[lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread Tim Tassonis
Hi all I've successully build an 64-bit lfs/blfs system that also runs very nicely and leaves next to nothing desired. Sadly, I'm getting to the point of having to use some binary-only stuff like skype and printer drivers that only exist in 32-bit variants, forcing me to have some sort of

Re: [lfs-support] init.d/functions

2015-08-24 Thread Wayne Sallee
On 08/22/2015 04:26 PM, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: Em 22-08-2015 15:39, Fernando de Oliveira escreveu: Attached, you find a patch with the necessary fix, if you don't want to modify in a non-standard way your system. It is for 5.0.0, but will probably be OK with your version. Never

Re: [lfs-support] GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 compilation error

2015-08-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
mostafa yasin wrote: Dear Colleagues, When i try to compile GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 using the make command, i found the bellow error. Please how to solve this issue. The version of the book being used:- LFS-Book 7.7 The host distribution and version being used to create LF: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

2015-08-24 Thread William Harrington
On Sun, August 23, 2015 21:35, Steve Crosby wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: MD5 support appears optional. I've only downloaded the tar.gz direct from github (latest release), but setting CRYPT, NETTLE and GCRYPT to no in the Makefile (as well

Re: [lfs-support] GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 compilation error

2015-08-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 11:38:25AM +0300, mostafa yasin wrote: Dear Colleagues, When i try to compile GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 using the make command, i found the bellow error. Please how to solve this issue. [ snipping to what is important ] The version of the book being used:-

Re: [lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread Chris Staub
On 08/24/2015 08:27 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: Hi all I've successully build an 64-bit lfs/blfs system that also runs very nicely and leaves next to nothing desired. Sadly, I'm getting to the point of having to use some binary-only stuff like skype and printer drivers that only exist in 32-bit

Re: [lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread Tim Tassonis
On 24.08.2015 18:12, Chris Staub wrote: On 08/24/2015 08:27 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: Hi all I've successully build an 64-bit lfs/blfs system that also runs very nicely and leaves next to nothing desired. Sadly, I'm getting to the point of having to use some binary-only stuff like skype and

Re: [lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread Tim Tassonis
On 24.08.2015 19:01, Chris Staub wrote: On 08/24/2015 12:48 PM, Tim Tassonis wrote: On 24.08.2015 18:12, Chris Staub wrote: On 08/24/2015 08:27 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: Hi all I've successully build an 64-bit lfs/blfs system that also runs very nicely and leaves next to nothing desired.

Re: [lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Tim Tassonis wrote: On 24.08.2015 19:01, Chris Staub wrote: Dynamic loader setup shouldn't be any different, just skip installation of whatever 32-bit libraries you don't think you need and you should be good. Also, CLFS multilib only installs 32-bit *libraries* - any packages that don't

[lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Simon Kitching
Hi All, I've just finished working through the LFS book, and am now in the middle of BLFS. Thank you all for both books - they are extremely well written. I do have a few questions/comments, and I'll start with probably the most controversial one first. Please note, however, that I'm just

Re: [lfs-support] Ping

2015-08-24 Thread Richard Melville
On 23 August 2015 at 20:40, Bruce Dubbs bruce.du...@gmail.com wrote: William Harrington wrote: Also IPV6 targets add ping6, but it also needs gcrypt or crypto support for MD5. So either openssl, gcrypt or both need to be installed before iputils for ping6. That's a deal breaker. The

[lfs-support] GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 compilation error

2015-08-24 Thread mostafa yasin
Dear Colleagues, When i try to compile GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2 using the make command, i found the bellow error. Please how to solve this issue. The version of the book being used:- LFS-Book 7.7 The host

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:50:32PM +0200, Simon Kitching wrote: Hi All, I've just finished working through the LFS book, and am now in the middle of BLFS. Thank you all for both books - they are extremely well written. I do have a few questions/comments, and I'll start with probably the

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:50:32PM +0200, Simon Kitching wrote: Hi All, I've just finished working through the LFS book, and am now in the middle of BLFS. Thank you all for both books - they are extremely well written. I do have a few questions/comments, and I'll start with

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Simon Kitching wrote: Bruce: AIUI, the main reason for moving /bin/* into /usr/bin rather than /usr/bin/* into /bin is that /etc usually needs to be writable by root, ie the filesystem on which /etc really resides must be mounted readwrite. But for clustered systems it is very desirable for the

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:52:31PM +0200, Simon Kitching wrote: Ken: just one note. A unified usr works fine with /usr on a separate filesystem. An initrd is necessary, but AIUI in simple cases it can consist of two files: busybox + a 4-line shellscript. Bloat ;-) [ busybox *and*

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread William Harrington
On Mon, August 24, 2015 16:50, Simon Kitching wrote: Hi All, Have you considered using the unified-usr approach in LFS (as used by Fedora 17+)? See: * http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove If so, is there a

Re: [lfs-support] unified usr directory

2015-08-24 Thread Simon Kitching
On 08/24/2015 09:57 PM, William Harrington wrote: Have you considered using the unified-usr approach in LFS (as used by Fedora 17+)? See: * http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove If so, is there a wiki page (or

Re: [lfs-support] Multilib support for an lfs system

2015-08-24 Thread William Harrington
On Mon, August 24, 2015 12:27, Tim Tassonis wrote: Hi all I've successully build an 64-bit lfs/blfs system that also runs very nicely and leaves next to nothing desired. Sadly, I'm getting to the point of having to use some binary-only stuff like skype and printer drivers that only exist in