> to be left with a minimal, insecure and unmaintainable system
Minimal yes, unmaintainable maybe, but insecure? Really depends on your threat model; courtesy of "minimal", there's not much attack surface to go around.
> Only think it will teach you is why distros and package managers exist.
And more importantly, how a distro works and what a package manager (and package build process) has to do. LFS isn't a terribly practical output for many people, but building it is a good learning experience regardless of if/how you use the built system.
I agree it's important to understand how linux eco system work, if you are interested.
I don't think LFS does that, it's simply page after page of .configure..make..make install. It would be more valuable to read a sysadmin book on unix/linux and play around with a minimal distro.
Minimal yes, unmaintainable maybe, but insecure? Really depends on your threat model; courtesy of "minimal", there's not much attack surface to go around.
> Only think it will teach you is why distros and package managers exist.
And more importantly, how a distro works and what a package manager (and package build process) has to do. LFS isn't a terribly practical output for many people, but building it is a good learning experience regardless of if/how you use the built system.