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/

Randy McMurchy a215474ef2 Updated Tar to 1.20 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendices 6cc051651b Updated GCC to 4.3.2 which includes adding the GMP-4.2.4 and MPFR-2.3.2 packages - This new version of GCC requires the added packages - Thanks to DJ Lucas for the stimulus and initial work resulting in this and all of the other package updates coming up %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
bootscripts 0c051c7ab7 undo premature rename of scripts %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 a215474ef2 Updated Tar to 1.20 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 f0fecc7e8a Upgrade to E2fsprogs-1.40.5. Fixes #2138. %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 080e8f81f7 Updated Perl to 5.10.0 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 b06ca361a4 Updated book sources to use DocBook-XML DTD 4.5 %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 a926480eea Updated M4 to 1.4.11 and added it to the Chapter 5 build as it is required by the GMP package in Chapter 6 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 a215474ef2 Updated Tar to 1.20 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 61e63d302c Upgrade Udev to 122, udev-config to 20080522, and lfs-bootscripts to 20080522. Replace "write_net_rules all_interfaces" with a "udevadm test" loop. Fix several typos. Remove the usb_id segfault patch, as it's included in Udev now. Add /lib/udev/devices/kmsg, as udevd uses /dev/kmsg to log a message at startup. Replace udevtrigger/udevinfo with "udevadm trigger" and "udevadm info" in the text. %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 c26ddbf2c4 Make title of fstab entry for /dev/shm consistent with kernel documentation %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter09 b06ca361a4 Updated book sources to use DocBook-XML DTD 4.5 %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
prologue e4ab23261c Add note about symlink reqt in Host Requirements %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets c1fe047a4d Merged r8368 from new-xsl branch. %!s(int64=18) %!d(string=hai) anos
udev-config 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
Makefile fbb442ea34 More tweaking of Makefile validate rule %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
aux-file-data.sh 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
general.ent 0988a76e53 Updated the date of the SVN book %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
index.xml 12bc33686f Add udev rules as an appendix %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
make-aux-files.sh 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK %!s(int64=17) %!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 a215474ef2 Updated Tar to 1.20 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
patches.ent 080e8f81f7 Updated Perl to 5.10.0 %!s(int64=17) %!d(string=hai) anos
process-scripts.sh abcee477f0 Change book build scripts to specify bash, not sh %!s(int64=17) %!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