when you extract the tzdata archive, is it okay to leave all the packaged files all separate in the /sources folder? or do theyhave to be in their own dedicated folder like all the other packages
On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 12:02:25PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Jared lima wrote: > > > i have solved my problem thank you guys. so all the packages that we > need > > > to compile (the.. 80 or so archives) are available as one tarball? and > i > > > wouldnt have to worry about using the unxz command on the few tar.xz > > > archives? > > > > Do not top post on this list. > > > > Yes, you need xz. You have to have all the packages mentioned in the > host > > system requirements in section 2.2. > > > > -- Bruce > > > And any recent version of tar should be able to extract .xz, .lzma, > .bz2 or .gz tar files without decompressing the tarball first, so > > tar -xf /sources/something.tar.xz [ or tar -xvf to watch it. ] > > But you still need the relevant programs for tar to invoke. > > ĸen > -- > `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good > for them.' -- Small Gods > -- > 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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