Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-02 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 10:02:37PM -0400, alupu wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Ken Moffat k...@linuxfromscratch.org wrote: I'm still having trouble understanding this : you're saying that you are in chroot building lfs-dev, and symlinks in your original install are breaking, causing

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-02 Thread alupu
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Chris Staub ch...@beaker67.com wrote. Hi Chris, I think the main problem here is that youse guys have not read my original post in any depth. Let me be very clear: You DON'T have to. Nor to give any reason for not going over it at all or in any meaningful

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-02 Thread Chris Staub
alupu wrote: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Chris Staub ch...@beaker67.com wrote. Hi Chris, I think the main problem here is that youse guys have not read my original post in any depth. Let me be very clear: You DON'T have to. Nor to give any reason for not going over it at all or

Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread alupu
Hi, If true, this should go to the attention of LFS Developers. If specific to my type configuration, maybe in a Wiki, to whom it may concern. If wrong, please disregard. Before installing the 5.7, on my ncurses-5.4 system (circa Oct. 2005), I had this chain of five links:

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
alupu wrote: If true, this should go to the attention of LFS Developers. If specific to my type configuration, maybe in a Wiki, to whom it may concern. There are quite a few things that you have not mentioned. The instructions for the entire book have been checked with an automated

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread alupu
Hi Bruce, On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: are there any exceptions you may have to the prereqs that are specified in section iv. Host System Requirements? 1. None that I know of. The steps ran successfully (as far as they went). Nothing seems to have

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 07:08:46PM -0400, alupu wrote: what is your host system? 3. Sorry, my fault. I thought the problem was independent of the particular host system. A few details (more can be provided, upon request): i686-pc-linux-gnu, (B)LFS. Kernel: 2.6.28.8, Udev: 141 One

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread alupu
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Ken Moffat k...@linuxfromscratch.org wrote: I'm still having trouble understanding this : you're saying that you are in chroot building lfs-dev, and symlinks in your original install are breaking, causing problems in e.g. Vim. Note that at this point in a normal

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread Chris Staub
alupu wrote: Hi Ken, Rarely have I seen two _totally_ disjointed conversations! I take just your first paragraph above as an example. Where did you see me using the words: - chroot You did say that the problem is in Chapter 6, in which you are (supposed to be) inside a chroot

Re: Error in NCURSES-5.7 Procedure?

2009-05-01 Thread Chris Staub
I just noticed this... alupu wrote: Hi Bruce, 4. Chapter 6 (chapter 5 procedure, which I suppose is for installing ncurses for the first time, is very simple, not containing the more sophisticated steps of 6, as seen in my post.) which I suppose is for installing ncurses for the first