Changeset 21f0998 for BOOK/temp-system/common

Timestamp:

May 22, 2014, 11:31:44 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-systemd, master, systemd

Children:

7ac303bc

Parents:

2f3768a

Message:

Added more explanatory text about rationale for including packages in the temp-system

Location:

BOOK/temp-system/common

Files:

• check.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• gettext.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• ncurses.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• vim.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• zlib.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/temp-system/common/check.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Check</title>
+
+    <para os="a">We will install Check into
+    <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> to satisfy a dependency
+    on it for Kbd and Libpipeline in the final system.</para>
 
     <para os="c">Prepare Check for compilation:</para>

BOOK/temp-system/common/gettext.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Gettext</title>
+
+    <para os="i">Many packages' installation procedures use the
+    <command>msgfmt</command> program for i18n support, so we will compile
+    and install it into <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>.</para>
 
     <para os="a">Only the programs in the

BOOK/temp-system/common/ncurses.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Ncurses</title>
+
+    <para os="h">We will need Ncurses for several other packages in the
+    temporary environment, including Bash, Util-linux, and Vim.</para>
 
     <para os="p1">The following patch fixes an issue with some Bash versions:</para>

BOOK/temp-system/common/vim.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of VIM</title>
+
+    <para os="a">We will cross-compile Vim so that we can have a text editor in
+    <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. Vim is not technically
+    necessary in the temporary system, in that it is not there to satisfy any
+    package dependencies in the final system, but we believe that a text editor
+    is an extremely useful tool to have there.<!-- If you prefer a different
+    editor, you may check the hints project at <ulink url="&hints-root;" />
+    for information on cross-compiling other text editors. (placeholder - 
+    uncomment this sentence if/when such information actually exists)--></para>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"

BOOK/temp-system/common/zlib.xml

@@ -22 +22 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Zlib</title>
+
+    <para os="h">Several packages in the temporary system use Zlib,
+    including Binutils, GCC, and Util-linux, so we will add it to
+    <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>.</para>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"