On Tue, 15 May 2012 22:38:28 +0100 Pierre Labastie <[email protected]> wrote:
> - NSS page : in recommended dependencies : "internal sqlite is > incompatable" instead of "incompatible" (well maybe incompatable is > English and I do no know it) Yes, you're right, it is a spelling mistake. It's a clumsy sentence isn't it: "internal sqlite is incompatible with existing or future installations". I'm not really sure what it's trying to say. Maybe we should just remove the sentence and leave sqlite as a recommended dep without any qualification? > - Evince: "command explanations" refers to $GNOME_PREFIX (that sentence > should be suppressed actually) > - Mobile-broadband-provider-info: still has $GNOME_PREFIX instead of > /usr in configure instructions. > > Missing bits: > - libnl is lacking "short descriptions" > - SpiderMonkey too > - dhcpcd: Missing role="root" for "make install" and the following "sed..." > > Defects: > - NetworkManager: I have not been able to build it without pppd, unless > I passed --disable-ppp. So either the switch should be in the > instructions, or pppd should be a recommended dep. Surely most people have a router and don't need pppd so the default should be --disable-ppp with a command explanation that discusses it? IIRC Bruce was in favor of removing ppp from the book a couple of months ago :) > - Metacity: the run-time dependency notification-daemon has > role="optional", while it is required at run-time (without it, GNOME > does not start!) > - Telepathy-farstream requires gst-python, and I have not found a switch > to prevent configure from testing it and bombing out if not present. > - Avahi does not build avahi-daemon nor avahi-dnsconfd (and maybe > others) if --disable-daemon is passed to configure. Since those > executables are in the short descriptions, and libdaemon is only > optional, maybe something like 'only built if libdaemon is present and > --disable daemon is removed from the instructions above' should be > added. Furthermore, without those executables, the bootscript throws errors. > > Race conditions. Those are not stated in the book, but could be a > usefull information: > NSS and shared-mime-info do not build with make -jx (x>1) Yes, you're but is it worth a note? We don't suggest multiple jobs and it's a fairly quick build (1 SBU). I usually only discuss parallel builds if it's a monster build like Webkit or Libre Office. > There were also a few tickets I have filed and which have been already > corrected. > > GNOME starts and seems to behave OK. That's good to know. Thanks Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
