r8518 - in trunk/BOOK: . chapter01 prologue

[Randy McMurchy]

Sukucorp Sukucorp wrote these words on 04/11/08 15:52 CST:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  I was responding to some earlier comments about sh->dash causing problmes.  I
>>  added the part about yacc and awk because I know thy are sometimes used, but I
>>  don't know for sure if they are essential for LFS.  It is just making sure.  I
>>  started to add lex, but I didn't see flex required.
>>
> Without any concrete problems I don't think it is advisable to force
> the users to update the defaults on their host system.

Agreed. And to some extent, telling users to update the defaults on
their host system if it isn't necessary could lead to a perception of
technical incompetence on our part.

-- 
Randy

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