Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Knowing what software to install is one of the prerequisites. And the needed > versions are satisfied even by such an old distribution as Fedora Core 2. > > I.e.: I am glad that it worked for you and that you learned from the project, > but we really expect higher initial skills I don't understand how knowing all the software you will need is considered a prerequisite when the guide itself quite clearly lists everything you will need. When I first did lfs I was an advanced user but I had no idea as to the base packages, and through doing lfs I learned what goes into a base system, lfs exists to teach and has done so perfectly well so far.
I struggle to see how being provided with a clean environment and all the packages you need removes any kind of initial skill, compared to using a distro you currently have and downloading each package individually, in the end we all need the same skills in order to build a system. Forcing people to use different host environments only encourages further complication, and from experience we know full well that different hosts produce different results, they are unpredictable. The livecd is not only an easy way to get everything you need, but it's a clean universal host environment, I challenge anyone to show how complicating the process is what's best for the project. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
