[Clfs-support] Tactics for New CLFS Build

[Dan McGhee]

Just got a new laptop with an AMD Turion and want to take advantage of 
it.  My last LFS build was 6.3--I have never used 64-bit.  I'm planning 
my strategy and want to solicit comments and ask a couple of questions.

I intend to use lfslivecd-x86_64-6.3-r2160 as my host--I understand from 
the CLFS changelog that it has been updated with lfs-6.4 CLFS packages.  
However, I want to use the development version of the CLFS book, which, 
I think, is using lfs-6.5 packages, patches and scripts.  I plan to do 
this by remastering the cd and adding the packages.

I tried to see how close CLFS was to LFS-6.5 but got lost in the 
details.  How close is the current development to 6.5?  Of course, I 
would share any info I get from building to further the CLFS development 
along.

My second question.  I see "x86-64" and x86-64 multilib."  I can't 
discover what the difference between the two is, and, when looking ahead 
to CBLFS saw "multilib" and "64-bit" build instructions.  What exactly 
is the difference between the two concepts?

Any comments, suggestions or warnings about what I'm planning?

Thanks,

Dan

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