SVN-20071007 Roberts build I am big game for this build and have it started already!
I like how gcc-4.2.1 bootstrapp's itself without being told now. cool. Curious about the rm -rf libiberty/ in the bootstrap phase. I decided to use linux-2.6.23 on this build. Grsec has a test patch. I'm already donating blood, so why not give a bit more? Now I got the bootstrap built and sit at 5.4. Glibc-2.6.1 where it stops. Boo. Pox on me. All the glibc-2.6.1 patches listed in this book version are broken. I got a 404 on http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/hlfs/svn/binutils-2.18-pt_pax-1.patch as well. Nevertheless it built fine to this point but it would be pointless to continue without the patches. I can resume at any time. Definate problems if you didn't install texinfo on the build host. Despite trying all sorts of flags, I just couldn't get things to build until I installed the texinfo package. Ok, therafter. This would apply to any versions of HLFS I guess. This is very annoying, as I must always delete all that junk anyway. Can we fix this? <opinion> I don't see HLFS as ever being a login system; just for servers. Eliminate all the man/info/doc garbage that will never be used. </opinion> I know HLFS has been a 1 man job for the most part, and I appreciate all of the hard work done by my hero Robert. I am saddened that more people with skills do not support this project. I am at best a tester and proofreader for the project, because my programming skills are way antiquated. I know I discover embarrasing errors, and have seen several corrections. This shows I am doing some tiny part to help. Wish I could do more. I offer suggestions only as inspiration; I know what I want... This is also a good version to get Cron working as it should. Necessary. Log management is imperative in a secure system. Logrotate. I further recommend that root get a daily email with a considated log. (This can be done without a mail server!) DUH! Considering the stated agenda of HLFS , these are major issues anyway, no? Marty B -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
