Randy McMurchy wrote: > Chris Staub wrote these words on 01/22/06 08:27 CST: > > >>Although, it is possible that it could be reworded...maybe since those >>packages that require "a database" (choice between Berkeley and GDBM), >>and Berkeley DB is assumed to have been installed in LFS, that means the >>requirement is already fulfilled, Berkeley could be removed from the >>"Required" list and GDBM could be moved to "Optional". Just my opinion. :) > > > Yes, I tend to agree, however it appears others don't. See a recent > thread started by Tushar where he (rightly so) pointed out that > Heimdal can use GDBM instead of BDB. So, I made some modifications > to some of the packages to identify that GDBM can be used instead > of BDB. > > And, in light of the recent posts from several (including you, Chris) > folks that say they wish UTF-8 was optional for the LFS book, and > may not use BDB/Man-db, I can't help but feel that erroneously > listing GDB as optional would be a disservice to those folks.
I agree with the general approach Randy has used. Hoever, we might want to change the parenthetical remark to "normally installed in LFS". I think this clarifies the comment slightly. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
