Changeset 970f0b3

Timestamp:

04/16/2001 11:54:45 PM (23 years ago)

Author:

Simon Perreault <nomis80@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, v3_0, v3_1, v3_2, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

0c21363e

Parents:

1cf7b9e

Message:

Put the libncurses.a thingie before we start installing bash.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@524 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter05/bash-inst.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter05/bash-inst.xml

@@ -1 +1 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Bash</title>
+
+<para>
+Bash needs a static ncurses library that goes by the name of libcurses.a. Some
+distributions provide this file under the name of libncurses.a. If this is the
+case of your distribution, run the following two commands to fix the problem:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Note: Normally, the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
+but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). Check this
+first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+        <userinput>cd /usr/lib &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+        <userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput>
+</literallayout></blockquote>
 
 <para>
@@ -14 +31 @@
         <userinput>cd $LFS/bin &amp;&amp;</userinput>
         <userinput>ln -s bash sh</userinput>
-</literallayout></blockquote>
-
-<para>
-If you get errors when compiling bash that tell about not being able to
-find <quote>-lcurses</quote>, these two commands should be run to create the
-missing symlink:
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Note: Normally, the libncurses.a file resides in the /usr/lib directory
-but it might reside in /lib (like it does on LFS systems). Check this
-first and adjust the path in the following commands accordingly:
-</para>
-
-<blockquote><literallayout>
-        <userinput>cd /usr/lib &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-        <userinput>ln -s libncurses.a libcurses.a</userinput>
 </literallayout></blockquote>