Hello Laura, My first LFS system used *no* package management, next I tried using the "stow" approach, later I tried reading up on how debian does things, but ultimately I found something that fit me better. From this I project that some people will have to build a couple of systems before they have something they like and fits them.
If you're feeling like slackware style fits closest to you, I encourage you to try something which you might find as nice as I do: I have been using a slightly modified version of the "Package Users" system for a number of years now. Original link: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/more_control_and_pkg_man.txt I find this fits nicely into a world of helping me understand my system as well as making me think about situations where one package wants to over-write the files of another package or set up special privileges (like run as root) for files. To make life better for myself, I added an "ldconfig" user to Matthias Beckmann's original plan, and my friend (who goes by Random) did a nice job of pulling both of our mods into a gentle fork, which is mirrored here: https://github.com/ericherman/package-users I have come to really appreciate this approach, but I know that other approaches (like actually building .deb/.rpm or variations on the "forest of symlinks" approach) are more in-keeping with traditional distros, and that makes an LFS system a little less alien, but from your comments I suspect you're willing to be a bit alien. Still, I love the package-users approach on my own boxes. Cheers! -Eric -- http://www.freesa.org/ -- mobile: +31 620719662 aim: ericigps -- skype: eric_herman -- jabber: [email protected] -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
