Hi Folks, This is my first post on the list ... having installed the first ever LSF system just about 2-3 weeks ago. I am not new to Linux though ...
Must thank all the folks who got this great project started. It has been a wonderful experince seeing my box gradually metamorphose to the state it presently is in. I have most things working now, but still have miles to go ... Just to mention a few things that came my way: a) Absence of 'which' ... I did the RTFM much later when I reached the stage of BLFS. I tided over the initial crisis with this one liner : #!/bin/sh # Save as: /usr/bin/which type -p $1 Well, I installed GNU which, at the earliest avail ... b) I got stuck with 'mktemp' (http://mktemp.org/) for a few odd-ball things here and there ... another hack called for! Since the system is still nascent with much functionality missing, I suppose the lobby for inclusion of these to LFS was probably justified. There maybe reasons, which I am unaware of, as to why these were not included in the LFS. Frankly, I need to go and delve through the list archives (some time). Barring these two minor hiccups, I must be running the best system I have used, ever ! Thank you guys ... It is a pleasant change to open my mailbox (after joining a new mailing list) and finding a 'what-do-you-call-your-box' contest on ;-) ... My boxes at home are 'aedes', 'anopheles' and 'culex' (these are mosquito strains that keep you awake half the night here in India !) ... its past midnight out here as I post this ... yeah, you got it now ! Cheers Bish -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
