From eec1ca93edd2d902c25d2121438738bc702721a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Dubbs Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2013 22:17:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add additional recommendations for packages in the 'Rebooting the System' section. Remove obsolete --enable-mpbsd from gmp instructions. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10088 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter01/changelog.xml | 15 ++++++++++++ chapter06/gmp.xml | 9 +------- chapter09/reboot.xml | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index fb04074e7..539073539 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ --> + + 2013-01-01 + + + [bdubbs] - Add additional recommendations for + additional packages in the 'Rebooting the System' + section. + + + [bdubbs] - Remove obsolete --enable-mpbsd from gmp + instructions. Thanks to hauradou for the report. + + + + 2012-12-31 diff --git a/chapter06/gmp.xml b/chapter06/gmp.xml index 11c9d8f0a..d2ee64c0c 100644 --- a/chapter06/gmp.xml +++ b/chapter06/gmp.xml @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Prepare GMP for compilation: -./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd +./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx The meaning of the new configure options: @@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ - - --enable-mpbsd - - This builds the Berkeley MP compatibility library - - - Compile the package: diff --git a/chapter09/reboot.xml b/chapter09/reboot.xml index 59a24d4d2..6ab7d1c52 100644 --- a/chapter09/reboot.xml +++ b/chapter09/reboot.xml @@ -16,14 +16,51 @@ the functionality you would need to be able to continue forward. By installing a few extra packages from the BLFS book while still in our current chroot environment, you can leave yourself in a much better position to continue on - once you reboot into your new LFS installation. Installing a text mode web - browser, such as Lynx, you can easily view the BLFS book in one virtual - terminal, while building packages in another. The GPM package will also allow - you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual terminals. Lastly, if you - are in a situation where static IP configuration does not meet your networking - requirements, installing packages such as Dhcpcd or PPP at this point might - also be useful. + once you reboot into your new LFS installation. Here are some suggestions: + + + A text mode browser such as Lynx + will allow you to easily view the BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while + building packages in another. + + The GPM package will allow + you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual + terminals. + + If you are in a situation where static IP configuration + does not meet your networking requirements, installing a package + such as dhcpcd + or the client portion of dhcp may be + useful. + + Installing sudo may be useful for + building packages as a non-root user and easily installing the resulting + packages in your new system. + + If you want to access your new system from a remote system + within a comfortable GUI environment, install openssh and it's + prerequsite, openssl. + + + If one or more of your disk drives have a GUID partition + table (GPT), either gptfdisk or parted will be useful. + + + Finally, a review of configuration files such as + /etc/vimrc, /etc/dircolors, /etc/profile, /etc/bashrc, /etc/hosts, + /etc/inputrc, /etc/resolv.conf, /root/.bash_profile, and /root/.bashrc is + also appropriate at this point. + + Now that we have said that, lets move on to booting our shiny new LFS installation for the first time! First exit from the chroot environment: