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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="materials-introduction">
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7 | <title>Introduction</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <para>This chapter includes a list of packages that need to be downloaded for
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11 | building a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions
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12 | of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on their use. We
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13 | highly recommend not using newer versions because the build commands for one
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14 | version may not work with a newer version. The newest package versions may also
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15 | have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds will be developed
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16 | and stabilized in the development version of the book.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download
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19 | location has changed since this book was published, Google (<ulink
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20 | url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for
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21 | most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the
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22 | alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink
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23 | url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"><phrase condition ="pdf">&lfs-root;
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24 | lfs/packages.html</phrase></ulink>.</para>
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25 |
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26 | <para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere
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27 | that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. A working
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28 | directory is also required to unpack the sources and build them.
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29 | <filename class="directory">$LFS/sources</filename> can be used both
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30 | as the place to store the tarballs and patches and as a working
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31 | directory. By using this directory, the required elements will be
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32 | located on the LFS partition and will be available during all stages
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33 | of the building process.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para>To create this directory, execute, as user
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36 | <emphasis>root</emphasis>, the following command before starting the
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37 | download session:</para>
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38 |
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39 | <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
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40 |
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41 | <para>Make this directory writable and sticky. <quote>Sticky</quote>
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42 | means that even if multiple users have write permission on a
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43 | directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file within a
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44 | sticky directory. The following command will enable the write and
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45 | sticky modes:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | </sect1>
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50 |
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