Re: [Devil-linux-develop] something that might be useful to update our LFS system

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> >> >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 easy
> to port DL to another platform (e.g. PPC).

OK, makes sense.  That's how I "assumed" it was.

> >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 our
> 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 that I
> upload it to the FTP Server.

Would the only advantage of using  www.linux4geeks.de  be that you no
longer have to create the LFS tarball by hand?  Or is there other
advantages that I'm not seeing?

(I'm not saying that the single advantage is not enough to justify the
move, just trying to understand it more completely)

Thanks, Bruce.