DJ Lucas wrote: > On 04/22/2012 10:36 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> I've been studying Jeremy's changes and want to summarize them here. >> >> > <Snip complete summary> > > Asking for a technical review? :-) Both methods achieve the goal!
I wasn't asking for a technical review. I was studying the changes to understand them and thought I'd share what I found out. > Now for a quick, non-technical overview of the effect on the book. You > have reduced the amount of lines in command blocks in the book by 23, > added 15 lines, and removed a page, so complexity of the typed commands > is reduced slightly (that could be taken as a negative, but the removed > page is explained again in chapter 6 and really doesn't compare with the > next point). We gain the added educational value of explaining how and > why a sysroot build works for us--something that can be, and is used > outside of LFS. One really common stumbling block is removed (first > toolchain adjustment). Finally, two commands that are regarded as > "hacks" by some are removed (-B, and this is subjective). Assuming the > result has proven sane by comparison testing (and I'm pretty sure that > has already been done), the only possible downside that I see is the > lost explanation of -B, which I don't recall having seen outside of LFS, > but I really haven't looked either. It appears there are multiple ways to isolate the programs we need in Chapter 6 to /tools. For us, the simpler the better. I think we ought to do a little more testing, but it's looking good. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
