On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Jared lima <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:15 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Jared lima <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> okay so do i uncompress and extract it anyways? also ialready did the >>> glibc-2.24 archive and there isnt a /build directory in it... does that get >>> created at a later time? >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:10 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Jared lima < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ok, so when i run that command, i should expect the creation of a >>>>> folder containing the contents like what the other packages make? >>>>> >>>>> because when i ran the command to extract a tar.gz file, this archive >>>>> dumped all the contents into the "root directory" for /sources. it didn't >>>>> create its own folder. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Jared lima < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> okay, but when i ran the wget-list command to download all the >>>>>>> packages in a previous chapter, it downloaded a "tzdata2016f.tar.gz" >>>>>>> archive. do i ignore the archive thats all by itsself or what? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Douglas R. Reno < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> tzdata2016f is a separate file archive. We use that "tar -xf ..." >>>>>> command to untar it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> When you decompress that package, because of the way that it is >>>> created, it does not create a separate directory. Our instructions have it >>>> unpacked in the "glibc-2.24/build" directory. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> You create that directory as part of the compilation process. >> >> Do not unpack all of the tarballs at one time. Some of them are rebuilt >> in Chapter 6 - and you will cause yourself a ton of problems that way. >> Unpack them as you need them and delete the build directories after you >> have finished compiling the package. >> >> Also, and I just noticed this thanks to my crappy mail client - please >> don't top post. >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> oh so, just go down the list of the compiling process, and extract the > one needed? > > Yes :)
-- 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
