On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've almost completed an LFS Development build using DESTDIR (or whatever > else if the package doesn't support DESTDIR) style installation. Though > I might hit some bumps in the last few remaining packages, I'm writing > now to see if there is any interest in creating an LFS branch for this > type of installation.
Cool:) I am also doing essentially the same thing. > > I'm not trying to push this on anyone, I'm only saying that I can > help if the community sees this as a direction we may go towards one > day. Many others including Dan, Tushar, et. al. may be willing to > assist or contribute as well. > I most certainly would vote for a branch with the DESTDIR style of installation. I am already in the process creating a PM for my purposes. If somebody is interested, check out my scripts at <http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/downloads/>. They are still a WiP. I am planning to create an online presence for the PM at <http://ttpm.sarovar.org/>. Given that there are so many personal preferences, IMO including a PM in the book is not prudent. But what the book can probably include is to have commands to install the pkg into DESTDIR. A typical pkg page in the book would be as follows: * Prepare Source commands * Compile commands * Test pkg commands * Install pkg into DESTDIR commands * Pre Relocation commands * Post Relocation commands * Uninstall commands. The general page that explains how to unpack the source would also include how to relocate the source from DESTDIR to /. Someone who does not want to use a package manager would just use the commands in the book as is and even without a PM, would get the following features: * Allow upgrade of libraries in use. * Ability to figure out what the package includes before installing it and to prevent relocation if something goes wrong during the installation. -- Tushar Teredesai mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page