Benjamin John wrote: <snip> > My idea is to create the set of apps from the book I need (lets say > KDE-core) with the help of blfs-support and copy the result to the > custom tools section of the LFS book (I think there are some > modifications necessary) >>> One difference I saw, is that inside the new system the build process >>> runs as user and only the installation is done by root. >>> What about building after the lfs-scripts (in custom tools)? Is it all >>> done by root or all by the specified user? >> It has been a while since I wrote the 'custom' section. If I am not >> mistaken it is run under chroot. > My intention for all this is to get an automated build environment for > xLFS plus some extra apps an deviations from the books to build xLFS on > different machines (with slightly different makefiles) and to have a > tool to test new apps or versions. > Jhalfs is meant to create the base for this environment and everything > else is done by me. > So the question is, is there a difference (in the "end product", file > permissions, linking to the proper libs, etc.) between building the > BLFS- and other apps in the custom tool section and building in BLFS > support after reboot
Other than you doing all the coding by hand, handling the build order and maintaining the patches and tarballs the end result is the same. ::note:: There is an experimental version of jhalfs that uses xml for the build description but this version has not been fully tested. >> regards, >> GeorgeB >>> Regards >>> Benjamin >> > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
