Re: commit 8a796f8f is breaking a usecase

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On Mon, 2025-12-15 at 23:59 +0800, Zhang Wen wrote:
> Pierre Labastie <[email protected]>
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> >=20
> > Now, if you insist on keeping your use case (I am not sure why you
> > do
> > not want to build the BLFS tools during the first run, maybe you
> > can
> > elaborate on this), I think it is better to not generate the non
> > useful
> > targets if they are not needed. I'll look at this.
> >=20
> > Regards
> > Pierre
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>=20
> I used to build the BLFS tools during the first run, then after the
> libxml2
> package is updated in the BLFS book, I tried to install the latest
> BLFS
> packages with jhalfs on the target system. Some packages linked to
> libxml2
> version A, others linked to libxml2 version B. Then the system is
> broken.
> So I always keep an "pure" system by hand. I always install the
> ccache package
> on a copy of the "pure" system, that speeds up building packages
> greatly,
> and build the blfs tools and the custom tools with jhalfs on the host
> system,
> and then everything all over to update my system, as mentioned on the
> chapter 8.2.2.1 of the LFS book.
> I know it's my problem that i do not really know how packages depend
> on each
> other, it is ok to me if this approach will not be supported by the
> jhalfs project.
> Just to elaborate what i'm doing.

Thanks for the explanation. I think the libxml2 problem has been
transient, and that now it is fixed because icu is recommended.
Anyway, I have committed a change in the logic (using make conditionals
instead of shell ones), so that now, the mk_BLFS_TOOL timestamp is only
generated if blfs tools are built. This should fix your problem.
I'm sorry I have not been able to test thoroughly, and now I must leave
for Christmas vacations. I'll try to monitor the list while away, so
please report any problem you may encounter.

Pierre

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