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 e0111f51cc Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.9. Fixes #2420. 16 lat temu
appendices 3a34893e27 Upgrade udev to 143. Remove the testsuite dependencies from appendix C (since there is no udev testsuite anymore). Fixes #2425. 16 lat temu
bootscripts 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 lat temu
chapter01 e0111f51cc Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.9. Fixes #2420. 16 lat temu
chapter02 8e3448a108 Commented out "LFS next to existing hints" until its viability can be established. 16 lat temu
chapter03 a8bc277bbe Remove no longer used zlib patch from patches list. 16 lat temu
chapter04 6d9da8eb76 Minor edit. 16 lat temu
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 lat temu
chapter06 3a34893e27 Upgrade udev to 143. Remove the testsuite dependencies from appendix C (since there is no udev testsuite anymore). Fixes #2425. 16 lat temu
chapter07 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 lat temu
chapter08 764b5cf62b Add a reference to the kernel-configuration hint 16 lat temu
chapter09 b06ca361a4 Updated book sources to use DocBook-XML DTD 4.5 18 lat temu
images 192ac089b9 Import the admonition graphics from the DocBook-XSL package. 18 lat temu
prologue 022886cd45 Added a list entry in the help section to 16 lat temu
stylesheets 77e2988b31 Minor changes for consistent pdf generation 16 lat temu
udev-config 63f6e21758 Change the bootsripts and udev configuration so the rtc is set by udev upon boot. 16 lat temu
INSTALL 0d8c5d4aa4 Fixed ambiguity in INSTALL. 20 lat temu
Makefile 8e66c9dc50 Add maketar to the nochunks dependency list, to create the bootscripts and udev-config tarballs for it as well. 16 lat temu
README 05e94658c6 Updated README and INSTALL. 20 lat temu
aux-file-data.sh f56f0428d3 Date type and remove some tab characters 17 lat temu
general.ent 56c3079fae Correct version & release date 16 lat temu
index.xml 12bc33686f Add udev rules as an appendix 17 lat temu
make-aux-files.sh 1c4800743d Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK 17 lat temu
obfuscate.sh 05d60cedcd Added a versose flag and other fixes to the Makefile. 18 lat temu
packages.ent e0111f51cc Upgrade to Module-Init-Tools-3.9. Fixes #2420. 16 lat temu
patches.ent 13fe71ee07 Update gettext patch to -2 for an additional bug fix 16 lat temu
process-scripts.sh abcee477f0 Change book build scripts to specify bash, not sh 17 lat temu
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 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 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