On Friday 07 March 2008 10:07:46 Randy McMurchy wrote: > I'm not a big fan of this as it sort of implies we support (have > tested) newer versions than what the book has in it. Additionally, > there are so many minor nuances (Moz packages might be an > exception as they normally don't require command changes) that > things could be a bit different (doc creation, test suites, > installed files, etc.). > I am in agreement with this. I believe I said this elsewhere, but I can't find the message right now. What BLFS provides is instructions known to work with a specific version of a package. The user is welcome to try the same instructions on a later version of the package. It will likely work, but we have not tested it and can therefore make no guarantees.
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