| [6370fa6] | 1 | <sect1 id="ch05-introduction">
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| 2 | <title>Introduction</title>
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| [75043c22] | 3 | <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter05"?>
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| [6370fa6] | 4 |
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| [5756284] | 5 | <para>In this chapter we will compile and install a minimal
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| 6 | Linux system. This system will contain just enough tools to be able
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| 7 | to start constructing the final LFS system in the next chapter.</para>
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| 8 |
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| [66e4325] | 9 | <para>The building of this minimal system is done in two steps: first we
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| 10 | build a brand-new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler,
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| 11 | linker and libraries), and then use this to build all the other essential
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| 12 | tools.</para>
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| 13 |
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| [5756284] | 14 | <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
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| [148bb04] | 15 | <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory,
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| [5756284] | 16 | to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
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| [ef380b4] | 17 | Since the packages compiled here are merely temporary, we don't want
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| 18 | them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
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| [5756284] | 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
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| [66e4325] | 21 | what each package is used for, why the user or the system needs it.
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| 22 | For this purpose a short summary of the content of each package is given
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| 23 | before the actual installation instructions. For a short description of
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| 24 | each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
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| 25 | <xref linkend="appendixa"/>.</para>
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| [5756284] | 26 |
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| [3cf0fef] | 27 | <para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
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| 28 | the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
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| 29 | both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. So, don't
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| 30 | worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
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| [5ebcbcc] | 31 |
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| [3cf0fef] | 32 | <para>During the installation of most packages you will
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| [5756284] | 33 | see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
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| 34 | normal and can be safely ignored. They are just what they say they are:
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| 35 | warnings -- mostly about improper, but not illegal, use of the C or C++
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| 36 | syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
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| 37 | packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>
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| 38 |
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| [3cf0fef] | 39 | <para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
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| 40 | properly (if you decided to make use of it) by executing the following:</para>
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| [b822811] | 41 |
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| 42 | <para><screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen></para>
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| 43 |
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| [3cf0fef] | 44 | <para>Make sure the output shows the path to your LFS partition's mount
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| 45 | point, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if you
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| 46 | followed our example.</para>
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| [607c7370] | 47 |
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| [6370fa6] | 48 | </sect1>
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| 49 |
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