On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Jared lima <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have already asked this but i figured i should make a dedicated post for > this, plus my question still hasnt exactly been answered > > Using LFS 7.10 stable, > > Chapter 5.3, the part where you extract all the downloaded packages before > compiling. > > When i extract the tzdata2016f.tar.gz archive, it puts all the contents > into the source directory /mnt/lfs/sources , aka the folder where all the > downloaded packages are. > > it doesn't create its own "protected" directory for all the files like all > the other packages make. > > so im a bit confused if thats normal or not. i was told that the book > extracts tzdata from within the glibc-2.24/build directory. > > so should i just move on, and let the extracted files rest inside the > "root directory" of the location of all the extracted sources > (/mnt/lfs/sources), or do i need to create a directory for tzdata2016f and > change the permissions to what the others are? > > > im sorry, this stuff is just a bit confusing to me. > > Hello, In the book, tzdata is installed as part of the glibc page. We assume that you are in the glibc-(insert version here)/build directory when you unpack that tarball. Yes, it is a separate package theoretically, but as far as I understand, it made sense for us to keep it in that page.
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