Ron Hartikka wrote: > Thanks Bruce but just to be 200% clear... see below > >> Is it necessary to log out of user lfs between packages* in chapter 5*? >> >> Not exactly, but you need to be root to use chroot. You would need to >> su to root from the lfs user. >> > >>>> >>> I still wonder about this. >>> If you don't log out, then you can accumulate environment changes, right? >> >> No, the environment will be reset by the chroot instruction. >> >> > OK. chroot starts well defined. > > But I'm wondering about any vars could accumulate *within chapter 5* before > any chroot. Environment changes from packages early in ch 5 would affect > builds in later sections in ch 5.
A subshell, including any executing program, cannot affect a parent shell. That's part of the Unix design. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
