On 6/29/05, Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > However I still don't understand how following 3 > hidden files exist on host FC3 >
The Stage 1 (Chapter 5) building of LFS compiles and *installs* several packages that already exist on you FC3 host system. In order to prevent the possibility of damaging your host system, you are directed to create the LFS user (on your host system), and use this user to compile and install the software. Because the LFS user does not have permissions on your host system, you can't accidentally overwrite important components of your host system. The three "hidden" files are part of the login environment of the LFS user, which is created in the host system, so the files should appear where they are. Once you start Chapter 6, you will be using the chroot command to create an environment that will also protect your host system, although this time you will be the root user. Given the scope of your recent questions, I strongly suggest you should at a minimum view the Recommended Reading section of the LFS book, and read the documents referenced there - that way you will have a better understanding of the commands you are asked to run while building LFS. -- - Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
