From 72b845e68138e36852a54b46657f8db376c73e12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Schafer Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 23:37:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Chapter 4 - Add paragraph about suggested working directory and file storage location. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2892 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter04/chapter04.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/chapter04/chapter04.xml b/chapter04/chapter04.xml index 92aedcac2..2f74bd1c1 100644 --- a/chapter04/chapter04.xml +++ b/chapter04/chapter04.xml @@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ unsuccessful with this you should consult the book's errata page at the alternative means of download listed at +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 $LFS/tools/src/packages for all the downloaded files and +$LFS/tools/src for the working directory. In this way, everything will be on the +LFS partition and always available. +