Ken Moffat wrote: > On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 02:08:28PM -0600, Clyde Forrester wrote: > >> In Chapter 5, we were cautioned to unpack the packages as user lfs and >> so on. >> >> In Chapter 6 (6.7., and 6.8. for example) are we expected to unpack the >> package and step into the directory as we did in Chapter 5? Obviously we >> wouldn't unpack them as the lfs user as there is no such thing. Once >> again, I suspect that I overlooked something obvious. >> >> Clyde Forrester >> > > Yes, you should unpack them and cd to the directory which was > created. And yes, you do that, and all the rest of the build, as root > (apart from some of the coreutils tests, if you run them). > > I don't remember anybody else asking this question. Looking at > section 5.1 I can see where you are coming from. I guess by the time > you get into chroot, most people are comfortable with untarring and > cd'ing and don't give it another thought. I'm sure that I didn't > when I started. > Thank you. Am I still expected to rm the directories at the end of each section? Or are those directories expected to live there now? Or do I just clean 'em up whenever I'm short on space. I'm used to the paranoid environment of chapter 5.
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