Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/

Bruce Dubbs 022886cd45 Added a list entry in the help section to 16 éve
appendices 30081aded5 Removal of old sponsors that are no longer active and/or applicable. 16 éve
bootscripts 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 éve
chapter01 022886cd45 Added a list entry in the help section to 16 éve
chapter02 8e3448a108 Commented out "LFS next to existing hints" until its viability can be established. 16 éve
chapter03 a8bc277bbe Remove no longer used zlib patch from patches list. 16 éve
chapter04 6d9da8eb76 Minor edit. 16 éve
chapter05 2594b0a146 Add a sed to glibc to fix the constants passed to futex(2) in 32-bit builds. Seems to fix testsuite hangs (the tst-mutex9 process never exits, for instance). 16 éve
chapter06 2594b0a146 Add a sed to glibc to fix the constants passed to futex(2) in 32-bit builds. Seems to fix testsuite hangs (the tst-mutex9 process never exits, for instance). 16 éve
chapter07 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 éve
chapter08 764b5cf62b Add a reference to the kernel-configuration hint 16 éve
chapter09 b06ca361a4 Updated book sources to use DocBook-XML DTD 4.5 18 éve
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. 18 éve
prologue 022886cd45 Added a list entry in the help section to 16 éve
stylesheets 77e2988b31 Minor changes for consistent pdf generation 16 éve
udev-config 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 éve
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 éve
Makefile 8e66c9dc50 Add maketar to the nochunks dependency list, to create the bootscripts and udev-config tarballs for it as well. 16 éve
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. 20 éve
aux-file-data.sh f56f0428d3 Date type and remove some tab characters 16 éve
general.ent 022886cd45 Added a list entry in the help section to 16 éve
index.xml 12bc33686f Add udev rules as an appendix 17 éve
make-aux-files.sh 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK 17 éve
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. 18 éve
packages.ent 2ed4b452d0 Update build sizes and SBU times for all packages 16 éve
patches.ent 13fe71ee07 Update gettext patch to -2 for an additional bug fix 16 éve
process-scripts.sh abcee477f0 Change book build scripts to specify bash, not sh 17 éve
tidy.conf 58f10f85ed HTML Tidy's newline detection appears to be broken. Force LF line endings assuming people are rendering on a Linux box 20 éve

README

LFS Book README

This document is meant to instruct the user on how to convert the book's XML
source to other formats (e.g. HTML, PDF, PS and TXT). First, if you have not
already done so, please read the INSTALL file for instructions on how to install
the required software. If you have already completed the steps outlined in the
INSTALL file, then continue reading for examples how to convert these files into
various other formats.

XML to XHTML:
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location


XML to single file XHTML (nochunks):
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location nochunks


XML to TXT
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Follow the instructions for nochunks and then run:
lynx -dump /path/to/nochunks >/path/to/output


XML to PDF:
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location pdf