Being a LFS user I can see Walter's point, and it's a good one IMO. I can't understand why it seems so obscure to some on the list. Yet, there may be an incredibly simple solution.
If I can summarize his point: once one makes a bright, shiney, new, but very Spartan LFS system, the next thing to do is add "essential" packages from BLFS. But there is no way to read the BLFS book in one's fresh new Linux system. One can hardly blame the new LFS'er for wanting to carry on in his nice new system. Ultimately what we have here is a "difference in expectations", and I, for one, can see validity on both sides of the issue. OK, now it should be obvious that the new LFS'er had some other system which he used to read the LFS book, which should still be available to read the BLFS book. So a solution could be as simple as telling the LFS user/installer: in the LFS book there is no "BLFS reader" in one's new LFS system, so "use what you're using now." As a point of personal preference, I also don't much like "info". I'd prefer not seeing that solution. It seems to be being "left behind" anyhow. Man-pages seem to be the choice of everyone but FSF/GNU, with HTML coming on strong, and XML waiting in the wings. The sooner info is replaced, the better, IMO. But would it really distort what LFS "is" so much to add a page about installing Links/Lynx to the LFS book? HTML is being used so often in documentation for various packages that some sort of "browser" is one of the first things one needs to install after LFS. I agree with what seems to be Walter's essential point: once we have a nice clean LFS system, we should be able to carry on from there, not still relying on whatever support system(s) we had to use building LFS. A bridge to BLFS isn't an unreasonable thing to expect. Paul Rogers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
