Merge new_feature branch r3884 to3886:

- Adapt BLFS/envars.conf to modern BLFS books
- Fix try order for downloading BLFS packages
- Fixes to use the XORG Legacy page in BLFS

BLFS/envars.conf

@@ -10,121 +10,39 @@
 
 #======== Common envars ==========
 
-#--- Set a well-known working locale when building software
+#--- The sources directory.
-export LC_ALL=C
+#    This directory contains sub directories (one for each package), where
+#    packages are stored, unpacked, and compiled.
+export SRC_DIR=/sources
 
 #--- The local repository for packages/file
 #    Any missing file will be downloaded and archived here,
-#    if the user has the right priviledges.
+#    if the user has the right priviledges. Can be the same as SRC_DIR
 export SRC_ARCHIVE=/sources
 
-#--- Server used if the file isn't found in SRC_ARCHIVE.
+#--- Set a well-known working locale when building software
-# As a last resort, the file will dowloaded from upstream, if possible.
+# Note that an UTF-8 locale may be needed for some packages,
+# but normally it is set in the package instructions.
+# Furthermore, LANG may be set in /etc/profile, which is
+# sourced at the end of this file.
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+#--- Server used if the file isn't found in SRC_ARCHIVE or SRC_DIR,
+# and cannot be downloaded from upstream.
 #
 # The server path MUST be set as listed in
-# http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/download.html
+# http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/download.html.
-export FTP_SERVER=ftp://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/
+# Note that despite the name of the variable, it can be an http url.
+export FTP_SERVER=http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/
 
+### Currently not used in scripts ###
 # Use a server close to you for Xorg (see http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Mirrors)
-export FTP_X_SERVER=ftp://mirror.cict.fr/x.org/
+# export FTP_X_SERVER=ftp://mirror.cict.fr/x.org/
-
-#--- The sources directory.
-#    Full path to the top level directory where packages will be stored,
-#    unpacked, and compiled.
-export SRC_DIR=/sources
-
-
-#======== Xorg7 envars ===========
-
-#--- Installation prefix
-export XORG_PREFIX=/usr
-
-#--- Configure switches
-export XORG_CONFIG="--prefix=$XORG_PREFIX --sysconfdir=/etc \
-    --localstatedir=/var --disable-static"
-
-#======== ABOUT GNOME envars =====
-
-# Refer to `Chapter 30. Right now, the book hard codes --prefix=/usr
-# and does not make use of the variables below. If you need another prefix,
-# You'll have to modifiy the prefix in the book source and use the variables
-# below. But this is not supported in this tool.
-
-#======== LEGACY GNOME envars ====
-
-# We use envars.conf instead of /etc/profile.d. But if you
-# install into a different prefix, you'll need to update ld.so.conf and
-# man-db.conf, too.
-
-#--- Installation prefix
-# export GNOME_PREFIX=/usr
-# export GNOME_SYSCONFDIR=/etc/gnome/3.2.2
-# export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$GNOME_SYSCONFDIR/xdg
-# export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share:/usr/local/share
-
-#--- If you want to install GNOME on a non standard prefix, uncomment
-#    the next export lines and edit it if needed.
-#    See also the GNOME Pre-installation Configuration HTML page for
-#    aditional required commands.
-#export PATH=$PATH:$GNOME_PREFIX/bin
-#export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$GNOME_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
-#export GNOME_LIBCONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib:$GNOME_PREFIX/lib
-
-#======== KDE envars =============
-
-# Refer to `Chapter 27. Introduction->KDE Pre-installation Configuration'
-# for rationale. We use envars.conf instead of /etc/profile.d. But if you
-# install into a different prefix, you'll need to update ld.so.conf and
-# man-db.conf, and to create and populate the directories $KDE_PREFIX/share
-# and /etc/dbus-1, as instructed.
-
-#--- Installation prefix
-export KDE_PREFIX=/usr
-
-#--- If you want to install KDE on a non standard prefix, uncomment
-#    the next lines and edit them as needed.
-#export KDE_PREFIX=/opt/kde
-#export KDEDIR=$KDE_PREFIX
-
-#PATH=$PATH:$KDE_PREFIX/bin
-#if [ -z PKG_CONFIG_PATH ]; then
-#export   PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$KDE_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig:$KDE_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig
-#else
-#  PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$KDE_PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig:$KDE_PREFIX/share/pkgconfig
-#fi
-# Note: there is a report that setting XDG_... vars for kde may break LXDE
-#if [ -z XDG_DATA_DIRS ]; then
-#export   XDG_DATA_DIRS=$KDE_PREFIX/share
-#else
-#  XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:$KDE_PREFIX/share
-#fi
-#if [ -z XDG_CONFIG_DIRS ]; then
-#export   XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/kde/xdg
-#else
-#  XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:/etc/kde/xdg
-#fi
-
-#======== LXQt envars =============
-
-# Refer to `Chapter 40. LXQt Desktop Pre-Install Instructions'
-# We use envars.conf for LXQT_PREFIX, instead of /etc/profile.d. But if you
-# install into a different prefix, you'll need to create the relevant
-# directory, to create /etc/profiles.d/lxqt.sh, update /etc/ld.so.conf, and
-# to create and populate the directories $LXQT_PREFIX/share/icons, as
-# instructed.
-
-#--- Installation prefix
-export LXQT_PREFIX=/usr
-
-#--- If you want to install LXQT on a non standard prefix, uncomment
-#    the next line and edit it as needed, or just use the book's
-#    /etc/profile.d/lxqt.sh.
-# export LXQT_PREFIX=/opt/lxqt
 
