John Rodenbiker wrote: > On Mar 1, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Colin Kemp wrote: > >> next time remember that it did say to put all the sources in the >> source dir at the beginning of chapter 3 >> > > Actually, it says "Downloaded packages and patches will need to be > stored somewhere that is conveniently available throughout the entire > build." It goes on to say that a working directory will also be > required and that $LFS/sources can work for both. The text does not say > it is necessary > > As I said, I naively thought that the sources on the Live CD _would be_ > conveniently available throughout the entire build. To avoid a long > initial copy from CD and using a ton of disk space unnecessarily, I > thought it made sense to only cp and unpack tarballs and patches as > they were required and then delete them after a successful install. > > I humbly suggest that the text in 3.1 be edited to remove ambiguity and > explicitly say that all sources need to be put in $LFS/sources from the > start. >
As you can see from my other post, that is *not* required. I would vote against this anyway. Unless something changed in the last few years (I've been "dormant"), the book is intended for intermediate-to-advanced users? So, a combination of advanced planning and/or problem resolution (such as posting for help or applying your pre-existing knowledge to design a solution) seems more in keeping with the spirit. We learn more from overcoming obstacles than blindly following instructions (which, you can surmise, has resulted in much angst over the years about how much CnP should be included, how much underlying theory and/or background info, etc.). Since the book is not intended to address all possible knowledge and/or planning gaps, and *is* intended to "educate", I think a certain amount of omitted detail is appropriate. MHO -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
