From: Simon Geard <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] LFS and updates Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:04:29 +1300
> On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 13:36 +0100, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Yes, the book explains that for any major update of toolchain, all the >> system should be rebuilt. However, I would like your opinion for those >> who use lfs everyday. >> >> My plan is as follows: building lfs on sda1, then blfs on sda2, mounted >> in /usr/local. > > Be careful with that. Just because you've built everything with > --prefix=/usr/local, doesn't mean everything ended up there. In > particular, watch for stuff ending up in /etc and /var, as many packages > assume those locations are valid unless explicitly overridden with > --sysconfdir and --localstatedir... > > >> I can't believe everyone on lfs rebuild all his system at each update. >> Rebuilding some part, yes; but all the blfs system... > > Living with LFS is a great way to learn advanced shell scripting... :) Sure ! Even if you do not particularly like bash has I do ! Pierre > > Simon. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
