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all the required tools are available if you selected <quote>development</quote>
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as one of the options when you installed your distribution.</para>
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-<para>In Chapter 3 you will first create a new Linux native partition and file
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-system, the place where your new LFS system will be compiled and installed. Then
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-in Chapter 4 you download all the packages and patches required to build an LFS
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-system, and store them on the new file system.</para>
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+<para>In <xref linkend="chapter03"/> you will first create a new Linux native
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+partition and file system, the place where your new LFS system will be compiled
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+and installed. Then in <xref linkend="chapter04"/> you download all the
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+packages and patches required to build an LFS system, and store them on the new
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+file system.</para>
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-<para>Chapter 5 will then discuss the installation of a number of packages that
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-will form the basic development suite (or toolchain) which is used to build the
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-actual system in Chapter 6. Some of these packages are needed to resolve
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-circular dependencies. For example, to compile a compiler you need a
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-compiler.</para>
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+<para><xref linkend="chapter05"/> then discusses the installation of a number
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+of packages that will form the basic development suite (or toolchain) which is
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+used to build the actual system in <xref linkend="chapter06"/>. Some of these
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+packages are needed to resolve circular dependencies -- for example, to compile
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+a compiler you need a compiler.</para>
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-<para>The first thing to be done in Chapter 5 is build a first pass of the
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-toolchain, which is made up of Binutils and GCC. The programs from these
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-packages will be linked statically in order for them to be used independently
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-of the host system. The second thing to do is build Glibc, the C library. Glibc
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-will be compiled by the toolchain programs we just built in the first
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-pass. The third thing to do is build a second pass of the toolchain. This time
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-the toolchain will be dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc. The
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-remaining Chapter 5 packages are all built using this second pass toolchain and
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-dynamically linked against the new host-independent Glibc. When this is done,
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-the LFS installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution,
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-with the exception of the running kernel.</para>
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+<para>The first thing to be done in <xref linkend="chapter05"/> is build a
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+first pass of the toolchain, made up of Binutils and GCC. The programs from
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+these packages will be linked statically in order for them to be usable
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+independently of the host system. The second thing to do is build Glibc, the
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+C library. Glibc will be compiled by the toolchain programs we just built in
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+the first pass. The third thing to do is build a second pass of the toolchain.
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+This time the toolchain will be dynamically linked against the newly built
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+Glibc. The remaining <xref linkend="chapter05"/> packages are all built using
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+this second pass toolchain and dynamically linked against the new
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+host-independent Glibc. When this is done, the LFS installation process will no
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+longer depend on the host distribution, with the exception of the running
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+kernel.</para>
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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>. A full technical and in-depth
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-explanation is provided at the start of Chapter 5, including some notes on the
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-differences between statically and dynamically linked programs.</para>
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+<para>You may be thinking that <quote>this seems like a lot of work, just to
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+get away from my host distribution</quote>. Well, a full technical explanation
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+is provided at the start of <xref linkend="chapter05"/>, including some notes
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+on the differences between statically and dynamically linked programs.</para>
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-<para>In Chapter 6 your real LFS system will be built. The chroot (change root)
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-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 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>In <xref linkend="chapter06"/> your real LFS system will be built. The
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+chroot (change root) program is used to enter a virtual environment and start
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+a new shell whose root directory will be set to the LFS partition. This is very
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+similar to rebooting and instructing the kernel to mount the LFS partition as
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+the root partition. The reason that you don't actually reboot, but instead
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+chroot, is that creating a bootable system requires additional work which isn't
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+necessary just yet. But the major advantage is that chrooting allows you to
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+continue using the host while LFS is being built. While waiting for package
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+compilation to complete, you can simply switch to a different VC (Virtual
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+Console) or X desktop and continue using the computer as you normally
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+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 are removed. In Chapters 7, 8 and 9 the installation will
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-then be finalized. The bootscripts are set up in Chapter 7, the kernel and
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-bootloader are set up in Chapter 8, and Chapter 9 has some pointers to help
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-you after you finish the book. Then, finally, you're ready to reboot your
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-computer into your new LFS system.</para>
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+<para>To finish the installation, the bootscripts are set up in
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+<xref linkend="chapter07"/>, the kernel and bootloader are set up in
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+<xref linkend="chapter08"/>, and <xref linkend="chapter09"/> contains some
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+pointers to help you after you finish the book. Then, finally, you're ready to
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+reboot your computer into your new LFS system.</para>
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<para>This is the process in a nutshell. Detailed information on the steps you
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will take are discussed in the chapters and package descriptions as you
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progress through them. If something isn't completely clear now, don't worry,
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everything will fall into place soon.</para>
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-<para>Please read Chapter 2 carefully as it explains a few important things you
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-should be aware of before you begin to work through Chapters 5 and
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-beyond.</para>
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+<para>Please read <xref linkend="chapter02"/> carefully as it explains a few
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+important things you should be aware of before you begin to work through
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+<xref linkend="chapter05"/> and beyond.</para>
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</sect1>
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