On 08/24/2014 04:01 PM, Armin K. wrote:
Required is a dep without which something can't be built no matter what you do. Recommended is a dep without which something can be built, but you may have to use switches and will probably lose some functionality for packages later on. So the book is correct. We *do* expect that recommended deps are installed - they are not recommended without a good reason.
Yes, I understand that recommended should be treated as required, unless you know what yo are doing or you want to try something on your own.
Experience shows that the (stable) book is correct, and I accept the "risks" of using SVN snapshots implies.
What book are you using anyways? 664629bfa7cdf8b984155019fd395dcb libXfont-1.5.0.tar.bz2
LOL. The book that my BLFS Firefox 31 presents. Don't tell me that I need to press F5. Oh, my... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1014297
There's no such thing as fontsproto-1.5.0. Latest is 2.1.3. You probably meant libXfont, and that one is already updated in latest svn versions.
Right! I also need an "update"... Thanks ALZ -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
