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<chapter id="chapter04">
<title>The materials: packages and patches</title>
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<sect1 id="ch04-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter04"?>

<para>Below is a list of packages you need to download for building a
basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions
of the software that are <emphasis>known</emphasis> to work, and this book is
based upon them. You can try out newer versions, of course, but if you
experience problems with those versions, use the indicated version instead.
Often there is a reason for not using the latest version.</para>

<para>All the URLs, when possible, refer to the project's page at
<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net">Freshmeat.net</ulink>. The Freshmeat
pages will give you easy access to the official download sites as well as
project websites, mailinglists, FAQs, Changelogs and more.</para>

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make it easy to download all the files at once, rather than downloading each
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</sect1>


<sect1 id="ch04-packages">
<title>All the packages</title>
<?dbhtml filename="packages.html" dir="chapter04"?>

<para>Download or otherwise obtain the following packages:</para>

<literallayout>
Autoconf (&autoconf-version;) - &autoconf-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/autoconf/"/>

Automake (&automake-version;) - &automake-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/automake/"/>

Bash (&bash-version;) - &bash-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnubash/"/>

Bin86 (&bin86-version;) - &bin86-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/bin86/"/>

Binutils (&binutils-version;) - &binutils-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/binutils/"/>

Bison (&bison-version;) - &bison-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/bison/"/>

Bzip2 (&bzip2-version;) - &bzip2-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/bzip2/"/>

Coreutils (&coreutils-version;) - &coreutils-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/coreutils/"/>

DejaGNU (&dejagnu-version;) - &dejagnu-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/dejagnu/"/>

Diffutils (&diffutils-version;) - &diffutils-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/diffutils/"/>

E2fsprogs (&e2fsprogs-version;) - &e2fsprogs-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/e2fsprogs/"/>

Ed (&ed-version;) - &ed-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/"/>

Expect (&expect-version;) - &expect-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/expect/"/>

File (&file-version;) - &file-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/file/"/>

Findutils (&findutils-version;) - &findutils-size;:
<ulink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/"/>

Flex (&flex-version;) - &flex-size;:
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/non-gnu/flex/"/>

Gawk (&gawk-version;) - &gawk-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnuawk/"/>

GCC (&gcc-2953-version;) - &gcc-2953-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>

GCC-core (&gcc-version;) - &gcc-core-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>
GCC-g++ (&gcc-version;) - &gcc-gpp-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>
GCC-testsuite (&gcc-version;) - &gcc-testsuite-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/"/>

Gettext (&gettext-version;) - &gettext-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gettext/"/>

Glibc (&glibc-version;) - &glibc-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/glibc/"/>
Glibc-linuxthreads (&glibc-version;) - &glibc-threads-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/glibc/"/>

Grep (&grep-version;) - &grep-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/grep/"/>

Groff (&groff-version;) - &groff-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/groff/"/>

Gzip (&gzip-version;) - &gzip-size;:
<ulink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/"/>

Inetutils (&inetutils-version;) - &inetutils-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/inetutils/"/>

Kbd (&kbd-version;) - &kbd-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/kbd/"/>

Less (&less-version;) - &less-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/less/"/>

LFS-Bootscripts (&bootscripts-version;) - &bootscripts-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/lfs-bootscripts-&bootscripts-version;.tar.bz2"/>

Lfs-Utils (&lfs-utils-version;) - &lfs-utils-size;:
<ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~winkie/downloads/lfs-utils/"/>

Libtool (&libtool-version;) - &libtool-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/libtool/"/>

Lilo (&lilo-version;) - &lilo-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/lilo/"/>

Linux (&kernel-version;) - &kernel-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/linux/"/>

M4 (&m4-version;) - &m4-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnum4/"/>

Make (&make-version;) - &make-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnumake"/>

MAKEDEV (&makedev-version;) - &makedev-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/MAKEDEV-&makedev-version;.bz2"/>

Man (&man-version;) - &man-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/man/"/>

Man-pages (&man-pages-version;) - &man-pages-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/man-pages/"/>

Modutils (&modutils-version;) - &modutils-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/modutils/"/>

Ncurses (&ncurses-version;) - &ncurses-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ncurses/"/>

Net-tools (&net-tools-version;) - &net-tools-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/net-tools/"/>

Patch (&patch-version;) - &patch-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/patch/"/>

Perl (&perl-version;) - &perl-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/perl/"/>

