I think it’s better to use something like
ls -R1F /tools/{bin,sbin,lib} > chapter5.files
to have a list as one column with types, but there is still a need to check the
target of a symlink.
It looks like only -l option gives this information, but it also shows the date
and time of modification, which is not a subject to check.
Looks like we have to play with `cut` also :)
Cheers,
Leo
> On 26 Sep 2018, at 22:35, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 09/26/2018 03:32 AM, Leo Nikolaev wrote:
>> Hi there!
>> Just passed LFS once again (first time was long ago) and thought about one
>> improvement.
>> While going through, I’ve managed to miss `make install` in util-linux in
>> Chapter 5. Later on, I’ve found my mistake, but the only lifesaver was my
>> taring of the tools directory.
>> So this is what I’ve thought about: maybe it makes sense to create some kind
>> of script, which will check the consistency of directories. It could be run
>> at the end of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 to ensure all files are in place.
>> Sounds reasonable or I'm just overwatching something?
>> Yes, I know, there is an option whether to install the documentation, but
>> test script could check only the existence of essential files, skipping over
>> inessential.
>> And it looks rather simple — just diff over the list of files from reference
>> system.
>
> We'll think about that. A sanity check at the end of Chapters 5 and 6 may be
> a reasonable thing to do. For Chapter 5, a comparison of
> /tools/{bin,sbin,lib} may be sufficient. For Chapter 6 it would need to be
> /{bin,sbin,lib,usr/{bin,sbin,lib}} and perhaps /usr/libexec.
>
> I suppose we could generate file lists, and have the user download them.
>
> For chapter 5 it could be something like:
>
> ls -R /tools/{bin,sbin,lib} > chapter5.files
> diff -u c5-file.ref chapter5.files
>
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>
> What do others think?
>
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