LFS attempts

Robert Romito robromito at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 8 11:38:51 EDT 2002


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I'm pretty sure the problems were glibc related. &nbsp;I used LFS 3.1 my first
attempt. &nbsp;I'll keep my eyes open for glibc stuff in LFS 3.2. &nbsp;Thanks for
the tips!<br>
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JJ Neff wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:20020408145902.19352.qmail at web10004.mail.yahoo.com"><pre wrap="">I saw the BLFS and the HINTS are Very helpful.  I used the "commands" file to<br>cat the command I needed in another console and then using gpm was able to<br>paste the commands right into my cmd line, no typing errors! (and very little<br>typing - i am not a good typererereadf :-)<br><br>You may have run into 2.1 glib errors, there are a few packages that need<br>patches installed if you are running a certain version of libc.  I learned<br>about /lib/libc.so.6 - a very nice way to identify your C libs.  Mandrake 8.2<br>uses 2.2.4 so I avoided many of the problems they mention. The 3.2<br>documentation I find much better than the 3.1 I tried the first time...<br><br>JJN<br>--- Robert Romito <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:robromito at yahoo.com">&lt;robromito at yahoo.com&gt;</a> wrote:<br></pre>
  <blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">Once your LFS system is working, checkout <br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org">http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org</a> for help with building up your LFS <br>system.  My first attempt at LFS resulted in massive compile errors when <br>I progressed to the chroot phase.  I'm sure I messed up one of the <br>earlier commands or packages.  LFS involves a lot of typing!  Going to <br>try again shortly.  I agree with John's advice on having something else <br>to do while your LFS system compiles.  There are a lot of steps involved <br>in LFS, but the book is organized so you can build small pieces at a <br>time.  Very helpful if you can't dedicate an entire weekend to LFS.<br><br></pre>
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