Re: SLFS as an extention to LFS

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 08:16:44PM -0500, Robert Day wrote:
> 
> Anyhow, if it is decided finally that SLFS is to be patched into LFS,
> then I cannot change that, but I also cannot help much.

I still don't know where you get this from. I never said it should be
patched into LFS, so I will say it again to hopefully make it as clear
as possible.

1. Build LFS.
2. Rebuild LFS (as necessary) and configure the system you have built by
reading SLFS.

Now, if you want a shortcut, then apply the patches as neccesary while
building LFS. I can't see the difference other than avoiding recompiling
time, but I cannot advocate writing a book that enforces this technique
as that is massive duplication of a good book that is already being
produced.

> - I would feel constantly like I am building Fort Knox on top of a
> sandpit, instead of a reinforced concrete foundation with all the latest
> alarm technology.

So, how did secure OS's get built? My guess is that they had a host at
some point. That is building on top of a sandpit. Where's the
difference?

> Until someone takes the initiative and gets some work done, and gets
> something rolling other than mailing list chatter, all it will be is
> chatter and decisions that never get made :(   

Work is being done, though I've not seen any from you, so your complaint
seems a little misplaced. Anyway, if you think it not worth your effort
to produce this "inferior" OS, then by all means, fine, but please don't
try to hinder our goals with your poor attitude.

-- 
Archaic

It will be of little avail to the people, that the laws are made by men
of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be
read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be
repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such
incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can
guess what it will be to-morrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action;
but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?

- James Madison, Federalist Papers 62

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