[Clfs-support] Tactics for New CLFS Build

[Reimundo Heluani]

On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 13:10 -0500, Dan McGhee wrote:
> 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?
> 

x86_64 is to have a pure 64 bit system. The "Multilib" book is useful if
you want to also install the 32-bit libraries (this could be useful for
certain codecs or browser plugins for example, or just if you want to
run a closed source application that only comes linked with 32-bit
libraries).

R.

> Any comments, suggestions or warnings about what I'm planning?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
> 
> //
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