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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-15 22:39:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-15 22:39:23 +0000 |
| commit | 8f752242daade0f5a6ef94e7bcf7b7f082f2837e (patch) | |
| tree | ccc771e9f2152f3170cddd484bc465879fb1e81c /chapter04/chapter04.xml | |
| parent | e3a72b120b009457a21026ca959c4492c9a92140 (diff) | |
Putting tarballs and patches in $LFS/sources.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2988 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter04/chapter04.xml b/chapter04/chapter04.xml index 86ce11068..36a04ae34 100644 --- a/chapter04/chapter04.xml +++ b/chapter04/chapter04.xml @@ -32,16 +32,20 @@ of the alternative means of downloading listed on <para>You'll need to store all the downloaded packages and patches somewhere that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. You'll also need a working directory in which to unpack the sources and build them. A scheme that -works well is to use <filename>$LFS/tools/sources/packages</filename> for the -tarballs, and <filename>$LFS/tools/sources</filename> as the working directory -<emphasis>and</emphasis> as the place to store the patches. In this way, -everything will be on the LFS partition and available during all stages of the -building process.</para> +works well is to use <filename>$LFS/sources</filename> as the place to store +the tarballs and patches, <emphasis>and</emphasis> as a working directory. +This way everything you need will be located on the LFS partition and available +during all stages of the building process.</para> -<para>So you may want to execute the following command before starting -your download session:</para> +<para>So you may want to execute, as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, the following +command before starting your download session:</para> -<screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS/tools/sources/packages</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> + +<para>And make this directory writable (and sticky) for your normal user -- as +you won't do the downloading as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, we guess:</para> + +<screen><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> <!-- <para>For your convenience the top of the list contains a link to a file |