Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 12/20/05 16:01 CST: > The discussion isn't about whether you *should* build as a different > user or not, but how to switch users while automating. Since the LFS > book suggests that you build as 'lfs' in the first section, and you > *have* to chroot in the second, knowing how to automate those two tasks > becomes important if you're scripting.
Thanks for the cluebat, Jeremy. I've never scripted an entire LFS build. I've scripted building tools, then setup for Chapter 6 and ran a script to build that entire Chapter. So, because I've never needed to do it, I just naturally thought nobody else did. What a dumb thought, huh? (/me whaps himself upside the head) -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 16:04:00 up 87 days, 1:28, 3 users, load average: 1.03, 0.64, 0.36 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
