1 | <sect1 id="ch06-introduction">
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2 | <title>Introduction</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <para>In this chapter we enter the building site, and start
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6 | constructing our LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into
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7 | our temporary mini Linux system, create some auxiliary things,
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8 | and then start installing all the packages, one by one.</para>
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9 |
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10 | <para>The installation of all the software is pretty straightforward, and
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11 | you will probably think it would be so much easier and shorter to give
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12 | the generic installation instructions for a package here and only explain
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13 | in full the installation of those packages that require an alternate
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14 | method. Although we agree with that, we choose to give the
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15 | full instructions for each and every package, simply to avoid any
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16 | possible confusion and errors.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <para>If you plan to use compiler optimization for the packages
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19 | installed in this chapter, take a look at the optimization hint
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20 | at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.
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21 | Compiler optimization can make a program run
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22 | faster, but may also cause compilation problems. If you run into problems
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23 | when using optimization, always try it without optimization to see if
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24 | the problem persists.</para>
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25 |
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26 | <para>Please refrain from installing more than one package at a time, even
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27 | if it may save you time (especially with dual CPU machines). If you install
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28 | the wrong package at the wrong time, it may hard-wire program paths to
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29 | <filename class="directory">$LFS/static</filename> which will cause the
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30 | programs to stop working once the static directory is removed. The order
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31 | packages are installed in this chapter have to be followed exactly to be
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32 | sure nothing is hard-wiring the static paths.</para>
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33 |
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34 | </sect1>
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35 |
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