Author: pierre
Date: Sun Feb 4 00:50:16 2018
New Revision: 4037
Log:
Removing the need to have write access to BUILDDIR:
- remove an entry in Config.in (useless, since we impose sudo anyway)
- Update README and CHEATSHEET
Modified:
jhalfs/trunk/CHEATSHEET
jhalfs/trunk/Config.in
jhalfs/trunk/README
Modified: jhalfs/trunk/CHEATSHEET
==============================================================================
--- jhalfs/trunk/CHEATSHEET Sat Feb 3 08:37:32 2018 (r4036)
+++ jhalfs/trunk/CHEATSHEET Sun Feb 4 00:50:16 2018 (r4037)
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
$Id$
This file contains examples of menu settings for various tasks.
------------------------------
-LFS book, System V, stable (8.0) version.
+LFS book, System V, stable (8.2) version.
Download the files to /usr/src (verify you have write access)
-Build in /mnt/lfs (verify you have write access too)
+Build in /mnt/lfs (should be owned by root, verify you can execute sudo)
Clean the build directory before beginning
-Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.9.9-lfs-1
+Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.15-lfs-1
An fstab for the future system is located in /home/user/fstablfs
Run only the critical testsuites
Settings for a French user
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
BOOK Settings --->
Use BOOK (Linux From Scratch System V) --->
Release (Branch or stable book) --->
- Branch (preceded by "branch-"), stable Version, or tag (8.0)
+ Branch (preceded by "branch-"), stable Version, or tag (8.2)
[ ] Add blfs-tool support (NEW)
[ ] Add custom tools support (NEW)
General Settings --->
- [ ] Change the default user/group and homedir for this build (NEW)
Build Directory (/mnt/lfs)
[*] Retrieve source files
Package Archive Directory (/usr/src)
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
[*] Use a custom fstab file
Fstab file (optional) ($HOME/fstablfs)
[*] Build the kernel
- Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.9.9-lfs-1)
+ Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-lfs-1)
[ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
[ ] Install vim-lang package
[ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
@@ -63,9 +62,9 @@
------------------------------
LFS book, systemd, XML source of the LFS book in /usr/src/lfsbook
Download the files to /usr/src (verify you have write access)
-Build in /mnt/lfs (verify you have write access too)
+Build in /mnt/lfs (should be owned by root, verify you can execute sudo)
Clean the build directory before beginning
-Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.10.3-lfs-systemd
+Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.15-lfs-systemd
An fstab for the future system si located in /home/user/fstablfs
Run all the testsuites
Settings for an user in California
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@
[ ] Add custom tools support (NEW)
General Settings --->
- [ ] Change the default user/group and homedir for this build (NEW)
Build Directory (/mnt/lfs)
[*] Retrieve source files
Package Archive Directory (/usr/src)
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@
[*] Use a custom fstab file
Fstab file (optional) ($HOME/fstablfs)
[*] Build the kernel
- Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.10.3-lfs-systemd
+ Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-lfs-systemd
[ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
[ ] Install vim-lang package
[ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
@@ -124,10 +122,10 @@
CLFS book, systemd, stable version (as of April 2017)
X86 multilib
Download the files to /usr/src (verify you have write access)
-Build in /mnt/clfs (verify you have write access too)
+Build in /mnt/clfs (should be owned by root, verify you can execute sudo)
Clean the build directory before beginning
Use "boot" method, with a temporary kernel in /home/user/config-boot
-Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.10.3-clfs-systemd
+Build a kernel, whose configuration is in /home/user/config-4.15-clfs-systemd
An fstab for the future system si located in /home/user/fstablfs
Run all the testsuites for final system
Settings for an user in Sidney (Australia)
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@
[ ] Add custom tools support (NEW)
General Settings --->
- [ ] Change the default user/group and homedir for this build (NEW)
Build Directory (/mnt/clfs)
[*] Retrieve source files
Package Archive Directory (/usr/src)
@@ -164,7 +161,7 @@
[*] Use a custom fstab file
Fstab file (optional) ($HOME/fstablfs)
[*] Build the kernel
- Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.10.3-clfs-systemd
+ Kernel config file ($HOME/config-4.15-clfs-systemd
[ ] Strip Installed Binaries/Libraries
[ ] Install vim-lang package
[ ] DO NOT use/display progress_bar
Modified: jhalfs/trunk/Config.in
==============================================================================
--- jhalfs/trunk/Config.in Sat Feb 3 08:37:32 2018 (r4036)
+++ jhalfs/trunk/Config.in Sun Feb 4 00:50:16 2018 (r4037)
@@ -647,68 +647,22 @@
menu "General Settings"
depends !BOOK_BLFS
- #--- Set User Account
- config CONFIG_USER
- bool "Change the default user/group and homedir for this build"
- default n
- help #-- Unprivileged user and group name
- # If you do not have the privilege to create/delete
- # users and groups you can specify your own
- # user ID for the build
- #
- # default values for each book
- # LFS lfs
- # CLFS* clfs
- # HLFS hlfs
- #
- # Also, if your host places users' home dirs into a
- # directory other than /home you can specify it here.
