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| author | Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@neuf.fr> | 2022-11-26 09:27:58 +0100 |
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| committer | Pierre Labastie <pierre.labastie@neuf.fr> | 2022-11-26 09:27:58 +0100 |
| commit | 295e337887a38caaead4888e441deb620c374e14 (patch) | |
| tree | c7b18ee412cb0912b0ca933b4273b238d198c525 | |
| parent | aea16f699ed1fac8534d6599cc56de694ebf64c2 (diff) | |
Add note and warning about /usr/lib64
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/creatingdirs.xml | 11 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml b/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml index 6b339344b..cab023a49 100644 --- a/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml +++ b/chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml @@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ esac</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> + <note> + <para> + LFS editors have deliberately decided not to use a + <filename class="directory">/usr/lib64</filename> directory. Several + steps are taken so that the toolchain does not use it. If for any + reason this directory appears (either because you made an error in + following the instructions, or because you install a binary package that + creates it after finishing LFS), it may break the instructions given in + the book. You should often ensure that this directory is non-existent. + </para> + </note> + </sect1> diff --git a/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml index 35a0a9003..0bb75fd5d 100644 --- a/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter07/creatingdirs.xml @@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp</userinput></screen> directories that are really necessary. However, feel free to create more directories, if you wish. </para> + <warning> + <para> + The FHS does not enforce the existence of the directory + <filename class="directory">/usr/lib64</filename>, and the LFS editors + have decided not to use it. For the instructions in LFS and BLFS to work, + it is imperative that this directory be non-existent. You should often + check that it does not exist, because it is easy to inadvertently + create it, which will likely break your system. + </para> + </warning> + </sect2> </sect1> |