SVN-20080403 : 5.6.1. Installation of Glibc failure

[Bruce Dubbs]

Joe wrote:
> Loren Foret wrote:
>> More like linux from any distro.
> But I think the point is that some distros now come with, for example, 
> dash as the default shell linked to /bin/sh, or as the OP apparently 
> found, mawk as the default AWK interpreter. If LFS is to become "more 
> than a book", it may be worthwhile to reconsider the "somewhat 
> arbitrary" host requirements, or at least point out that certain distros 
> may have the tools but they may not be invoked by default.

This comes up occasionally because users do not read section iv.

"Your host system should have the following software with the minimum 
versions indicated."

and

"To see whether your host system has all the appropriate versions, run 
the following:"

Reread 
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/prologue/hostreqs.html

and let us know any host neutral changes you might recommend.

   -- Bruce