On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:41:31 -0500 Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Stephen Berman wrote: >> On Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:39:22 +0200 "Michael D." <lfs-supp...@cosis.dk> wrote: >> >>> There is no problem in skipping Chapter 8, you can always do that later. >>> >>> If you want to install software, you can do it from your Debian >>> Installation - >>> you just use Chroot (Just like when you installed the LFS-System). >> [...] >>> One thing though - until you get Wget, Lynx or similar program installed, >>> you >>> have to download software with you Debian, and then copy the software >>> packages >>> into the LFS system. >> >> I installed many BLFS packages in chroot, but when I tried downloading >> them with wget, it failed with this message: "unable to resolve host >> address ‘www.x.org’", so I had to download them in the host system. I >> assume this is because I was connected to the internet in the host >> system but not in chroot (in particular, my /etc/resolv.conf is >> generated by dhcpcd, which was not running in chroot). Is it possible >> to connect to the internet in chroot while being connected in the host >> system? (I suppose I could just try that sometime, but maybe someone >> here happens to know the answer.) > > > You can run the host debian to retrieve files and build in chroot. Use the > host's browser or wget to directly save where the files are available in > chroot. > > For instance, I use /usr/src/<package>/* to hold my source tarballs and build > scripts. If on the host, just do: > > cd /mnt/lfs/usr/src/<package> > wget <package>.tar.xz > > Then change to the chroot window and build. Yes, that is precisely what I did. Are you implying you can't get an internet connection in chroot or it's just easier to use the host? (Though I just saw Armin K.'s followup indicating it does work in chroot.) Steve Berman -- 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
