On Fri, 2015-01-02 at 21:27 -0500, Lildeanhead wrote: > When reading the LFS Book, chapter 5.1 says the temporary tools will > be installed in $LFS/tools, but the configure scripts are passed > PREFIX=/tools > > > Wouldn't this install to /tools on the host system rather > than /mnt/lfs/tools so they can be accessed while in the chroot?
That's why we create the /tools -> $LFS/tools symlink. Anything installing into /tools on the host is really installing to $LFS/tools, but in such a way that hard-coded references to paths will work fine inside the chroot environment (where $LFS/tools becomes /tools). Simon. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
