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<para>You may be asking yourself <quote>that seems like a lot of work, just to
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get away from my host distribution</quote>. Let us take a few minutes to
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discuss this question. The work involved in building the packages in Chapter 5
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-is to ensure that as little information from your host makes it into your
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-brand new LFS system. When you build the first two packages in Chapter 5,
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+is to ensure that as little information as possible from your host makes it into
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+your brand new LFS system. When you build the first two packages in Chapter 5,
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Binutils and GCC, they will be compiled statically. This means that the
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version of the C library on your host distribution will be embedded inside all
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the binary programs you just compiled. This has the potential to cause
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@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ program is used to enter a virtual environment and start a new shell whose root
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directory will be set to the LFS partition. This is very similar to rebooting
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and instructing the kernel to mount the LFS partition as the root partition.
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The reason that you don't actually reboot, but instead chroot, is that creating
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-a bootable system requires additional work which isn't necessary. As well,
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-chrooting allows you to continue using the host while LFS is being built.
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-While software is being installed you can simply switch to a different VC
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-(Virtual Console) or X desktop and continue using the computer as you normally
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-would.</para>
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+a bootable system requires additional work which isn't necessary just yet.
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+Another advantage is that chrooting allows you to continue using the host while
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+LFS is being built. While waiting for package compilation to complete, you can
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+simply switch to a different VC (Virtual Console) or X desktop and continue
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+using the computer as you normally would.</para>
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<para>When all the software from Chapter 6 is installed, the temporary tools
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built in Chapter 5 will be removed. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 will finalize the
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Greg Schafer