[Clfs-dev] CBLFS -- Xorg7/Libraries

[Andrew Rowland]

On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 14:26 +1000, db m wrote:
> Greets,
> 
> A couple of notes here (relative to clfs-1.1.0-rc2 x86_64 multilib)
> 
> Semi-Automated Build;
> 
> ----
> 
> text reads;
> 
> "You must also have an unaltered copy of Lib-20080914.wget in the main
> working directory (xc). "
> 
> Most of us will probably know that  '(xc)' is actually referring to
> 'xorg-20080914'.  Those who do
> not may become confused by this...

Maybe you should change this.

> ----
> 
> The semi-automated build script in no way takes into account the
> situation regarding libxft and
> xft-config. If one chooses to use this semi-automated approach, you
> will end up with a single
> '/usr/bin/xft-config' installed, and it will be the 64bit version of
> same. I am unsure what possible
> ramifications this may give rise to later in the book....
> 
> I do realize 'semi-automated' means that....ie; some manual
> intervention will/may be required,
> however that situation might not be immediately obvious to first-time
> CBLFS exponents. Lets
> face it, having to do all this manually can be rather tedious and
> repetitive, and as such the
> semi-automated scripting will appeal to many folks...and save a good
> bit of time.

> As such, one can utilize the semi-automated build scripts here,
> however in the case of a 
> multilib build, I'm supposing people should  'rm /usr/bin/xft-config'
> and then unpack/rebuild
> libxft again following the manual build instructions so everything is
> 'as expected'.
> 
xft-config contains ABI specific information with the --libs options.
On a multilib system, the -32 and -64 should be appended and xft-config
should be linked to the multiarch_wrapper.  You can change the
instructions or I might later today if I have time.

Andrew