On June 25, 2016 6:14:27 AM CDT, Daniel Bernhardt <[email protected]> wrote: >I have successfully built LFS 7.9 twice using Slackware as the host >system with a default full-install. I'm currently trying to build 7.9 >Systemd. I've been using various versions of Linux off and on for the >last 18 years or so, but never too deeply into the technical aspects. >(Yes, I still use Microshaft too) I'm in my late 50's. I can manage >most simple scripting issues, but I'm not a 'programmer'. I started >with RH, I've used Mandrake, Debian, Slackware and others just to play >with them. I currently have Debian (stretch) onboard with Slackware on >a second partition, and several other partitions available between 2 >drives totaling 2.4 TB. I'm using an Intel Core i3 @ 3.2Ghz, with 8GB >ram. I always have a spare computer around just for experimentation, >which is what I use this one for. > > >To date I have not successfully built LFS using Debian (Wheezy, Jessie, >or Stretch). I'll get into glibc on the build tools when it fails. > > >I've checked the system requirements and I appear to meet them > >I added build-essential, bison, gawk, and vim (I hate vim-tiny). I >fixed the link to /bin/bash from /bin/dash, Is there something obvious >here that I'm missing? The version-check script shows everything as ok >with a clean compile on the dummy.c. > > >I've wiped the system clean and getting ready to start over, any >suggestions before I begin again? I gather from all the references that >the LFS team has used Debian as a host before. Any additional packages >that I need to get into Debian before trying again? > Try adding texinfo. Thats one of the ones I just had to add in. Just got through Glibc on a i686 system with Debian 8.3 "Jessie" as a build host (no internet to update where that PC is located, and limited bandwidth at the moment...) > >Thanks, > >Daniel > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- >http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html >Unsubscribe: See the above information page
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