On 10/01/2018 16:28, Allard Welter wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Pierre Labastie <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     On 09/01/2018 17:51, Allard Welter wrote:
> 
>     > LVM2-2.02.177 -> Installation of LVM2
>     > check_local creates devices in /tmp which is rw,nosiud,nodev
>     > and subsequently fails all tests. I had to do
>     > mount -o remount,rw tmpfs /tmp/
>     > for the tests
> 
>     Is it the systemd book? 
> 
>  
> yes.

I do not do systemd. I guess I'll have to some day, but there is a learning
stage I'm reluctant to spend time with.

> 
>     >
>     > ---
>     > cURL-7.57.0 -> Installation of cURL -> Dependencies
>     > libmetalink is listed as optional in the dependencies, but an explicit
>     > --with-libmetalink to configure is required to include it.
>     > ---
> 
>     Actually, we try to put in the optional dependencies of a package, 
> anything
>     that can be used by that package. As written on the "Notes on Building
>     Software" page, we often describe what functionality is added by the
>     dependency. But we almost never give the instructions to include the 
> optional
>     dependencies.
> 
> 
> Ok. It's just that the way the instructions are written, i.e. suitable for 
> copy
> & paste into a terminal, most readers will not see the configure summary. They
> will continue thinking the optional dependency was used. I check the configure
> log, so really I'm just pointing this out in case it's worth considering.
>  

Maybe we should be more explicit that when including optional deps, users are
on their own. We only test recommended deps (on a regular basis). Not enough
man power to test everything.

> 
>     >
>     > cURL-7.57.0 -> Installation of cURL -> Note
>     > current stable LFS is ld-2.26
> 
>     But recent versions of LFS do not strip ld-2.xx. ld-2.23 is the last 
> which was
>     stripped...
> 
>     > Perhaps run ldconfig after linking to ld...dbg
>     >
> 
>     Not sure it is needed. And the note is becoming obsolete anyway.
> 
>  
> Any binary linking from the non.dbg will fail when the link is changed.
> 

You're right (I'd never tested before, because I replaced the non-dbg version
with the dbg one, and that did not need ldconfig). Now, I think the note
should just be removed...

Pierre
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