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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-07 22:22:28 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-07 22:22:28 +0000
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Small fish.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2937 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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@@ -27,19 +27,21 @@ published, please try to google for the package. Should you remain
unsuccessful with this, you can consult the book's errata page at
<ulink url="http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/print/"/> or try
the alternative means of downloading given at
-<ulink url="http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/packages.html"/></para>
+<ulink url="http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/packages.html"/>.</para>
<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>$LFS/tools/src/packages</filename> for all the
-downloaded files and <filename>$LFS/tools/src</filename> for the working
-directory. In this way, everything will be on the LFS partition and always
-available.</para>
-
-<para>Ater each package installation you should normally delete the source and
-build directories (for cleanness sake and to save space),
-<emphasis>unless</emphasis> instructed to do otherwise.</para>
+works well is to use <filename>$LFS/usr/src/packages</filename> for all the
+downloaded files and <filename>$LFS/usr/src</filename> as the working
+directory. In this way, everything will be on the LFS partition and available
+during all stages of the building process.</para>
+
+<!--
+<para>So you may want to execute the following command:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS/usr/src/packages</userinput></screen></para>
+-->
<!--
<para>For your convenience the top of the list contains a link to a file