Author: bdubbs
Date: Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014
New Revision: 10494
Log:
Update host system requirements
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gettext.xml
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml
trunk/BOOK/prologue/standards.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml Wed Feb 26 06:52:22 2014 (r10493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014 (r10494)
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
</listitem>
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>2014-03-02</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bdubbs] - Update host system requirements to address
+ possible host installation of inconsistent libraries.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>2014-02-18</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gettext.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gettext.xml Wed Feb 26 06:52:22 2014 (r10493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gettext.xml Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014 (r10494)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
make -C src msgmerge
make -C src xgettext</userinput></screen>
- <para>As only three prograsm have been compiled, it is not possible to run
the
+ <para>As only three programs have been compiled, it is not possible to run
the
test suite without compiling additional support libraries from the Gettext
package. It is therefore not recommended to attempt to run the test suite
at
this stage.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Wed Feb 26 06:52:22 2014 (r10493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014 (r10494)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<!ENTITY version "SVN-20140221">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "February 21, 2014">
+<!ENTITY version "SVN-20140302">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "March 2, 2014">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "1999-2014"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not
– -->
<!ENTITY milestone "7.5">
<!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or
"x.y[-pre{x}]" -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml Wed Feb 26 06:52:22 2014 (r10493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/prologue/hostreqs.xml Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014 (r10494)
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
<para><emphasis role="strong">GCC-4.1.2</emphasis> including the C++
compiler, <command>g++</command> (Versions greater than &gcc-version; are
not recommended as they have not been tested)</para>
+
+ <note><para>On some distributions, there have been reports that some
+ libraries used by gcc have can be in an inconsistent state and that this
+ interferes with building some LFS packages. To check this, look in
+ /usr/lib for libgmp.la, libmpfr.la, and libmpc.la. Either all three
+ should be present or absent, but not only one or two. If the problem
+ exists on your system, either rename or delete the .la files or install
+ the appropriate missing package.</para></note>
+
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -184,7 +193,13 @@
if [ -x dummy ]
then echo "g++ compilation OK";
else echo "g++ compilation failed"; fi
-rm -f dummy.c dummy</literal>
+rm -f dummy.c dummy
+
+for lib in lib{gmp,mpfr,mpc}.la; do
+ echo $lib: $(if find /usr/lib* -name $lib|
+ grep -q $lib;then :;else echo not;fi) found
+done
+unset lib</literal>
EOF
bash version-check.sh</userinput></screen>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/prologue/standards.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/prologue/standards.xml Wed Feb 26 06:52:22 2014 (r10493)
+++ trunk/BOOK/prologue/standards.xml Sun Mar 2 10:29:21 2014 (r10494)
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis>LSB Core:</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
- <para>At, Batch (a part of At), Cpio, Fcrontab, Initd-tools,
+ <para>At, Batch (a part of At), Cpio, Ed, Fcrontab, Initd-tools,
Lsb_release, PAM, Sendmail (or Postfix or Exim) </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis>LSB Core:</emphasis></term>
<listitem>
- <para>None</para>
+ <para>time (executable) and pax</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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