diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter04/chapter04.xml | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/introduction.xml | 4 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter04/chapter04.xml b/chapter04/chapter04.xml index 2ba008db2..c4092747f 100644 --- a/chapter04/chapter04.xml +++ b/chapter04/chapter04.xml @@ -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 diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml index faf94c045..37866e207 100644 --- a/chapter05/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter05/introduction.xml @@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ warnings -- mostly about deprecated, but not invalid, use of the C or C++ syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para> +<para><emphasis>Unless</emphasis> told not to, you should normally delete the +source and build directories after installing each package -- for cleanness +sake and to save space.</para> + <para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up properly by executing the following:</para> |