On 6/25/07, Alan Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrey wrote: > > As far as I know, none of ALFS or jhalfs doesn't build full system at once. > > You need some hacks, if you want to build all. It uses instructions from the > > book. And stops after building any package (not in LFS - it builds all). The > > best choice is write your own scripts, that uses only that packages you > > want. I wrote scripts for BLFS a year ago, and every time I need new system > > I just rewrite something (like order of building or depensies). > > Oh, yes, and about chroot... Some package says "don't build it in chroot > > environment"... > > So my opinion: build LFS using for example FLS-livecd, and after use some > > scripts. On my athlon-3000 full system with kde, gnome, apache etc needs > > about week to build (if I build than a 4 hour a day). > > jhalfs builds LFS perfectly (once you work out the configuration steps > before you start) and it also builds a few additional packages that help > getting BLFS going. (It can also be used to build CFLS, HLFS, BLFS) > > There is a recently added tool as part of jhalfs that lets you build > your chosen BLFS packages too. It works out dependencies and just goes > on through. > > If I were you, get a copy of the jhalfs scripts and start playing with > them on a small partition so you get the idea of how it works. Manuel > and George on the alfs-list always seem to be willing to help. > > On my current machine (AMD64 3200+ 1G RAM) I get through a complete LFS > build in about 2 1/2hrs and I can go and do something else whilst it is > happening :-) > > The great thing about jhalfs is it builds "the book" either a released > or SVN version - you choose. You get a flawless reproduction of the > book. No typos introduced! > > It will take a little playing to understand how to set up the > configuration but it is just like make menuconfig in the linux Kernel so > it is pretty easy to follow. > > nALFS is basically dead - all features, fixes are going into jhalfs > currently. > > HTH > > Al >
That's defenitly interesting, but what about optional dependencies? Does it build them? I mean I want KDE with TTS support, so I want that the script installs Festival, Festival Lite and FreeTTS first... and that it builds KDE with TTS support. Is this all possible with jhalfs? Tijnema -- Vote for PHP Color Coding in Gmail! -> http://gpcc.tijnema.info -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
