2010/1/3 Mikie <[email protected]>: >>Then you need to rm -rf /tools/*, go back to the part where you create >>the lfs user and its environment, and do everything from that point on. > > What is the difference using another user and substituting that username > elsewhere in the book?
Probably none, but using a different username has not been tested. What I can say for certain is that although you said you had been using the username 'ubuntu', the environment for that user did not contain the LFS_TGT variable (according to the results you posted), and therefore it seems likely you had other errors (each time $LFS_TGT was referenced), but you nevertheless ignored them. > Is the LFS user hardcoded in the kernel with special privileges? Users are handled in userspace. > > All I want is to build a minimal Linux system for embedded development. > Why is LFS so complicated? > Is there another alternative? Probably, several. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that LFS is not really designed for embedded systems. > > I don't see why the authors of LFS don’t create a liveCD with the independent > tool chain ready to go and delete Ch 5. > Why put a newbie like me thru all this? > If you are completely new to linux, you probably aren't ready for LFS. If you are a newbie in the sense of "first time using LFS", just follow the book. > It makes no sense and to be honest it distract from learning Linux because it > is too much to bite off. > Which is why LFS is not aimed at people who want to "learn linux", it's aimed at people who have already used linux and built some software, and now want to get in deep. > CH 5 could be converted into an advanced project. > also, because the user is left to pick from the myriad choices of hosts to > build on, this creates a lot of variables and problems and stuck points for > peeps. LFS *is* an advanced project. > > I say to the authors .. > > ... make a LiveCD iso file and eliminate a lot of confusion and trouble > tickets on this list. Please read the preface in the book. ĸen -- After tragedy, and farce, "OMG poneys!" -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