Procinfo (&procinfo-version;) - &procinfo-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/procinfo/"/>

Procps (&procps-version;) - &procps-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/procps/"/>

Psmisc (&psmisc-version;) - &psmisc-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/psmisc/"/>

Sed (&sed-version;) - &sed-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/sed/"/>

Shadow (&shadow-version;) - &shadow-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/shadow/"/>

Sysklogd (&sysklogd-version;) - &sysklogd-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysklogd/"/>

Sysvinit (&sysvinit-version;) - &sysvinit-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/sysvinit/"/>

Tar (&tar-version;) - &tar-size;:
<ulink url="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/tar/"/>

TCL (&tcl-version;) - &tcl-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/tcltk/"/>

Texinfo (&texinfo-version;) - &texinfo-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/texinfo/"/>

Util-linux (&util-linux-version;) - &util-linux-size;:
<ulink url="http://ftp.cwi.nl/aeb/util-linux/"/>

Vim (&vim-version;) - &vim-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/vim/"/>

Zlib (&zlib-version;) - &zlib-size;:
<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/projects/zlib/"/>

Total size of these packages: &all-size-mb;
</literallayout>

</sect1>


<sect1 id="ch04-patches">
<title>Needed patches</title>
<?dbhtml filename="patches.html" dir="chapter04"?>

<para>Besides all those packages, you'll also need several patches. These
correct tiny mistakes in the packages that should be fixed by the maintainer,
or just make some small modifications to bend things our way. You'll need the
following:</para>

<literallayout>
Bash Patch (&bash-patch-version;) - &bash-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/bash-&bash-patch-version;.patch"/>

Coreutils Hostname Patch (&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;) - &coreutils-hostname-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/coreutils-&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;.patch"/>
Coreutils Uname Patch (&coreutils-uname-patch-version;) - &coreutils-uname-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/coreutils-&coreutils-uname-patch-version;.patch"/>

Ed Patch (&ed-patch-version;) - &ed-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/ed-&ed-patch-version;.patch"/>

Expect Patch (&expect-patch-version;) - &expect-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/expect-&expect-patch-version;.patch"/>

Gawk Patch (&gawk-patch-version;) - &gawk-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/gawk-&gawk-patch-version;.patch"/>

GCC Patch (&gcc-2953-patch-version;) - &gcc-2953-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/gcc-&gcc-2953-patch-version;.patch"/>

GCC No Fixincludes Patch:
<ulink url="&http;/gcc-3.3.1-no_fixincludes-2.patch"/>
GCC Specs Patch:
<ulink url="&http;/gcc-3.3.1-specs-1.patch"/>

Glibc Sscanf Patch:
<ulink url="&http;/glibc-2.3.2-sscanf-1.patch"/>

Kbd Patch (&kbd-patch-version;) - &kbd-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/kbd-&kbd-patch-version;.patch"/>

Man 80Cols Patch (&man-80cols-patch-version;) - &man-80cols-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-80cols-patch-version;-80cols.patch"/>
Man Manpath Patch (&man-manpath-patch-version;) - &man-manpath-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-manpath-patch-version;-manpath.patch"/>
Man Pager Patch (&man-pager-patch-version;) - &man-pager-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/man-&man-pager-patch-version;-pager.patch"/>

Ncurses Etip Patch (&ncurses-etip-patch-version;) - &ncurses-etip-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/ncurses-5.3-etip-2.patch"/>
Ncurses Vsscanf Patch (&ncurses-vsscanf-patch-version;) - &ncurses-vsscanf-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/ncurses-5.3-vsscanf.patch"/>

Perl Libc Patch (&perl-libc-patch-version;) - &perl-libc-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/perl-&perl-libc-patch-version;.patch"/>

Procps Patch (&procps-patch-version;) - &procps-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/procps-&procps-patch-version;.patch"/>

Shadow Patch (&shadow-patch-version;) - &shadow-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/shadow-&shadow-patch-version;.patch"/> 

Zlib Patch (&zlib-patch-version;) - &zlib-patch-size;:
<ulink url="&http;/zlib-&zlib-patch-version;.patch"/>
</literallayout>

<para>In addition, there are a number of optional patches that have been
created by the LFS community.  Most of these solve slight problems, or enable
some functionality that's not enabled by default.  Please feel free to examine
the patches database, located at <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches"/>, and choose any additional patches you might wish to use.</para>

</sect1>

</chapter>