[lfs-support] Fw: Re: Fw: Re: /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
--- On Mon, 2/17/14, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > That's so > we don't operate (strip) on a running program.  After > that's > done, look at 6.66. Cleaning > Up.  At that point we are done with /tools. > I see - finally :) Thanks again. -Joel -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-su

Re: [lfs-support] Fw: Re: /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
joel kammet wrote: > Section 6.65, Stripping Again uses /tools/bin/bash when re-entering > the chroot environment and then /tools/bin/find and /tools/bin/strip. > I don't suppose it matters, but I was just wondering if there was any > particular reason that you don't use the bash, find and strip t

[lfs-support] Fw: Re: /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
--- On Mon, 2/17/14, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > From: Bruce Dubbs > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory > To: "joel kammet" , "LFS Support List" > > Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 10:34 PM > joel kammet wrote: > > But why do you still use /tools/bin/  for > bash, file, & strip on page 202

Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
joel kammet wrote: > But why do you still use /tools/bin/ for bash, file, & strip on page 202? Please don't top post. What is on page 202? We work from section numbers/names, not the pdf. The page numbers can change, sometimes radically during a nightly build. -- Bruce -- http://linuxf

Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
But why do you still use /tools/bin/  for bash, file, & strip on page 202? From: Bruce Dubbs To: joel kammet ; LFS Support List Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory joel kammet wrote: > Greetings. > > Workin

Re: [lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
joel kammet wrote: > Greetings. > > Working my way through my first build of LFS 7.4. I'm wondering, > after building and installing all of the packages in Chapter 6, can > the /tools directory be deleted? I see that find and strip are used > in Section 6.65, but we have new copies of those in /b

[lfs-support] /tools directory

2014-02-17 Thread joel kammet
Greetings. Working my way through my first build of LFS 7.4.  I'm wondering, after building and installing all of the packages in Chapter 6, can the /tools directory be deleted?  I see that find and strip are used in Section 6.65, but we have new copies of those in /bin and /usr/bin. Also, reg

Re: [lfs-support] systemd versus sysvinit

2014-02-17 Thread Frans de Boer
On 02/16/2014 12:59 PM, Frans de Boer wrote: > Dear All, > > It looks like most Linux distributions are switching to systemd from > sysvinit. As Bruce is even one of the (co-?)authors of systemd, the > knowledge is already in the house. Why would (x)LFS stick to sysvinit > while the rest of the wor

Re: [lfs-support] Basic Kernel Configuration

2014-02-17 Thread Armin K.
On 02/17/2014 12:14 PM, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > It is a very good work, would have saved me some days, perhaps months, > as the first build, I gave up, in the past. Thanks. > > Optional, for "VMware virtual machines": it could be interpreted > incorrectly as optional for VM... I would thi

Re: [blfs-support] WebKitGTK-1/Flash

2014-02-17 Thread Aleksandar Kuktin
>On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 12:17:29 + (GMT) >Richard wrote: > In keeping with the theme of Fernando's original suggestion, I have > the source for 'surf' and it was simple to add a dozen lines of C to > iterate over the entire plugin list and output the descriptions (and > enabled flag) for each. >

Re: [lfs-support] [Clfs-support] CLFS eudev vs LFS udev

2014-02-17 Thread William Harrington
On Feb 16, 2014, at 3:24 PM, Alexey Orishko wrote: > I'm aiming at minimum changes needed while moving from legacy udev. Since udev was merged with systemd, Gentoo crated eudev which is explained here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/eudev/ LFS extracted udev from systemd and created Makefile

Re: [lfs-support] Basic Kernel Configuration

2014-02-17 Thread Fernando de Oliveira
Em 16-02-2014 12:49, Armin K. escreveu: > On 02/16/2014 02:38 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 01:04:12AM +0100, Armin K. wrote: >>> Hello there, >>> >>> I have been spending my time on LFS IRC for a long time now and have >>> noticed that most users who come for help there get stuc

Re: [lfs-support] systemd versus sysvinit

2014-02-17 Thread Richard
As a new and inexperienced member of an established community, I try to keep my mouth shut and avoid interfering. Occasionally I feel strongly enough on a subject to speak out and I hope that the below does not upset too many people... > - Original Message - > From: Frans de Boer > ...