DJ Lucas wrote these words on 01/28/07 12:15 CST: > OK...that's better. Now I can reply...that was odd. Anyway, Yes. The > reason for the change is that the previous instruction edited the > downloaded file directly. We don't do this. A second pass would mean an > alternate set of instructions for those who build from their sources > directories.
No, it wouldn't. In this case anyway. However, I can see your point. Additionally, the md5sum doesn't change in the original download, so this ends up being a good thing. > however, precedence was set March 14th, 2006 by > Bruce in the binary JDK installation. I had seen the same issue in fop > so I 'fixed' it. Well, I hardly call adding needless commands to the instructions as "fixing" anything, but for consistency purposes, I suppose we should leave it as it is now. :-) Thanks for the clarification, DJ. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 12:20:00 up 18 days, 12:34, 1 user, load average: 0.32, 0.85, 0.82 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