 #======== Optimizations =============
 
 # Global optimization settings can be placed here. This settings can be
-# overrided by settings in the packages build scripts.
+# overriden by settings in the packages build scripts.
 
 # WARNING: The use of build optimizations may be dangerous.
 #   You should know what you are doing and be sure that the
@@ -145,8 +63,23 @@ export MAKEFLAGS="-j5"
 
 #======== Environment settings ========
 
-# Since the startup files may be changed in the course
+# The prefered way to setup environment variables nowadays
-# of a build, ensure that environment variables are
+# is to set them in /etc/profile{,.d/*.sh}.
-# up to date
+# It is recommended to source /etc/profile in this file
+# since a package may add some new variables in there,
+# which may be needed later in dependant packages.
 
 if [ -r /etc/profile ]; then source /etc/profile; fi
+
+#======== Package management ========
+
+# We need the functions in "packInstall.sh" when installing a package,
+# if package management is requested. Note that we have no way to know
+# whether package management is requested for a given build.
+# Furthermore, "sudo -E" exports variables, but not functions from
+# the environment, and sudo needs to be called before porg, due
+# to porg limitations. So we just export the location of the file
+# where the functions are defined, and we'll source it just before
+# installing.
+
+export PACK_INSTALL=/blfs_root/packInstall.sh # change as needed

BLFS/gen-special.sh

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ EXCEPTIONS=$(grep 'ENTITY.*version[ ]*"[^0-9"&.].*[0-9]' ${BLFS_DIR}/packages.en
 
 # Non-versioned packages:
 NV_LIST="cacerts xorg-env kde-pre-install-config kf5-intro lxqt-pre-install \
-ojdk-conf tex-path"
+lxqt-post-install ojdk-conf tex-path"
 
 # Set PATH to be sure to find udevadm
 SAVPATH=$PATH
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ EOF
 # that the preceding package is a dependency of the following,
 # except the first.
   list_cat="$(sed -n '/>cat/,/EOF</p' $file | grep -v 'cat\|EOF' |
-                 sed 's/^[^ ]*\ *\([^&]*\).*/\1/' | sed 's/-$//')"
+              awk '{ print $NF }' | sed 's/-&.*//')"
 
 # Rationale for the sed below: the following for breaks words at spaces (unless
 # we tweak IFS). So replace spaces with commas in lines so that only newlines

