Changeset 856169b

Timestamp:

02/23/2022 04:45:10 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

f7cac90f

Parents:

f0275e9 (diff), a8c8498 (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Files:

• INSTALL (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter03/introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/glibc.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• part3intro/generalinstructions.xml (modified) (1 diff)

INSTALL

@@ -19 +19 @@
   - https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/libxslt.html
 
-* DocBook DTD
-  - https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/xml.html
+* DocBook 4.5 XML DTD
+  - https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/docbook.html
 
 * DocBook XSL Stylesheets

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -14 +14 @@
   order to build a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to
   versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on
-  their use. We highly recommend against using newer versions because the build
-  commands for one version may not work with a newer version. The newest package
+  their use. We highly recommend against using different versions because the build
+  commands for one version may not work with a different version. The newest package
   versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds
   will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the
   book.</para>
+
+  <para>For some packages, the release tarball and the (Git or SVN)
+  repository snapshot tarball for this release may be published with
+  similar file name.  A release tarball contains generated files (for
+  example, <command>configure</command> script generated by
+  <command>autoconf</command>), in addition to the contents of the
+  corresponding repository snapshot.  The book uses release tarballs
+  whenever possible. Using a repository snapshot instead of a release
+  tarball specified by the book will cause problems.</para>
 
   <para>Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -173 +173 @@
         is known to fail in the LFS chroot environment.</para>
       </listitem>
-<!--
+
       <listitem>
         <para>The <emphasis>nss/tst-nss-files-hosts-multi</emphasis>
-        test may fail for reasons that have not been determined.</para>
+        test is known to fail if the system has no non-loopback IP
+        addresses.</para>
       </listitem>
-
+<!--
       <listitem>
         <para>The <emphasis>rt/tst-cputimer{1,2,3}</emphasis> tests depend on

part3intro/generalinstructions.xml

@@ -98 +98 @@
               <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, ensure you are
               the <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> user when extracting the package.</para>
+              <para>All methods to get the source code tree being built
+              in-position, except extracting the package tarball, are not
+              supported. Notably, using <command>cp -R</command> to copy the
+              source code tree somewhere else can destroy links and
+              timestamps in the sources tree and cause building
+              failure.</para>
             </listitem>
             <listitem>