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Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 10:59:13 -0400
From: Tony Karakashian <tkarakashian AT gmail DOT com>
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> If there are problems building a new package, the first resource is LFS
> or BLFS of course, what else?  So besides LFS is missing some basic
> Cygwin packages it is already the best guide available when building new
> packages.  Just rename it;)

Hehehe, precisely what I do, too.  I figure they've generally hammered
out most of the rough edges.  Heck, if for no other reason than you
get a list of everything that needs to be installed before you can
assemble a package, it's a godsend.

> BTW, do you know which was the last version of gcc which could be build
> without having gcc already handy?

Honestly, no.  Been a while since I built an LFS.  I've pretty much
given up on Linux in general, so that's why I've been concentrating on
Cygwin...

-T

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