On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:44 AM, robert baker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
OK, ill just doo the testing on the temp and the rest thats working. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