BLFS/xsl/make_book.xsl

@@ -307,6 +307,13 @@
                         select=".//userinput[starts-with(string(),'cat ')]"/>
       </xsl:call-template>
     </xsl:variable>
+    <xsl:variable name="download-dir">
+      <xsl:call-template name="download-dir">
+        <xsl:with-param name="package" select="concat(' ',$package,'-')"/>
+        <xsl:with-param name="cat-md5"
+                        select=".//userinput[starts-with(string(),'cat ')]"/>
+      </xsl:call-template>
+    </xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="install-instructions">
       <xsl:call-template name="inst-instr">
         <xsl:with-param name="inst-instr"
@@ -328,6 +335,7 @@
               <xsl:attribute name="url">
                 <xsl:value-of
                    select=".//para[contains(string(),'(HTTP)')]/ulink/@url"/>
+                <xsl:value-of select="$download-dir"/>
                 <xsl:value-of select="$tarball"/>
               </xsl:attribute>
              </xsl:element>
@@ -338,6 +346,7 @@
               <xsl:attribute name="url">
                 <xsl:value-of
                    select=".//para[contains(string(),'(FTP)')]/ulink/@url"/>
+                <xsl:value-of select="$download-dir"/>
                 <xsl:value-of select="$tarball"/>
               </xsl:attribute>
              </xsl:element>
@@ -407,9 +416,43 @@ END DEBUG -->
                           select="substring-after($cat-md5,'&#xA;')"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
       </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="contains(substring-before($cat-md5,$package),' ')">
+        <xsl:call-template name="tarball">
+          <xsl:with-param name="package" select="$package"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="cat-md5"
+                          select="substring-after($cat-md5,' ')"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:when>
       <xsl:otherwise>
         <xsl:copy-of select="substring-after(
-                                 substring-before($cat-md5,'&#xA;'),'  ')"/>
+                                substring-before($cat-md5,'&#xA;'),' ')"/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:template>
+<!-- get the download dirname from the text that comes from the .md5 file -->
+  <xsl:template name="download-dir">
+    <xsl:param name="package"/>
+    <xsl:param name="cat-md5"/>
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="not(@id='xorg7-legacy')">
+        <xsl:copy-of select="''"/>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="contains(substring-before($cat-md5,$package),'&#xA;')">
+        <xsl:call-template name="download-dir">
+          <xsl:with-param name="package" select="$package"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="cat-md5"
+                          select="substring-after($cat-md5,'&#xA;')"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:when test="contains(substring-before($cat-md5,$package),' ')">
+        <xsl:call-template name="download-dir">
+          <xsl:with-param name="package" select="$package"/>
+          <xsl:with-param name="cat-md5"
+                          select="substring-after($cat-md5,' ')"/>
+        </xsl:call-template>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:copy-of select="substring-before($cat-md5,' ')"/>
       </xsl:otherwise>
     </xsl:choose>
   </xsl:template>

BLFS/xsl/scripts.xsl

@@ -215,21 +215,23 @@ cd $UNPACKDIR

     <xsl:text> $</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$varname"/>
     <xsl:text>&#xA;  else&#xA;</xsl:text>
-    <!-- The FTP_SERVER mirror -->
+    <!-- Download from upstream http -->
+    <xsl:if test="string-length($httpurl) &gt; 10">
+      <xsl:text>    wget -T 30 -t 5 </xsl:text>
+      <xsl:value-of select="$httpurl"/>
+      <xsl:text> ||&#xA;</xsl:text>
+    </xsl:if>
+    <!-- Download from upstream ftp -->
+    <xsl:if test="string-length($ftpurl) &gt; 10">
+      <xsl:text>    wget -T 30 -t 5 </xsl:text>
+      <xsl:value-of select="$ftpurl"/>
+      <xsl:text> ||&#xA;</xsl:text>
+    </xsl:if>
+    <!-- The FTP_SERVER mirror as a last resort -->
     <xsl:text>    wget -T 30 -t 5 ${FTP_SERVER}svn/</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$first_letter"/>
     <xsl:text>/$</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$varname"/>
-    <xsl:if test="string-length($httpurl) &gt; 10">
-      <xsl:text> ||
-    wget -T 30 -t 5 </xsl:text>
-      <xsl:value-of select="$httpurl"/>
-    </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:if test="string-length($ftpurl) &gt; 10">
-      <xsl:text> ||
-    wget -T 30 -t 5 </xsl:text>
-      <xsl:value-of select="$ftpurl"/>
-    </xsl:if>
     <xsl:text>
     cp $</xsl:text>
     <xsl:value-of select="$varname"/>