Unless explicitely set on the command line, the REV parameter

in BLFS tools make is the same as the preceding used one. Formerly, it
was set to sysv unless defined on the command line

BLFS/Makefile

@@ -5,16 +5,6 @@
 
 # $Id$
 
-ifeq ($(REV),)
-  REV = sysv
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(REV),sysv)
-  ifneq ($(REV),systemd)
-    $(error The REV variable is $(REV), but can only be 'sysv' or 'systemd')
-  endif
-endif
-
 ifdef V
   Q =
 else
@@ -25,21 +15,39 @@ endif
 LANG=C
 LC_ALL=C
 
-# The right-hand side is updated by jhalfs
+# Makefile should reside in a directory where there are two subdirectories
-TRACKING_DIR = tracking-dir
+# initially:
 TOPDIR           = $(shell pwd)
-BLFS_XML = $(TOPDIR)/blfs-xml
+# the stylesheets
 XSLDIR           = $(TOPDIR)/xsl
+# the menu program sources
+MENU             = $(TOPDIR)/menu
+
+# Those directories and files will be created and populated by make:
+# directory of the book sources:
+BLFS_XML         = $(TOPDIR)/blfs-xml
+# contains the REV used in the preceding call:
+REVFILE          = $(TOPDIR)/revision
+# the list of packages:
+PACK_LIST        = $(TOPDIR)/packages.xml
+# the generated menu input:
+CONFIG_CONFIG_IN = $(TOPDIR)/Config.in
+# menu output:
+CONFIG_OUT       = $(TOPDIR)/configuration
+# the linear book:
+BOOK_XML         = $(TOPDIR)/book.xml
 
 RENDERTMP        = $(BLFS_XML)/tmp
 BLFS_FULL        = $(RENDERTMP)/blfs-full.xml
-PACK_LIST = $(TOPDIR)/packages.xml
+
-MENU = $(TOPDIR)/menu
+# The right-hand side is updated by jhalfs:
-CONFIG_CONFIG_IN = $(TOPDIR)/Config.in
+# Where the tracking file resides:
-CONFIG_OUT = $(TOPDIR)/configuration
+TRACKING_DIR = tracking-dir
-BOOK_XML = $(TOPDIR)/book.xml
+
+# Will be created  by make, if not existent
 TRACKFILE        = $(TRACKING_DIR)/instpkg.xml
 
+# Initial content of the tracking file
 define INITIAL_TRACK
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>\n\
 \n\
@@ -52,9 +60,30 @@ endef
 SVN = svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK
 
 ALLXML := $(filter-out $(RENDERTMP)/%, \
-	$(wildcard $(BLFS_XML)/*.xml $(BLFS_XML)/*/*.xml $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*.xml $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*/*.xml $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*/*/*.xml))
+              $(shell if [ -d $(BLFS_XML) ]; then \
+                        find $(BLFS_XML) -name \*.xml; \
+                      fi))
 ALLXSL := $(filter-out $(RENDERTMP)/%, \
-        $(wildcard $(BLFS_XML)/*.xsl $(BLFS_XML)/*/*.xsl $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*.xsl $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*/*.xsl $(BLFS_XML)/*/*/*/*/*.xsl))
+              $(shell if [ -d $(BLFS_XML) ]; then \
+                        find $(BLFS_XML) -name \*.xsl; \
+                      fi))
+
+# Try to set the REV variable according to previous runs, except when
+# set on the command line:
+REV1 := $(shell if [ -f $(REVFILE) ] ; then cat $(REVFILE); fi)
+ifneq ($(origin REV),command line)
+  ifdef REV1
+    REV = $(REV1)
+  else
+    REV = not defined
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(REV),sysv)
+  ifneq ($(REV),systemd)
+    $(error The REV variable is $(REV), but can only be 'sysv' or 'systemd')
+  endif
+endif
 
