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 a942c0a271 Use a configurable XSLROOTDIR to point to the DocBook XSL stylesheets 21 lat temu
chapter01 1baa579d9d Mention the mirrors and GnuPG on the packages page 21 lat temu
chapter02 55851d6ef3 Tagging corrections in chapters 1 to 4. 21 lat temu
chapter03 1baa579d9d Mention the mirrors and GnuPG on the packages page 21 lat temu
chapter04 1fd5d19b67 Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856) 21 lat temu
chapter05 2def1243e7 Touch only doc/flex.1, since that's the only one that exists 21 lat temu
chapter06 2def1243e7 Touch only doc/flex.1, since that's the only one that exists 21 lat temu
chapter07 0c012ac2c9 Fixed the identation of /etc/fstab and some tagins regresions. 21 lat temu
chapter08 0c012ac2c9 Fixed the identation of /etc/fstab and some tagins regresions. 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 67c9eebe54 Adapted patcheslist.xsl to the new naming of patches. 21 lat temu
INSTALL a942c0a271 Use a configurable XSLROOTDIR to point to the DocBook XSL stylesheets 21 lat temu
Makefile a942c0a271 Use a configurable XSLROOTDIR to point to the DocBook XSL stylesheets 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 456a1d928d Added sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch to the book 21 lat temu
general.ent 1baa579d9d Mention the mirrors and GnuPG on the packages page 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