As of right now there is no target date for completion on any part of the project. I am focused on completing the temporary tools first. Once the temporary tools are in order I will be shifting focus toward testing and completing the bootable temporary tools. From there final system work will be the next step.
If I had to guess I am looking at about 15 to 20 man hours left on temporary tools. Most of that is devoted to ensuring the gcc and glibc patching is exactly where we want it. I am hoping that the bootable temporary tools needs very little work, but I need to go back over it to check completeness. I cannot even give an estimate on final system hour requirements until I have time to get my eyes on any issues that may present themselves. If all goes well I should be better positioned to assess your question in a couple of weeks. RBaker On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Petersen Liman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM, robert baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On the web its: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs/view/unstable/temporary_system/index.txt >> >> If you snag it from SVN make sure you get the onward branch, and it's >> in temporary_system/index.txt >> >> Right now the most of the temporary tools should build to completion. >> I have yet to bump package versions, but my working copy is functional >> using gcc-4.4.3 glibc-2.11.1 and grub-1.98. >> >> In order to get packages built with fortify source enabled by default use: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~rbaker/gcc-4.4.3-fortify_source.diff >> >> This patch will work with both the gcc version currently in the book, >> and gcc-4.4.3. >> >> Also if you plan to build xz I found I needed to add a sed command >> after the configure script because of a failure to use -fpic. The sed >> command is below: >> >> cp -v src/liblzma/Makefile{,.orig} && >> sed 's/CPPFLAGS = /CPPFLAGS = -fpic/' \ >> src/liblzma/Makefile.orig > src/liblzma/Makefile >> >> After further testing and consideration I may add this to the book. I >> say may because I am not entirely certain xz is necessary in the base >> system. Considering all the packages can be found in either bzips or >> gzips. >> >> Furthermore there is iirc a problem building libcap. Probably another >> textrel, but I would rather use libcap-ng as it is still being >> maintained. There is some discussion to have there though because >> libcap-ng requires python. >> >> Let me know if you have any further questions. >> >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Petersen Liman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 6:27 AM, robert baker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> There is an index page that gives the build order. >>>> >>>> After we reach some level of stability I am toying with the idea of >>>> returning to the XML book like the rest of the projects. As it stands >>>> right now I have completed about 95% of the work I wanted to do on the >>>> temporary tools. I should get some more work in over the weekend. >>>> >>>> RBaker >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Petersen Liman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I think we may need the package order sorted like the previous HLFS >>>>> and LFS because new users may not be able to use HLFS without a >>>>> package order on which packages to build first and last. >>>>> -- >>>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev >>>>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >>>>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev >>>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >>>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>>> >>> >>> OK i just need to know wheres the index page so i can try the new >>> format out right now. >>> -- >>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev >>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >> -- >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >> > Ok my last one is when is the final-system going to be done so i can > complete a test build? > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
