>I'm sorry, this is not correct, either in LFS-BOOK 7.0, >or in LFS-BOOK 6.8 (Sec. 5.5.1 of both versions.) > >Please show me, in *either* book version (6.8 or 7.0) >the step where I was supposed to untar the gcc >tarball. > >I've been accused of not reading carefully enough, >so please show me where I'm wrong. I'm obviously >not going to make progress on LFS until I figure this >out. > >It is not my intention in any way to be adversarial. >I am giving this my utmost effort but apparently >that may not suffice. > >Rafe B.
Relax Bro - I've butted heads with folks in here as well - sometimes fueled by me missing something, sometimes perhaps wrongly when it was assumed I must be missing something else. We're often told we should go through the book without writing scripts so we understand things better, and I understand the sentiment, likewise sometimes looking at someone else script can help. (If it's not to "tricky" - Firerat makes WAY efficient scripts and I've beeing programming for 30 years and I still gawk as I'm not a POSIX master) I've been handed folks 7.0 scripts for just that reason, and I have some. I don't want to give away the bank in some respects, but perhaps looking at a script, and comparing the book might be helpful. I'd be happy to share if you like. My Scripts are lessons in how to write POSIX, but they do correlate with each section of the book. The Intro to Xorg had me all kinds of messed up because the intro tells about the process generally and I took it literally. I was hung up this because it deviated a little from how the other sections "Present" themselves. All the guys here are cool - perhaps some are a little gruff at times. Part of it I think stems from the fact that maintaining any kind of distro is a lot of work and they may be very intimate with the details. So when we trip on something that seems trivial to them, perhaps patience wanes but I assure you, WE ALL WANT YOU TO SUCCEED! Once you Make it to the finish line (haha BLFS is next but) Once you get LFS 7.0 completed and join the ranks - you graduate to apprentice ;) So take in on the chin - everyone here is an enthusiast - so we all have that in common (I Think) Don't Give up - You see, That's NOT ALLOWED. (B^)> --Jason -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
