On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 12:23 -0400, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Tuesday 15 June 2010 11:47:33 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh > > > > <moh...@pahlevanzadeh.org> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I'm in top of Chapter 5. Constructing a Temporary System.At this chapter > > > some package is introduced that we must compile them.My question is: > > > Do they have Chapter priority in compile same listed in chapter?For > > > example if i compile package 5.12.expet before 5.11.tcl, is it problem? > > > > The order of the packages is carefully crafted to make sure > > prerequisites are built in the correct order. See the appendix for > > each packages dependencies. For instance, expect requires tcl. When > > we had a choice for the next package, it is added alphabetically, but > > there is really no reason to deviate from the order given in the book. > > > > You may, of course, do what pleases you, but be prepared to start over > > if it doesn't work. > > To be absolutely clear, and to directly answer the question, yes, it is a > problem because Expect will fail to compile if the TCL programs and libraries > are not found. > > To provide analogies, one cannot write an essay or poem until she has a sheet > of paper on the table in front of her and a pencil in hand, and one cannot > type and send an email until he has a working computer, an email program and > an active internet connection. > > Just as the order of instructions in a computer program is very important, > the > order of the instructions in the human program called, "The LFS Book" is just > as important. Functionally, it is exactly the same as an optimizing compiler; > only after one learns how packages (instructions) are interdependent can one > successfully reorder or optimize package compilation (instruction execution). > > (For non-English-speaking LFS users, I hope this translates well enough.)
In appendex (Dependency section), we have 2 part for each package: 1.Must be installed before 2.Installation depend on. now i don't know when i want to install package x, see 1 or 2 and install packages before compile package x.please guide me.... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