+ #--- {C,H,}LFS User Account
- config DEF_USER
+ config LUSER
string
default "lfs" if BOOK_LFS || BOOK_LFS_SYSD
default "clfs" if BOOK_CLFS || BOOK_CLFS2 || BOOK_CLFS3
default "hlfs" if BOOK_HLFS
- config SET_USER
- string "User account"
- depends CONFIG_USER
- default DEF_USER
-
- config CONFIG_GROUP
- bool "Set Group?"
- default n
- depends CONFIG_USER
-
- config SET_GROUP
- string "GROUP account"
- depends CONFIG_GROUP
- default DEF_USER
-
- config CONFIG_HOME
- bool "Set home dir?"
- default n
- depends CONFIG_USER
-
- config SET_HOME
- string "Path to the directory under which the user's home directory
will be created"
- depends CONFIG_HOME
- default "/home"
-
- config LUSER
- string
- default DEF_USER if !CONFIG_USER
- default SET_USER if CONFIG_USER
-
config LGROUP
string
- default LUSER if !CONFIG_GROUP
- default SET_GROUP if CONFIG_GROUP
+ default LUSER
config LHOME
string
- default "/home" if !CONFIG_HOME
- default SET_HOME if CONFIG_HOME
+ default "/home"
+
#--- End Set User Account
config BUILDDIR
Modified: jhalfs/trunk/README
==============================================================================
--- jhalfs/trunk/README Sat Feb 3 08:37:32 2018 (r4036)
+++ jhalfs/trunk/README Sun Feb 4 00:50:16 2018 (r4037)
@@ -61,10 +61,8 @@
"Mounting the new partition". Note that the default name for the
partition mount point is "/mnt/build_dir", instead of /mnt/{c,}lfs.
You can change that default to anything you'd like in the menu, so you
- may name it /mnt/lfs, or whatever you like. One important point is that
- the user you are logged in as (and not the (c)lfs user) should have write
- permission to the mounted directory. We'll use the name /mnt/build_dir
- in the sequel.
+ may name it /mnt/lfs, or whatever you like. We'll use the name
+ /mnt/build_dir in the sequel.
The tool can download the needed packages for you, or you may download
them yourself. The tool may optionally use a package archive directory
@@ -104,6 +102,13 @@
5. RUNNING::
+ IMPORTANT::
+ You must be logged as a normal user with sudo privileges to run
+ the Makefile. Furthermore, you are supposed to have enough privilege
+ to become any user. If you are not bothered about security issues,
+ the entry for the user "jhalfs_user" in /etc/sudoers could be
+ jhalfs_user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
+
The command <make> will launch a menu based configuration program. The
underlying menu code was borrowed from BusyBox and slightly modified for
our use.
@@ -159,13 +164,6 @@
have used the default parameters (see the layout under $BUILDDIR in the
Q&A below).
- IMPORTANT::
- You must be logged as a normal user with sudo privileges to run
- the Makefile. Furthermore, you are supposed to have enough privilege
- to become any user. If you are not bothered about security issues,
- the entry for the user "jhalfs_user" in /etc/sudoers could be
- jhalfs_user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
-
NOTE::
If you run the jhalfs script directly the only function you can select
is to display the version number by running <./jhalfs -v>
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