Hi guys, I don't know where this goes, either LFS or BLFS. So mailing to both.
When I built my third LFS (first was by book, second with package users), LFS just moved to 6.1-2.(or was it 6.2 these are so confusing esp, with more - and . s is nALFS profiles.) But BLFS and the rest of packages remained same. Still I knew I had to rebuild them all(was I wrong/dumb). Then I came with this idea to create a lfs_usr dir in $LFS and use mount --bind to make it /usr(may be I should have gone ahead with /usr and later rename it, but this is what I felt like doing back then). Later at the end of LFS I've built and installed unionfs. Then I created a /blfs_usr and added none /usr unionfs dirs=/blfs_usr:/lfs_usr=ro 0 0 in the /etc/fstab. I hoped I needn't rebuild the blfs for minor upgrades in lfs. I guess I'll still have to rebuild them all in case of major changes like shift to gcc 4.0 etc. but that too only when things actually break down. (if it isn't broke, don't touch it ?!?!). So far I have encountered only one problem with the approach. the permissions, when changed should be made to both the directories. I use package users and once pulled my hair for hours before I realised this. This is not exactly a support request but I want to know your opinions/possible pitfalls in this. I wanna make an svn build(on different partition). Seeking your valuable inputs before I start on this. Thanq Subhash Chandra -- I don't know how much of what I say is true -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
