Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 10:39:49PM +0200, Thanos Baloukas wrote:
>> On Firefox-18.0.1, in mozconfig the book has >> >> #ac_add_options --with-libxul-sdk=\$(pkg-config --variable=sdkdir libxul) >> >> Is the backslash needed? > > ISTR I added the backslash, with a comment explaining it, because > when I tried pasting what was in the book at that time it fubar'd. > From memory, the comment said that the backslash was for pasting > (because the mozconfig is now likely to be pasted, we no longer keep > a version in the BLFS repo). Yes, the intro paragraph has: The commented line for --with-libxul-sdk has an escaped dollar sign - if you have chosed to paste the entries into a mozconfig file in your editor, you do not need the escape, it is only necessary when invoking a subshell in a HERE document. s/chosed/chosen/ :) Perhaps the above needs to be emphasized with a <note>. > Personally, I don't have any belief that sudo is useful for an LFS > user. For someone maintaining a production system, with strong > restrictions on what they can do, yes there is a use for it. But > having tried it while I was reworking my own buildscripts, it's too > easy to change it so that your user can do anything, and to allow > that with only a password on the first use during the current > session. Personally, I'm a heretic Yes, I agree. :) - I build my normal packages as > root (for new things, I build as a user and do a DESTDIR install to > review what gets installed). In theory, as you note, building as a > regular user will not let you install things below /usr until you > 'su'. I *do* use sudo, but I am in a very protected environment and understand the risks. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
