On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:11 PM, Baho Utot <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/6/2018 3:42 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> On 06/06/2018 02:05 PM, charith madhuranga wrote: >> >>> I think its better to include about package-management in lfs book.At >>> least about popular one like deb or rpm . It will help reader to get a >>> proper idea about package-management in linux and how they function to make >>> linux system management easy for the users.Lack of documentation about how >>> to combine the lfs knowledge with package-managment make it >>> frustrating.Please be kind enough to consider about above matter and share >>> your knowledge with us. >>> >> >> Have you read Section 6.3? What wording would you suggest? Note that >> rpm and apt-get are not easily supported in source based installations. >> >> -- Bruce >> >> > > I build rpm into the base system.Tools is straight forward, chapter 6 > needs some tickling but it can be did. > > I would be very interested to see detailed steps for adding a package manager like rpm or apt to an existing LFS system. I also volunteer to help test and provide feedback for that. This would be fascinating because it would give insight into how someone could create their own Linux distro. I'm particularly interested in creating a tiny Linux that can be downloaded and installed by others, then expanded easily to suit their needs. It would be fun to see how small that download could be made, yet still contain enough that people could easily download and install binary packages of their choice. - Don
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