 $(BOOK_XML): $(CONFIG_OUT)
 	$(Q)$(TOPDIR)/gen_pkg_book.sh $(TOPDIR) $(BLFS_FULL)
@@ -106,6 +135,9 @@ $(TRACKING_DIR):
 $(XSLDIR)/specialCases.xsl: $(TOPDIR)/gen-special.sh $(BLFS_FULL)
 	$(Q)$(TOPDIR)/gen-special.sh $(BLFS_FULL) $@
 
+ifneq ($(REV),$(REV1))
+$(BLFS_FULL): FORCE
+endif
 $(BLFS_FULL): $(BLFS_XML) $(BLFS_XML)/general.ent $(ALLXML) $(ALLXSL)
 	$(Q)[ -d $(RENDERTMP) ] || mkdir -p $(RENDERTMP)
 	@echo "Adjusting for revision $(REV)..."
@@ -117,6 +149,7 @@ $(BLFS_FULL): $(BLFS_XML) $(BLFS_XML)/general.ent $(ALLXML) $(ALLXSL)
 	@echo "Validating the book..."
 	$(Q)xmllint --nonet --noent --postvalid \
 	  -o $@ $(RENDERTMP)/blfs-prof.xml
+	$(Q)echo $(REV) > $(REVFILE)
 
 all: update $(BOOK_XML)
 
@@ -135,4 +168,5 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf $(TOPDIR)/dependencies $(TOPDIR)/book-html $(TOPDIR)/scripts
 	- $(MAKE) -C $(MENU) clean
 
-.PHONY: clean all update $(CONFIG_OUT)
+FORCE:
+.PHONY: clean all update $(CONFIG_OUT) FORCE

install-blfs-tools.sh

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ BLFS_ROOT     : where the installed tools will be installed, relative to $HOME.
                 Must start with a '/' (default /blfs_root)
 BLFS_BRANCH_ID: development, branch-xxx, xxx (where xxx is a valid tag)
                 (default development)
+INIT_SYSTEM   : which book do you want? 'sysv' or 'systemd' (default sysv)
 Examples:
 1 - If you plan to use the tools to build BLFS on top of LFS, but you did not
 use jhalfs, or forgot to include the jhalfs-blfs tools:
 (as root) mkdir -p /var/lib/jhalfs/BLFS && chown -R <user> /var/lib/jhalfs
-(as user) ./install-blfs-tools.sh
+(as user) INIT_SYSTEM=<your system> ./install-blfs-tools.sh
-2 - To install with only user privileges:
+2 - To install with only user privileges (default to sysv):
 TRACKING_DIR=$HOME/blfs_root/trackdir ./install-blfs-tools.sh
 inline_doc
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ BLFS_TOOL='y'
 BUILDDIR=$(cd ~;pwd)
 BLFS_ROOT="${BLFS_ROOT:=/blfs_root}"
 TRACKING_DIR="${TRACKING_DIR:=/var/lib/jhalfs/BLFS}"
+INIT_SYSTEM="${INIT_SYSTEM:=sysv}"
 
 [[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo "${SD_BORDER}${nl_}"
 
@@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ cp -r menu ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}
 cp $COMMON_DIR/progress_bar.sh ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}
 cp README.BLFS ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}
 [[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo "... OK"
-[[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo -n Cleaning the ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT} directory
 
 # Clean-up
+[[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo Cleaning the ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT} directory
 make -C ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}/menu clean
 rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}/libs/.svn
 rm -rf ${BUILDDIR}${BLFS_ROOT}/xsl/.svn
@@ -112,9 +114,10 @@ sed -i s@tracking-dir@$TRACKING_DIR@ \
 mkdir -p $TRACKING_DIR
 [[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo "... OK"
 
-[[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo -n "Downloading and validating the book (may take some time)"
+[[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo "Downloading and validating the book (may take some time)"
 make -j1 -C $BUILDDIR$BLFS_ROOT \
      TRACKING_DIR=$TRACKING_DIR \
+     REV=$INIT_SYSTEM            \
      SVN=svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/$BLFS_TREE \
      $BUILDDIR$BLFS_ROOT/packages.xml
 [[ $VERBOSITY > 0 ]] && echo "... OK"