Re: building an LFS/BLFS system using porg

>> I am excited to try it!  My plan is to install it at the end of LFS chapter
>> 5 and then use it to install the entire system!  I may run into issues.
>
> Step 1:
>
> So, after installing xz, do this (as root):
>
> mkdir /mnt/lfs/var/log/porg
> ln -sv /mnt/lfs/var/log/porg /var/log/porg
>
> Unpack porg and cd to directory as usual, then (as lfs)
>
> ./configure --prefix=/tools --disable-grop
> make
> make install
>
> Then, edit the /tools/etc/porgrc file to exclude /sources
>
> Step 2:
>
> After creating all of the standard directories, links, and
> configuration files, exit chroot and tar the root directory as
> lfs-7.6-rootdir.tgz:
>
> cd $LFS
> tar -vzcf $LFS/sources/lfs-7.6-rootdir.tgz .
>
> Re-enter chroot, then extract using porg to create your first porg log file:
>
> porg -lp lfs-7.6 "tar -vzxf sources/lfs-7.6-rootdir.tgz"
>
> This package will be used to log any lfs-7.6 unique files that are created.
>
> Continue through LFS creating porg log files for all of the included
> packages.  Every file permanently created on the system should now
> belong to a porg log file.  You can test any file to see where it was
> logged as follows:
>
> porg -q <complete path to file>
>
> Step 3:
>
> Before deleting the tools directory:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-grop
> make
> porg -lD "make install"
>
> to make it permanent before going on to build BLFS.
>
> Once again, exclude /sources in /etc/porgrc
>
> You can then edit your ./bashrc file as described in
> etc/bash_completion.d/porg_bash_completion

A couple of comments:

1. When tar'ing the root directory, you may want to temporarily move
the sources and tools directorys.
2. Be sure to umount the host directories before tar'ing the root
directory as well.
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