Re: [lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-28 Thread François Bissey
On 28/03/2014, at 16:24, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > François Bissey wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I suspect it may be a case of "to much knowledge is dangerous". >> >> Having some experience > > "some" experience is indeed a dangerous thing. > > in building cross compilers and bootstrapping >> systems in the

Re: [lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-28 Thread wayne mcdanolds
> 1) I read it as the gcc pass 1 build just requires the in-tree sources > of gmp, mpfr and mpc. > > Hello Rob, I agree with you about the compiling lfs (linux from scratch) from source. I have downloaded LFS v 6.3 and I am planning on compiling this. I haven't got the understanding of compilin

Re: [lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-28 Thread Bruce Dubbs
wayne mcdanolds wrote: >> 1) I read it as the gcc pass 1 build just requires the in-tree sources >> of gmp, mpfr and mpc. >> >> > Hello Rob, > I agree with you about the compiling lfs (linux from scratch) from > source. I have downloaded LFS v 6.3 and I am planning on compiling this. > I haven'

Re: [lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-27 Thread Robin
On 28 March 2014 03:07, François Bissey wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect it may be a case of "to much knowledge is dangerous". > > Having some experience in building cross compilers and bootstrapping > systems in the past I found some elements in that chapter troubling > enough to stop and post here fir

Re: [lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-27 Thread Bruce Dubbs
François Bissey wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect it may be a case of "to much knowledge is dangerous". > > Having some experience "some" experience is indeed a dangerous thing. in building cross compilers and bootstrapping > systems in the past I found some elements in that chapter troubling > enough

[lfs-support] questions about chapter 5.5.1

2014-03-27 Thread François Bissey
Hi, I suspect it may be a case of "to much knowledge is dangerous". Having some experience in building cross compilers and bootstrapping systems in the past I found some elements in that chapter troubling enough to stop and post here first: 1) There are instructions to download and unpack gmp,m