On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:30:34 -0600
Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where I see BLFS being difficult is the dependencies. It would be
> a hard task to determine what should or should not be installed.
>
> Not even to mention the dependencies that are not in the book.
My preference would be for some short dependency strings. For instance, I
automate the following:
Build-xorg = expat->freetype->fontconfig->libpng->xorg
Build-firefox = xorg->pkg-config->glib-2->cairo->pango->atk
->libtiff->libjpeg->gtk+2->libIDL->zip->firefox
All so that the new system has enough to read the BLFS book! I have some other
dependency strings too (bluefish,openbox,pypanel,sylpheed,lexmark-printer) each
is designed to get something I need early in a system build up and running. I
then go back over the builds if I want to include some of the optional deps.
By looking at BLFS this way you avoid complex setups and config files.
R.
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