Le 22/03/2020 à 22:59, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev a écrit : > On 3/22/20 4:47 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote: >> (Bcc to DJ in case he is not following everything on this list) >> >> Prompted by noticing yesterday that someone had a problem while >> trying to build mozjs60 and happened to be building that in the xc >> directory - >> >> In 'Introduction to Xorg-7' we say: >> >> First, you'll need to create a working directory: >> >> mkdir xc && >> cd xc >> >> But we never actually go out of those directories anywhere in the >> book. I have not created an xc/ directory for building in _many_ >> years. >> >> From memory, DJ introduced this directory in the days when Xorg was >> transitioning from the old monolithic "everything in one tarball" to >> the current "many separate packages" approach, perhaps releases 6.8 >> (old-style) and 6.9 (new-style). The purpose was to ensure that >> nothing which was compiled in the old approach had been omitted from >> the new approach. >> >> I think the time to remove the xc directory is long overdue. But as >> always, I might be missing something. comments welcome, >> particularly from DJ. > > I do have my sources in an xc directory, but that only has other directories > within it. For me it's a convenience, but it is certainly not needed in the > book. I'm OK with removing it. >
Ok too. Since xc is only mentioned in the Introduction, and not in the packages pages, an automated builder such as jhalfs does not use it. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
