[Clfs-dev] Suggestions for Latest CLFS Build (pure64)

[Joe Ciccone]

Martin Ward wrote:
> In Chapter 7 if you are going to boot
> section 7.4 Util-linux-ng-2.16
>
>
> Why not set --prefix=/tools
> and have all the programs and libraries there and set the following links
> or equivalent thereof
>
> ln -sv /tools/bin/{mount,login} ${CLFS}/bin
> ln -sv /tools/sbin/{agetty,swapon,swapoff} ${CLFS}/sbin
>
> seems a lot "cleaner" or am I, missing something
>
There was a reason that it wasn't done, something about the binaries or
libraries not obeying one of the arguments passed to configure, I never
did have a chance to look into it.