TheOldFellow wrote:
MIke Cruz wrote:
then I have been removing any packages along with the source files - like the books said. It didn't mention not to remove gcc source or the build dir nor did it say i need the two other gcc packages "core and g++"
I downloaded and completed the sec ond pass
OK I think I might see the communications problem. There are a number of definitions that you need to get straight:
Tarballs: The files that packages maintainers release containing all the files needed to build the package. Typically (but not necessarily) they are named foobar-version.tar.gz or foorbar-version.tar.bz2, depending on the file compression program used to minimise their size (so that your download will be quicker). You eventually will also meet foobar-version.zip (for zip files) and foobar-version.tgz (which are slackware packages, I think, but gunzip works on them).
Source Directories (also called source files by me when I'm being sloppy): which are the files you get when you run 'tar xvfj' or 'tar xvfz' or something equivalent (by piping gunzip through tar, for instance).
Patch Files: which are patches for the Source Directories.
Build Directories: which the LFS book tells you to create for some packages.
Never delete the Tarballs or the Patch Files - you can use them again and again - if you accidentally delete them, just get a new copy from the internet. Delete the Souce Directories and Build Directories in accordance with the LFS book's instructions (i.e. normally when you've done that step, unless otherwise instructed, like for binutils)
I can't make it clearer than this, we are getting very close to hand-holding here.
Richard.
I understood all this thats wasn't mu problem.
I wasn't understanding the book. I thought the book was a step by step "Handholding guide" <--- Its really not.
My fault -I wont bother you guys anymore I can figure it out
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