On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 2:17 AM, Douglas R. Reno <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 > > ok so just to clarify, star with binutils, then GCC, then the api headers, etc etc
-- 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
