On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 03:57, Ken Moffat via lfs-dev <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > My point is that you should not unpack then until you build them, > and if you need to build them again you should remove the directory > and unpack again.
I'm with you on that. I also have a "clean up" stanza at the bottom of each package that does, for each Pkguser user, hence the ability to use $HOME, cd $HOME rm -fr dejagnu-&dejagnu-version but similar explicit instructions could be supplied that did the same for a vanilla book, albeit with one eye on your next point, vis: > > > > export SOURCE=`echo &dejagnu-url; | cut -d/ -f 3-` > > tar xf $LFSSRCS/$SOURCE > > cd dejagnu-&dejagnu-version > > > > is a bit more explict and ties in nicely to the predefined Entities that > > the Book sources already proivde, so as to give a deterministic set > > of instructions. > > You've benn spoiled! In some cases (mostly in BLFS, but I expect > that LFS will also see this) the directory name does not match the > tarball name - e.g. unversioned directory name. Indeed. Don't get me started on zip-ed (and it's mostly zip-ed) sources that don't even contain an encompassing top-level source directory! But yes, I chose dejagnu because it fitted the "idea", or maybe, the "ideal". However, Book contributers will know the name of the directory that the source tarball/zip unpacks into, and so could make things explict for the exceptions. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
