit Hochachtungsvoll, Your Friendly Kernel Team On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Arthur Radley < misterarthurrad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Markku Pesonen gmail.com> wri

Re: [lfs-support] Missing the good, old RTC

2013-07-17 Thread alex lupu
Hi Markku: Thanks a lot, Best Wishes, -- Alex On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Markku Pesonen wrote: > alex lupu wrote: > > BTW, what's a "Generic RTC class"? > > Would save me some research time ... > > Generic RTC class supports many different RTC ch

Re: [lfs-support] Missing the good, old RTC

2013-07-17 Thread alex lupu
. BTW, what's a "Generic RTC class"? Would save me some research time ... With my faith in humanity restored, Cheers, -- Alex On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Markku Pesonen wrote: > alex lupu wrote: > > Whatever happened to the CONFIG_RTC? > > "Enhanced Real Ti

[lfs-support] Missing the good, old RTC

2013-07-17 Thread alex lupu
Thanks to one and all. I have two "JPG" files (about 163K each). Can I somehow send them for LFS eyes only? If yes, please tell me how. Each a snapshot of "Device Drivers > Character Devices" One is from 3.10.1, the other is from a 3.8.0 (for quick comparison). The RTC entry in 3.10.1 seems to be

[lfs-support] Missing the good, old RTC

2013-07-17 Thread alex lupu
Whatever happened to the CONFIG_RTC? "Enhanced Real Time Clock Support (legacy PC RTC driver)" which used to "create a character special file /dev/rtc with major number 10 and minor number 135" and "The module will be called rtc". It was nice and small and didn't bother anybody (or so I thought).

[lfs-support] why does LFS need that number of patches

2013-05-16 Thread alex lupu
Hi Aleksandar, You wrote (excerpt): I just went back to analyze the bug report and your fix that you reported in the mail, and the only logical explanation is that your (or any LFS') copy of db2html did something different than the developers copy of db2html. If db2html is generated during the bui

[lfs-support] why does LFS need that number of patches

2013-05-16 Thread alex lupu
Am 16.5.2013 03:03, schrieb Stefan & Rebekka Wetter: > I wonder, why these patches are needed? > Are the upstream-sources not able to be compiled without? Good questions (as they say). While trying to stay on topic, I'll take the liberty and rephrase them to Why are patches needed at all? for my

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-21 Thread alex lupu
--- Em qua, 21/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > De: Ken Moffat > Assunto: Re: [lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)? > Para: "LFS Support List" > Data: Quarta-feira, 21 de Novembro de 2012, 10:40:55 MST 2012 > I now think that Bruce fixed the /dev/pts problem (ticket #3102) in > r9868 by a

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
Hi Bruce: == Alex: I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 Life was beautiful. I upgraded to udev 195. '/dev/pts' is no longer created. Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the ground 'dev/pts' has also disappeared (kernel 3.6.7 BUT ude

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
Hi Ken: Thank you very much, considering that it must be cold and late out there! > Looking at last week's 3.7-rc, I suggest > config UNIX98_PTYS >bool "Unix98 PTY support" if EXPERT > default y > Looks as if you need to select Expert mode (i.e. 'embedded') to > deselect it - unle

[lfs-support] How is 'dev/pts' created (or not)?

2012-11-20 Thread alex lupu
I was at kernel 3.6.1 and udev 182 Life was beautiful. I upgraded to udev 195. '/dev/pts' is no longer created. Same situation if now I go to 3.6.6 or 3.6.7. Strangely, I my new machine that I'm trying to get it off the ground 'dev/pts' has also disappeared (kernel 3.6.7 BUT udev 182!). Before tr

[lfs-support] I'm rc interactively confused

2012-11-16 Thread alex lupu
Hi Bruce, Bruce: read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null $interactive is not set until the read command completes. It shouldn't need to be set in the script. Alex: This is kind of a chicken and egg situation. If for some reason (say, unknown to us mortals as yet) the 'read' does

[lfs-support] I'm rc interactively confused

2012-11-16 Thread alex lupu
In the process of trying to stop the boot sequence right after VFS (different story), I took a closer look at '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc' workings: 1. I created a file '/etc/sysconfig/rc.site': IPROMPT="yes" itime=10 2. In '/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc', right after read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 >

[lfs-support] Grub 2.0 problem

2012-11-13 Thread alex lupu
Just curious. Hopefully, the answers might help some other curious people too. First, apologies for my limited exposure and knowledge of GRUB 2 and for the inconvenience. So far, my grub 0.97 has been adequate (and very simple to use) for anything I've thrown at it. OTOH, I may have had only sim

[lfs-support] Grub Questions (or how to waist yet ... even more ... precious electrons)

2012-09-02 Thread alex lupu
Hi Bruce: Yes, you are right about the (HTML) client. If you remember (I'm trying to actually forget), after my flailing around with various emails and modes, in a series of back and forth posts you straighten me up about what is and how to use the best email/mode: Gmail in "Plain Text" Despite

[lfs-support] Grub Questions (or how to waist yet ... even more ... precious electrons)

2012-09-02 Thread alex lupu
Hi Mikie, I hate to toot my own horn, but I'm a teacher too. However, unlike you my specialty is posting so I'm volunteering my 1st lesson (to whet people's appetite to subscribe to my newsletter - for a small fee). Lesson #1 A post should have lines not greater than 79 characters. In other words