1 | These are the TODO items for the next LFS release (3.0):
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3 | * Re-arrange the list in chapter 3 to match the order in which
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4 | packages are installed.
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6 | * Full dependency list. This list isn't a list of "package a depends on
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7 | package b" but a list like "package b depends on the files c, d and e
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8 | from package f".
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9 |
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10 | * Bring the book up to speed with the current FHS specs.
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11 |
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12 | * Mention security patches that can be applied to packages.
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13 |
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14 | * At the end of the book suggest the user create the /etc/lfs-<version>
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15 | file and give a few reasons why the user would want
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16 | such a file (example: it's easy to forget after a while which LFS version
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17 | you run; it makes debugging easier for us knowing which LFS version a user
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18 | is running).
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19 |
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20 | * Check to see if we need the configparms file when installing Glibc.
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21 | Rumours have it that the --prefix=/usr we use causes
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22 | slibdir=/lib and sysconfdir=/etc to be assumed.
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23 |
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24 | * Explain how changing runlevels works. Use the file written by Simon
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25 | Perreault at http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/runlevels.txt
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26 |
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27 | * Don't run lilo from inside chroot anymore. This causes severe problems
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28 | sometimes including LILO not bootstrapping properly.
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29 |
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30 | * Bring back the PPC book (recreate from scratch using current intel
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31 | book) using Jesse McCrosky's notes at
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32 | http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/ppc-notes.txt
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33 |
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34 | * Add descriptions what the patches do we use (like the console-tools and gzip
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35 | patches)
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36 |
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37 | * Try out Slackware's MAKEDEV script and see if it's any better than the
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38 | currently used one. A copy can be found at
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39 | http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/Slackware-MAKEDEV
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40 |
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41 | * Sed'ing the MAKEDEV script gives us hda[1-20], hdb[1-20] and so forth.
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42 | Mention that all of these can't actually be used due to kernel
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43 | limitations (IDE goes to 16 max for example).
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44 |
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45 | * Install Glibc in chapter 6. This means chapter 5 needs mawk,
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46 | texinfo and msgfmt from gettext added as extra static packages. Test if
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47 | this really works and doesn't have unexpected problems. mawk needs the
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48 | CFLAGS=-static variable during the compile stage, texinfo needs
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49 | LDFLAGS=-static and msgfmt from gettext needs to be compiled with:
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50 | cd src && make LDDFLAGS=-all-static msgfmt
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51 |
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52 |
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53 | * Type in chapter 2 - how to install software: Last paragraph:
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54 | s/There is on exception/There is one exception/
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55 |
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56 | * Rewrite chapter 2 a little bit. Add that export LFS=/mnt/lfs could be
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57 | added to root's .bash_profile/.bashrc (outside chroot) to make sure
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58 | that between build sessions the variable is still set.
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59 |
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60 | * Add to chapter 2 how to use .gz files (not just .tar.gz)
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61 |
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62 | * Mention LFS should be installed as user root
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63 |
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64 | * 'init S' has been reported not to work properly. Test this.
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65 |
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66 | * Add netkit-base and net-tools to Appendix A.
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67 |
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68 | * Use /etc/HOSTNAME for setting the hostname. This is a bit more
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69 | compliant with other distributions and therefore less confusing to
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70 | people.
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71 |
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72 | * Suggest using this command to strip debug symbols after you finish
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73 | chapter 6: find $LFS -type f -exec strip --strip-debug '{}' ';'
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74 |
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75 | * Modify the killproc function in the functions script. Right now it
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76 | works roughly as follows: killl, wait 2 secs, check if pid's are gone.
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77 | If not, kill with -KILL (aka -9), wait 2 secs, checkif pid's are gone.
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78 | If no, print error message.
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79 |
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80 | Change this into: kill, don't wait 2 secs but check for pid's right
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81 | away. If pid's are still there, then wait 2 seconds and kill -KILL,
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82 | wait, if pid's still there, print error. Most daemons will exit
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83 | immediately and the 2 second wait for every daemon slows things down
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84 | unnessary.
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85 |
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86 |
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