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 99c3c89f0d * Upgraded to procps-3.2.2 21 lat temu
chapter01 99c3c89f0d * Upgraded to procps-3.2.2 21 lat temu
chapter02 4f7457758a Shortened some title pages. 21 lat temu
chapter03 99c3c89f0d * Upgraded to procps-3.2.2 21 lat temu
chapter04 1fd5d19b67 Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856) 21 lat temu
chapter05 64a9b1405a * Upgraded to sed-4.1.1 21 lat temu
chapter06 715f65f6ca * Install iproute2 to /sbin now to comply with the FHS 21 lat temu
chapter07 c0155c7108 * Fixed various networking inaccuracies 21 lat temu
chapter08 4abce96c4b * Removed the note regarding the --no-mem-option which is no longer required 21 lat temu
chapter09 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 lat temu
contrib 287ea55da7 * Merged newxml into HEAD 21 lat temu
prologue 0719866479 Tags corrections. Finished my firt full review 21 lat temu
stylesheets 1d505377b8 Using profiles for print output. 21 lat temu
INSTALL a942c0a271 Use a configurable XSLROOTDIR to point to the DocBook XSL stylesheets 21 lat temu
Makefile 1d505377b8 Using profiles for print output. 21 lat temu
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 lat temu
TODO 32cc259af0 Reverting previous change - commit now works 21 lat temu
general.ent 99c3c89f0d * Upgraded to procps-3.2.2 21 lat temu
goTidy ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 lat temu
index.xml 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 lat temu
tidy.conf ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 lat temu

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 PDF:
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make pdf &&
cp lfs.pdf /path/to/output/location