Tijnema wrote: > On 6/25/07, Andrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> That's defenitly interesting, but what about optional dependencies? >>> Does it build them? I mean I want KDE with TTS support, so I want that the >> script installs Festival, Festival Lite and FreeTTS first... and that it >> builds KDE with TTS >>> support. >>> Is this all possible with jhalfs? >>> Tijnema >> Nope... Jhalf not very good for that... Sad, but true - many packages >> requries some pathes (that not present in book) and most of KDE-3.5.7 >> depencies does't present in the book at all... >> I just tell about my own bash shell scripts. It is very good way - fast >> enough and flexible. In simple way you can take instructions from the book >> and gather them in text file. Well, I took some ideas from one good project >> for the russian-ukrainian lfs project... >> > > Seems interesting, can you send those to me? > > Tijnema >
I would hazard a guess that by the time you've worked out, de-bugged, and repeated your attempts several times, you could have got a basic BLFS (x and maybe fluxbox of xfce) built and running happily. Once you are at that stage, I'd build your specific bits, either scripted or by hand. But as time seemes to be your primary issue, I'd automate everything until you have got to a barebones type system. jhalfs will do that for you. One other thing I always do before re-building is to tar up my current /etc and /home so you have a record of all those personal tweaks and mods you have done to get it just the way you like. It is THIS bit that can take quite a bit of time to re-create. Some of it might not work straight on top of a new system, but at least you have a good starting point to re-create from. HTH. Al -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
