Re: creating ext4 filesystem for a new lfs build

2009-08-03 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/8/3 Justin P. Mattock justinmatt...@gmail.com: All of this lib64 stuff has me wondering do I really need this? i.g. if I set the compiler flags to x86_64 will the system be x86_64 without the need for lib64's, or  do I need the lib64's to work with things like firefox(prebuilt  x86_64)?

Re: creating ext4 filesystem for a new lfs build

2009-08-03 Thread Michael Tsang
On Monday 03 August 2009 20:04:16 Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/8/3 Justin P. Mattock justinmatt...@gmail.com: On x86_64, I use pure64. But then, I'm happy to use lilo and I've no need of pre-built binaries. Certainly, building multilib is very educational (when things go wrong). ĸen I always

Re: creating ext4 filesystem for a new lfs build

2009-08-03 Thread Justin P. Mattock
Michael Tsang wrote: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:04:16 Ken Moffat wrote: 2009/8/3 Justin P. Mattockjustinmatt...@gmail.com: On x86_64, I use pure64. But then, I'm happy to use lilo and I've no need of pre-built binaries. Certainly, building multilib is very educational (when things

re. Village Idot question. How do I start? [LFS]

2009-08-03 Thread Robert A. Lerche
I like the idea behind LFS and would like to explore all of the options. LFS offers better control over the process. LFS is an excellent project and I think it will suit your needs as a starting point; as Ken Moffat points out, you will have some further work to do on cross-platform