Philippe Delavalade wrote: > Le mardi 04 décembre à 14:20, Luuk a écrit : > >> Hi, >> i started reading the BOOK (Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20071125) >> i have the following questioon: >> >> In chapter 5.3.1 binutils-2.18 - Pass 1 the following is mentioned: >> The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the >> source directory in a dedicated build directory: >> mkdir -v ../binutils-build >> >> >From WHICH directory am i supposed to do the 'mkdir ../??' >> or, in other words, where should the directory 'binutils-2.18' be >> created? >> > > Hi. > > In chapter 5.1 it is explained : > > Before issuing the build instructions for a package, the package > should be unpacked as user lfs, and a cd into the created directory > should be performed. The build instructions assume that the bash shell > is in use. > > Have a look at this introduction :-) > > Ph. Delavalade > 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. Clyde Forrester (Who, by the way, has just successfully finished Chapter 5. Woohoo!) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
