Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 9/17/2009 11:12 PM, Shawn Eary wrote: > >> Sir: >> >> I think that you will get more consistent and reliable results if you burn >> the LFS CD ISO to a disk and boot from that for the host >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/livecd/download.html >> >> In theory, I suppose building from an alternate host using an optimized gcc >> compiler could generate a slightly faster LFS target, but I don't think the >> minimal extra speed would be worth risking the chance of small corruptions >> along the way. >> >> Even if the original host system was optimized better than that of the tools >> on the LFS Live CD, I don't think that this would matter much because the >> LFS build seems be multi-pass. You construct temporary LFS tools that are >> used to compile the final LFS system. By the time the final LFS passes are >> done, I think that you are building with pretty good tools. >> >> This is just a wild oppinion, however, I may be missing something that >> others aren't. >> >> Best! >> >> Shawn >> >> > Theoretically, the host system does not matter at all. That is why there > are three passes: to get away from the host. If the host can make it > through pass one without errors, then it shouldn't affect the resulting > lfs system in the slightest. If you are really paranoid about it, I > would think that clfs would get even farther from the host, since you > are cross-compiling anyway. > > However, I'm relatively new to this, so I may not be correct. > > Marcus > One thing that I experienced was the dynamic linker. (keep in mind I am a newbie) Somewhere along the way with one of my builds, is was I was trying to have the linker go in a certain direction. But ended up having the dynamic linker go in another direction; same as the host system.(Ill have to build another later on just to get things correct).
In any case I agree, it doesn't matter what the host system is, as long as it supplies the right tools for you to get the job done, or built correctly.(the lfs livecd is ideal because it supplies all the tools, patches, packages etc...) Justin P. Mattock -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
