[lfs-dev] Why are static X libraries built?

2016-08-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear LFS folks, When building libXrandr 1.5.0 [1] I see the following in the configure output. ``` $ /dev/shm/bee-root/libXrandr/libXrandr-1.5.0-0/source/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --sysconfdir=/etc --sharedstatedir=/var --locals

Re: [lfs-dev] [solved] Why are static X libraries built?

2016-08-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear William, On 08/11/16 15:14, William Harrington wrote: On Thu, August 11, 2016 09:41, Paul Menzel wrote: When building libXrandr 1.5.0 [1] I see the following in the configure output. ``` $ /dev/shm/bee-root/libXrandr/libXrandr-1.5.0-0/source/configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin

Re: [lfs-dev] Security Certificate for linuxfromscratch.org

2016-08-22 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Bruce, On 08/22/16 05:47, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Rical Jasan wrote: Dudes and Dudettes, Why do you not have a certificate for your site? Send me a CSR, and I will get one for you. It is not needed. Everything is public. It’s not only about encryption. It’s about authentication. Right n

Re: [lfs-dev] Security Certificate for linuxfromscratch.org

2016-08-22 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Tim, On 08/22/16 10:29, Tim Tassonis wrote: On August 22, 2016 10:08:42 Paul Menzel wrote: Dear Bruce, On 08/22/16 05:47, Bruce Dubbs wrote: Rical Jasan wrote: Dudes and Dudettes, Why do you not have a certificate for your site? Send me a CSR, and I will get one for you. It is

[lfs-dev] systemd-udevd: Specified group 'kvm' unknown

2018-02-21 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear BLFS folks, systemd 237 [1] installs the udev rule `/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules`, which contains the line below. ``` KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm" ``` As the group `kvm` is only added in the BLFS QEMU chapter [2], the error below is sho

Re: [lfs-dev] systemd-udevd: Specified group 'kvm' unknown

2018-02-21 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Armin, Am 21.02.2018 um 18:04 schrieb Armin K.: On 21.2.2018. 10:09, Paul Menzel wrote: systemd 237 [1] installs the udev rule `/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules`, which contains the line below. ``` KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+

Re: [lfs-dev] Future of i686 builds (in gcc, et al.)

2018-03-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Paul, Am Mittwoch, den 07.03.2018, 11:57 -0800 schrieb Paul Rogers: […] > So, as I now work through LFS-8.1, and read the options in building > gcc and other places, it seems to me kernel 4.x-based software has > just gotten too "heavy" for i686 to be a reasonable build. Could you please

[lfs-dev] Adding time zone data: Missing `/usr/share/zoneinfo`

2018-03-16 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear LFS folks, Reading *6.9.2.2. Adding time zone data*, shouldn’t the directory `zoneinfo` be copied to `/usr/share/`, and not only the files `*.tab`? At least, that’s the way on a Debian Stretch/stable system. Kind regards, Paul smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -