Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Mikie wrote: >> Then you need to rm -rf /tools/*, go back to the part where you create >> the lfs user and its environment, and do everything from that point on. > > What is the difference using another user and substituting that username > elsewhere in the book? > Is the LFS user hardcoded in t

Re: lfs usergroup presentation and logging aid

2010-01-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Robert C. Hansen wrote: [...] > notes on logdir > 1. DO NOT make logdir executable ( invoke by . or source ) AFAIK, "execute" access for directories has to do with whether one can "cd" or access to the directory, not whether files within it may be executed. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf

Re: GRUB configure error in LFS 6.5

2010-01-04 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Felipe Sá wrote: > Still, I don't understand what specifically was determinant for this > result: the fact that I used --disable-multilib in GCC configure or the > fact that my host system was an Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. Using a 64bit host determines that LFS is 64-bit. It's not a cross-build metho

Re: GRUB configure error in LFS 6.5

2010-01-04 Thread Felipe Sá
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Felipe Sá wrote: > >> When I try to configure GRUB-0.97 in section 8.4 of LFS 6.5 I get an >> error saying that C compiler cannot create executables. Other previous >> compiles were fine. Can anyone help? >> > > LFS-6.5 uses grub legacy and that can't be built on an x

Re: Stuck at 5.7.1

2010-01-04 Thread Jan-Christoph Bornschlegel
Am Montag 04 Januar 2010 03:50:41 schrieb Simon Geard: > 100% correct. It *is* for advanced people, quite intentionally. It's > intended for those people who are interested in understanding things > like how the toolchain works, how everything fits together. Not to mention all whose job is packagi