On September 1, 2019 3:09:29 AM CDT, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev 
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>On 31/08/2019 21:12, DJ Lucas via blfs-dev wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/31/2019 12:25 PM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote:
>>> On 31/08/2019 17:25, Xi Ruoyao via blfs-dev wrote:
>>>> I failed.  Either I misused jhalfs or it has a bug.  I got some
>"Error 2" from
>>>> make and was able to "fix" some of them.  But at last I can't
>continue
>>>> anymore.
>>>>
>>> At which stage did it fail? make in the jhalfs dir or make in
>packages?
>>> I'm sorry about the doc. I do not work much on it. Roger Koehler
>gave the
>>> necessary bits. I do not know what to add without knowing where it
>failed.
>>>
>>> Pierre
>
>It is very important for me to get some feedback, so thanks for
>sharing:
>
>> I have the same issues (I think just not breaking it up into parts).
>The sgml
>> stuff all fails when adding catalogs, these must be edited prior to
>running,
>> killing off the destdir catalogs, otherwise you will need to edit
>> /etc/sgml/catalog.cat before proceeding. Another thing is that binary
>texlive
>> probably needs to be installed to avoid editing files that depend on
>it
>> because we do not have a concept of dependencies for command blocks
>in the
>> book. I've taken to install texlive manually. That said, blfs-tool
>has come a
>> long long way. Looking good. In addition to the list you posted
>above, I have
>> the following:
>> 
>> GTK2 and GTK3: the commands to update the iconcache and db should be
>removed
>> from the DESTDIR install
>> QT5: set QT5PREFIX and required configuration changes if you want to
>install
>> into /usr
>> Postfix: this was mentioned, but to be a bit more clear, make sure
>you have
>> your link and C args in there for rebuilding the makefile
>> 
>> Even with this number of issues, I have to congratulate you on the
>work you've
>> done. A very large portion of the book can be built using it. Yes,
>there are
>> some issues, some of these could be addressed in the book source
>while staying
>> on db4.5, but the tools have come a long, long way.
>
>Thanks a lot. I'm amazed you keep talking about destdir installs in
>blfs
>tools: there is no possibility for that, is there? Oh, I see, you use
>the
>packInstall.sh for dpkg or pacman, don't you? I've never tested that, I
>use
>porg. I even believed there was no way to use destdir installs in blfs
>tools,
>because some directories have to be created before some instructions
>are run.
>
>Concerning texlive, the binary build could be added if you request it,
>but for
>texlive, the build time is not very long compared to the download time
>anyway,
>so I always install texlive from source.
>
>Normally, now, all commands that depend on texlive or doxygen are
>commented
>out as being remap='doc' instructions, so there are no circular
>dependencies
>for those. Scripts need to be edited to use doxygen and/or texlive
>instead
>(uncomment the corresponding instructions).
>
>Pierre
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Then I am doing something wrong. I'll go back and check it out and report back.
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