> From: Michael Havens <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:00:50 -0700 > To: LFS Support List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] Please, teach me how to fix problems. > > goofy me.... I failed to tell you where I am in the process. I completed > the temporary toolchain and am now in section 6.9
(No probs: indication of where you were in the book, kindof see-sawed all over the place in the earlier post(s) - e.g. 'all now compiles' -vs- '6 minute' compile -vs- point at which asking re glibc errors -vs- posted 'errors' not looking too bad (iirc) -vs- .... ; guessed you'd clarify if/as nec.) > > Yes.... the debian works just fine. I had to apt-get some packages to make > version-check check out but I got everything to work. As for the glibc > error help when you can. Google e.g. 'glibc test errors', look at posts from past year or so; it's certainly been addressed fairly often on lfs lists. Also look at the source codes for the testsuites. > What I really want is to learn the process in > troubleshooting and fixing packages so I don't need to always rely on > others. A very good starting and focal point, is to subscribe to the lfs & blfs support lists, and read them to get a feel for and build up knowledge of, such matters. The b/lfs books contain some good starting pointers - e.g.: ---- * lower half of the page: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.5/introduction/beyond.html * http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter01/askforhelp.html http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/errors.txt ---- There are, of course, many other resources on the web. Judicious use of web-searches - and judicious selection/use of results(!) - on the error messages that you're seeing, can be a good help. Also, don't overlook the likes of: a package's own mailing lists; (at least some) reading of the package source and auxiliary files; tools like gdb & strace. hth, akh -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
