1 | These are the TODO items for the next LFS release (3.0):
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3 | * After entering chroot check the $TERM variable and set it properly if
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4 | needed
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6 | * Add dedicated package version number entities (to avoid having to make
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7 | changes to 2-7 files to just change the version number of a package).
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9 | * Get rid of the codes 'pp' in chapter 5 entities, 'in' in chapter 6
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10 | entities and the like with other chapters.
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12 | * Re-arrange the list in chapter 3 to match the order in which
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13 | packages are installed.
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15 | * Find out why zoneinfo file are not installed when installing Glibc in
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16 | chapter 6
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17 |
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18 | From an email to lfs-discuss:
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19 |
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20 | I agree. Let me ask you this, though. Is there anything that
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21 | doesn't get
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22 | installed besides the zoneinfo? I figured out how to install that
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23 | manually, if it's all that's missing. It's simply:
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24 | zic /path/to/glibc/source/timezone/<continent>
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25 | If that's all it's missing, no need to install a static perl even.
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26 |
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27 | * Full dependency list. This list isn't a list of "package a depends on
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28 | package b" but a list like "package b depends on the files c, d and e
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29 | from package f".
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30 |
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31 | * Bring the book up to speed with the current FHS specs.
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32 |
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33 | * Mention security patches that can be applied to packages.
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34 |
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35 | * At the end of the book suggest the user create the /etc/lfs-<version>
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36 | file and give a few reasons why the user would want
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37 | such a file (example: it's easy to forget after a while which LFS version
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38 | you run; it makes debugging easier for us knowing which LFS version a user
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39 | is running).
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40 |
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41 | * Check to see if we need the configparms file when installing Glibc.
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42 | Rumours have it that the --prefix=/usr we use causes
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43 | slibdir=/lib and sysconfdir=/etc to be assumed.
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44 |
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45 | * Explain how changing runlevels works. Use the file written by Simon
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46 | Perreault at http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/runlevels.txt
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47 |
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48 | * Don't run lilo from inside chroot anymore. This causes severe problems
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49 | sometimes including LILO not bootstrapping properly.
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50 |
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51 | * Bring back the PPC book (recreate from scratch using current intel
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52 | book) using Jesse McCrosky's notes at
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53 | http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/ppc-notes.txt
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54 | and the patch to the 'patch' package at:
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55 | http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/ppc-patch.patch
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56 |
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57 | * Add descriptions what the patches do we use (like the console-tools and gzip
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58 | patches)
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59 |
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60 | * Try out Slackware's MAKEDEV script and see if it's any better than the
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61 | currently used one. A copy can be found at
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62 | http://download.linuxfromscratch.org/misc/Slackware-MAKEDEV
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63 |
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64 | * Sed'ing the MAKEDEV script gives us hda[1-20], hdb[1-20] and so forth.
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65 | Mention that all of these can't actually be used due to kernel
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66 | limitations (IDE goes to 16 max for example).
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67 |
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68 | * Type in chapter 2 - how to install software: Last paragraph:
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69 | s/There is on exception/There is one exception/
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70 |
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71 | * Rewrite chapter 2 a little bit. Add that export LFS=/mnt/lfs could be
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72 | added to root's .bash_profile/.bashrc (outside chroot) to make sure
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73 | that between build sessions the variable is still set.
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74 |
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75 | * Add to chapter 2 how to use .gz files (not just .tar.gz)
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76 |
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77 | * Mention LFS should be installed as user root
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78 |
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79 | * 'init S' has been reported not to work properly. Test this.
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80 |
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81 | * Add netkit-base and net-tools to Appendix A.
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82 |
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83 | * Use /etc/HOSTNAME for setting the hostname. This is a bit more
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84 | compliant with other distributions and therefore less confusing to
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85 | people.
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86 |
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87 | * Suggest using this command to strip debug symbols after you finish
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88 | chapter 6: find $LFS -type f -exec strip --strip-debug '{}' ';'
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89 |
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90 | * Modify the killproc function in the functions script. Right now it
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91 | works roughly as follows: killl, wait 2 secs, check if pid's are gone.
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92 | If not, kill with -KILL (aka -9), wait 2 secs, checkif pid's are gone.
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93 | If no, print error message.
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94 |
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95 | Change this into: kill, don't wait 2 secs but check for pid's right
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96 | away. If pid's are still there, then wait 2 seconds and kill -KILL,
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97 | wait, if pid's still there, print error. Most daemons will exit
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98 | immediately and the 2 second wait for every daemon slows things down
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99 | unnessary.
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100 |
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