Jeremy Huntwork wrote:
Jim Gifford wrote:
Looks like X has lost all the learning value there was from the old
version. This just looks like a way to automate the build, but doesn't
really go into detail like Gnome or KDE which are also modular
systems.I like the who, what, when, why, and where approach.
I don't think the scripted LiveCD approach is being considered for the
BLFS book, Jim. I think Alex was just responding to Alan's specific
request for a scripted build.
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JH
I'm not sure I agree with Jim's point here.
I am not an LFS developer although I do tend to build/re-build LFS &
BLFS just for fun quite lot of the time.
Looking through the Makefile and modifying it to run standalone, rather
than as part of the LiveCD build has taught me loads about Makefiles:
Since I started building LFS (back in 3.x days LFS ID: 216) I don't
think I have ever had the need/inclination to examine makefiles in
detail other than to alter some env VAR on occasion. Doing the X.org
build this way (I got it to work last night :-)) has been a real
educational experience - isn't that the purpose of the books in the
first place?
I see no educational value whatsoever in doing 150+ CMMI cut and pastes.
Jeremy was right in that Alex just pointed me to *a way to build* X11R7
without having to work out how to do 150+ CMMIs in the right order...
I don't want to "rock the boat" here. I just wanted to make the point
that as an LFS USER (and lover) this has been one of those, now quite
infrequent, times where I have REALLY started to learn something new
again... :-)
Everyone here does a brilliant job and I'm sure that a suitable method
will be found sooner or later.
Your Distro, Your Rules!
Al
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