----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy McMurchy" <[email protected]> To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Some questions when building BLFS-dev(svn)
> Dmitry Sokolov wrote these words on 02/10/10 05:18 CST: >> When i building some package, this package have a Recommended, Optional >> and Required packages. >> (Dependencies). >> Can you answer me Yes or No or When on my questions. >> >> 1. Required packages needs to installed before current package?: I think, >> YES. > > Yes, required packages must be installed before starting the current > package. > > >> 2. When Recommended package needs installed before or after cur. pkg.? >> Can i install it later? > > The recommended packages have gotten out of hand. We will be going through > the book and reviewing all recommended packages. For now, they should be > installed before the current package (unless there is a note that says you > install it only if you need the service it provides, and you know you > don't > need it. > > >> 3. Optional packages are not required now, while installing cur. pkg.? >> Can i install it later? > > You can always install it later. However, the current package probably > won't > have the services provided by the optional package if you install the > optional > after the current. > > >> May be i skipped some arctitle in the book, about this, give me link to >> this if exists. >> But answers is simple, i think. > > Required: You must install > Recommended: You should install > Optional: It is up to you to determine if you need the service it > provides. > > -- > Randy Ok, thanks you for ditailed description. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
