SVN-20080403 : 5.6.1. Installation of Glibc failure

[Loren Foret]

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[mailto:lfs-dev-bounces at linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Dubbs
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: SVN-20080403 : 5.6.1. Installation of Glibc failure

Dennis Clarke wrote:

> What is Linux From "Scratch" all about? Linux From "Some Distro" ?

No, it's Linux And Other Useful Programs From Source.  If we wanted to 
get pedantic, we could start from an assembler and build a compiler and 
then the rest.  The starting point is somewhat arbitrary and what we 
have decided is that we need Linux 2.6 and a set of defined tools. 
Those tools are documented.

For most people, what we have is fine.  If someone wants to try 
something else, folks on lfs-support will try to help, but the book 
can't cover every possibility.

   -- Bruce
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More like linux from any distro. It basically is a "clean slate" of sorts
and can turn into anything you want it to be. And like Bruce said, you can
even start from an assembler and make an entire OS. Try doing that with
windows! I personally start from a live CD of LFS 6.3 and construct LFS from
there. It is also a great teaching tool to learn how all the packages work
together.