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diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index 287b94540..f3173733b 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -590,21 +590,39 @@ destroyed.</para> <sect1 id="ch-system-revisedchroot"> -<title>Revised chroot command</title> +<title>Cleaning up</title> <?dbhtml filename="revisedchroot.html" dir="chapter06"?> -<para>From now on when you exit the chroot environment and wish to reenter -it, you should run the following modified chroot command:</para> +<para>From now on, when you exit the chroot environment and wish to reenter +it, you should use the following modified chroot command:</para> <screen><userinput>chroot $LFS /usr/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ /bin/bash --login</userinput></screen> -<para>The reason being there is no longer any need to use programs from the -<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory. However, we don't -want to remove the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory -just yet. There is still some use for it towards the end of the book.</para> +<para>The reason for this is that, since the programs in <filename +class="directory">/tools</filename> are no longer needed, you may want to +delete the whole directory and regain the space. Before actually deleting the +directory, exit from chroot and reenter it with the above command. Also, before +removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, you may want to tar it +up and store it in a safe place, in case you want build another LFS system +soon.</para> + +<note><para>Removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> will also +remove the temporary copies of Tcl, Expect and DejaGnu, which were used for +running the toolchain tests. If you want to use these programs later on, you +will need to recompile and re-install them. The installation instructions are +the same as in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, apart from changing +the prefix from <emphasis>/tools</emphasis> to <emphasis>/usr</emphasis>. The +BLFS book discusses a slightly different approach to installing Tcl, see <ulink +url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para></note> + +<para>You may also want to move the packages and patches stored in <filename +class="directory">/sources</filename> to a more usual location, such as +<filename class="directory">/usr/src/packages</filename>, and remove the +directory -- or simply delete the whole directory if you've burned its contents +on a CD).</para> </sect1> |