On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 02:56:40PM -0500, Chris W wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is a very beginner question, which architecture are the packages to be
> on BLFS website? or the LFS book for that matter?
>
x86 : mostly tested with x86_64, i686 should also work (but gets
much less testing, and things like i586, i486, i386 might not work).
> Suppose my Linux OS architecture is slightly different, would these
> downloads still work?
>
The downloads should still work - they are *source*. Whether you
can use the same instructions to build them depends on how different
your architecture is.
In LFS terms, the nitty-gritty of booting the new system is probably
the area which will be most different. For BLFS, AV libraries might
be fun on different architectures, and I guess that the xorg video
drivers might be different - if you are on a common non-x86 platform,
cross-lfs might be more appropriate. People *have* adapted the LFS
instructions for e.g. ppc and the pi, but if it breaks you get to
keep both pieces.
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