On Dec 5, 2007 4:35 PM, Clyde Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This seems to come up on the list regularly. I, too ran afoul of this > obvious tip. In re-reading the text I notice that I must struggle to not > see it as: > > "IMPORTANT! Before issuing the build instructions for a package, the > package should be unpacked [Well, duh!], yadda, yadda, yadda, and assume > that the bash shell is in use [Well, duh!][Yeah, like that was really > important </sarcasm>]". > > The "...unpacked as user lfs, and a cd into the created directory..." > part gets lost all too easily. > > Not that I can think of how to resolve this problem. Sorry. > Perhaps it could be shown as a couple of bullet points: > . unpack as user lfs > . cd into the created directory > This might sink in easier.
That's a pretty good idea. It also might be nice if we placed a pointer back to the introduction text before the first package (binutils-pass1) since most people probably skim that section (or skip it entirely) and miss a crucial piece of information. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
