From: Bruce Dubbs<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 21:40 To: LFS Support List<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lfs-support] systemd compilation documentation missing a step Douglas R. Reno wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > >> prime gonzola wrote: >> >>> >>> From: Bruce Dubbs<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September >>> 12, 2016 04:22 To: LFS Support >>> List<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: >>> >>> [lfs-support] systemd compilation documentation missing a step >>> >>> prime gonzola wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am using the system version 7.10. After unpacking the sources >>>> system-231, the documentation states you need run configure. That >>>> file does not exist i.e. you need to run autogen.sh first which will >>>> generate the configure file. >>>> >>>> The documentation does not mention this step as far as I remember >>>> and see at >>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable-systemd/chapter0 >>>> 6/systemd.html >>>> >>> >>> >>>> Did you check the md5sum? >>> >>> $ md5sum systemd-231.tar.xz 2647855c8f9cdf824953f1091db2d2b2 >>> systemd-231.tar.xz >>> >>> $ tar -tf systemd-231.tar.xz|grep configure systemd-231/configure >>> systemd-231/configure.ac >>> >>> -- Bruce >>> >>> No I did not and should have, my bad. After backtracking I found that I >>> downloaded the version from the mentioned homepage at >>> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ Instead of >>> downloading it from linuxfromscratch.org. Upgrading from sysv version >>> to the system version and I did not check. >>> >>> Sorry for wasting your time on something that obvious and I should have >>> known better as the sysv manual was perfect. I am very new to the Linux >>> community so I assumed version numbers are key especially coming from >>> the official site. Does this mean that someone took the official >>> version, repacked it for LFS specific? >>> >> >> I'm not sure. I don't do systemd, but I think the upstream version is raw >> and the package on anduin is repackaged just to include configure. >> >> Douglas, should we be doing that? It would be more consistent to just run >> autogen. > No, we have to generate our own because of the following files being > included: > > README.md \ > .dir-locals.el \ > .editorconfig \ > .vimrc \ > .ycm_extra_conf.py \ > .travis.yml \ > .mailmap > > Also, the raw upstream tarball does not come with any documentation > (including man pages). We have to generate those as well. Thanks for reminding me. The real reason is the man pages. Within LFS we do not have the tools to create them. Those are in BLFS. -- Bruce Thanks for clarification and insight! Prime -- 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
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