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/

Jeremy Utley f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 éve
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chapter02 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 éve
chapter03 3125dfb878 Added Readline 21 éve
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chapter07 4a80bec1b7 Removed unused entries from nsswitch.conf 21 éve
chapter08 52216a8930 Use full LFS version for GRUB entry 21 éve
chapter09 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 éve
contrib 287ea55da7 * Merged newxml into HEAD 21 éve
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README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 éve
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index.xml 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 éve

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