On 19/01/2016 17:32, Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > may I contribute with some remarks according to my actual experiences ? > > 1.) Until xorg is installed and running, I have to use "lynx" to download and > compile the programs. There are however difficulties with this. Lynx does not > work with "https", so I have to download this files on another box and > transfer to the new one with the help of rsync. Could "https" be avoided ?
A lot of sites are now only available with "https". You can compile "lynx" --with-ssl while in chroot. Of course, it requires openssl, which can be installed in chroot too. > > 2.) the addresses given for all xorg programs, > "ftp.x.org/pub/individual/proto" ( this one as an example ) does'nt work for > me. Lynx cannot find the files. I had to use the systemd book addresses: > "xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/proto" > > 3.) The installation e.g. xorg protocoll headers etc. as user with the help > of > "as_root" did not function for me, as sudo asked everytime for a password and > could not perform the task. sudo is in my opinion very nasty. To allow the > system administrator to execute programs without typing passwords, you gave > an > example how to change sudoers. However, sudoers cannot be changed with normal > editors like vi, you have to use "visudo". I didnt manage it. The visudo > instructions are in my humble opinion terrible. I do not know, if it would be > possible to add the example ussage in BLFS with the corresponding "visudo" > commands. visudo calls "vi" if the EDITOR variable is set to vi. "EDITOR=vi visudo" should put you under vi. > I had to install all the multiple packages in the Xorg-scripts as "root" ! > > By the way, thank you very much for the LFS Book ( sysvinit ). It is > excellent. I went through in 1 1/2 days with the complete installation, > withouth problems > > Edgar > -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
