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/

Matthew Burgess 3fffa40201 Remove warning about Man-DB's tests. They don't fail anymore. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendices 374259a011 Remove Pkg-Config and its dependencies PCRE and Glib. Glib's dependencies are becoming too heavyweight for LFS to be incorporating. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
bootscripts 81060b6ada Add missing udev_retry config file to the bootscripts package %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 374259a011 Remove Pkg-Config and its dependencies PCRE and Glib. Glib's dependencies are becoming too heavyweight for LFS to be incorporating. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 d944136079 Replaced deprecated w3.org XInclude throughout the book %!s(int64=15) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 374259a011 Remove Pkg-Config and its dependencies PCRE and Glib. Glib's dependencies are becoming too heavyweight for LFS to be incorporating. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 a3b3b6fa1f Minor wording change %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 815b82d4e8 Add a patch to fix several bugs in MPFR. Fixes #2918. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 3fffa40201 Remove warning about Man-DB's tests. They don't fail anymore. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 2a1c1e03a4 Fix the udev_retry script, and add an explanation %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 fe1643ecbb Change default name of linux kernel to be compatible with grub-mkconfig scripts. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter09 d944136079 Replaced deprecated w3.org XInclude throughout the book %!s(int64=15) %!d(string=hai) anos
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
lsb-bootscripts 5de4ea079a Fixed Begin and End on network services. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
prologue 5a58876838 Grammar updates and a minor script touch up. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets 77e2988b31 Minor changes for consistent pdf generation %!s(int64=16) %!d(string=hai) anos
udev-config 0e038d1b86 Don't try to install documentation that was removed in udev-config-20090126. %!s(int64=15) %!d(string=hai) anos
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
Makefile 6708e6ace1 Fix pdf overflow of grub listing output by changing the font size %!s(int64=15) %!d(string=hai) anos
README 2dc4a09ed1 Forcing an update to test RSS fixes. %!s(int64=16) %!d(string=hai) anos
aux-file-data.sh f56f0428d3 Date type and remove some tab characters %!s(int64=16) %!d(string=hai) anos
general.ent 374259a011 Remove Pkg-Config and its dependencies PCRE and Glib. Glib's dependencies are becoming too heavyweight for LFS to be incorporating. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
index.xml d944136079 Replaced deprecated w3.org XInclude throughout the book %!s(int64=15) %!d(string=hai) anos
make-aux-files.sh 43c2ecf0b8 Update to lfs-bootscripts-20110531. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
packages.ent 374259a011 Remove Pkg-Config and its dependencies PCRE and Glib. Glib's dependencies are becoming too heavyweight for LFS to be incorporating. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
patches.ent 61d8b9afca Fix the Coreutils i18n patch so that it runs and passes all tests again. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
pdf-fixups.sh e436213b71 Disable pdf-fixups.sh %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
process-scripts.sh f874424cab Rename /etc/sysconfig/init_params to /etc/sysconfig/rc.site. %!s(int64=14) %!d(string=hai) anos
tidy.conf 58f10f85ed HTML Tidy's newline detection appears to be broken. Force LF line endings assuming people are rendering on a Linux box %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos

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