From: Heiko Z. <hz...@pr...> - 2003-06-13 13:16:49
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On 06/13/2003 08:35:16 AM Bruce Smith wrote: >> >I just found this: >> >http://www.linux4geeks.de/ >> > >> >Should we ask them if we can get access to their build system? This= >> >way we could update our base LFS system much more easily, don't you= >> >think so? >> >> I think it' s a good idea. Building a LFS system takes a lot of time= >and >> when somebody is talking care if this task..... >> I have only 2 concerns: >> 1) can this system be compiled for other CPUs (e.g. 486) ? >> 2) will it always be clean and small, or will they add X, KDE, etc ?= >> >> We don't even need a "real", working distro. That's the benefit when= >we >> just chroot into it. ;-) > >Can you guys give me more details about how LFS and DL go together? LFS is only supposed to be a defined compile Platfom for DL. We don't want to get it running with any distro, we want to be able to = mess up the build system without interfering with the "real" OS. By being based on one defined build system (LFS), it should be fairly e= asy to port DL to another platform (e.g. PPC). >I understand that we chroot to a LFS system, used to build DL, but how= >much of the base LFS system goes into the final DL ISO? Are parts of >the LFS system copied over to DL, or is LFS just a tool to build DL? We still copy a few parts, but we try to compile almost everything on o= ur own. By doing this we asure, that we use the correct version of a program. Binutils or GCC are a good example. >And how is the LFS tar image on the DL FTP site created? Is it just >downloaded from the LFS web site, or custom created by DL developers? I usually create this tarball by hand. Compile everything, strip it, remove man pages and other crap. After th= at I upload it to the FTP Server. cya Heiko = |