Changeset f3fb6ce

Timestamp:

03/22/2012 09:04:08 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pierre@…>

Branches:

ablfs

Children:

18c1c95

Parents:

dcb29a9

Message:

Add a script to install the blfs tools to an already running system

Files:

• README.BLFS (modified) (3 diffs)
• install-blfs-tools.sh (added)

README.BLFS

@@ -14 +14 @@
 
      That being said, the goal of the blfs-tool is to help you solve package
-  dependencies, create build scripts and a Makefile. Few of the auto-generated
+  dependencies, create build scripts and a Makefile. Not all the auto-generated
   build scripts and Makefile will work "as is", thus, as a general rule,
   you will need to review and edit the scripts while reading the book.
@@ -62 +62 @@
   3.2  BLFS_TOOL INSTALLATION::
 
+    3.2.1 Normal install
        The tools are installed just after the building of xLFS, if the
     appropriate options have been selected in the building menu, as per
@@ -99 +100 @@
     envars.conf             envars needed when running the target build scripts
 
-  Several files are generated during the process:
+    3.2.2 Install to an already running LFS/BLFS system
+       If you forgot to install the tools when building xLFS, or want to try
+    the tools, you can just run the install-blfs-tools.sh script. It will
+    create the above hierarchy in your home directory and intialize the
+    tracking file. You have first to make sure that the tracking dir exists
+    and is writable by the user. You may also populate it with (empty) files
+    whose names are of the form package-version, for installed packages, so
+    that they are included into the tracking file.
+    3.3.3 Working files
+        Several files are generated during the process:
 
     packages.xml            auto-generated packages database