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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="pre-why">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="package-choices.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Rationale for Packages in the Book</title>
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| 12 |
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[62a598f] | 13 | <para>The goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable
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| 14 | foundation-level system—including all the packages needed to replicate
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| 15 | itself—and providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize
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| 16 | a more complete system based on the user's choices. This does not
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[a26951e] | 17 | mean that LFS is the smallest system possible. Several important packages
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[62a598f] | 18 | are included that are not, strictly speaking, required. The list below documents the
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| 19 | reasons each package in the book has been included.</para>
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[a26951e] | 20 |
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| 21 | <itemizedlist>
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| 22 |
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[a139c25] | 23 | <listitem>
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| 24 | <para>Acl</para>
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| 25 |
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[08ee81f] | 26 | <para>This package contains utilities to administer Access
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[62a598f] | 27 | Control Lists, which are used to define fine-grained
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[08ee81f] | 28 | discretionary access rights for files and directories.
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[a139c25] | 29 | </para>
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| 30 | </listitem>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <listitem>
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| 33 | <para>Attr</para>
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| 34 |
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[62a598f] | 35 | <para>This package contains programs for managing
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| 36 | extended attributes on file system objects.
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[a139c25] | 37 | </para>
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| 38 | </listitem>
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| 39 |
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[a26951e] | 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Autoconf</para>
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| 42 |
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[62a598f] | 43 | <para>This package supplies programs for producing shell scripts that
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[a26951e] | 44 | can automatically configure source code from a developer's
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[62a598f] | 45 | template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
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| 46 | the build procedure has been updated.</para>
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[a26951e] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Automake</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>This package contains programs for generating Make files from
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[62a598f] | 53 | a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
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| 54 | the build procedure has been updated.</para>
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[a26951e] | 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Bash</para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>This package satisfies an LSB core requirement to provide
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| 61 | a Bourne Shell interface to the system. It was chosen over
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| 62 | other shell packages because of its common usage and extensive
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[62a598f] | 63 | capabilities.</para>
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[a26951e] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 |
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[25d0483] | 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Bc</para>
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| 68 |
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[08ee81f] | 69 | <para>This package provides an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
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[62a598f] | 70 | It satisfies a requirement for building the Linux kernel.</para>
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[25d0483] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 |
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[a26951e] | 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Binutils</para>
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| 75 |
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[62a598f] | 76 | <para>This package supplies a linker, an assembler, and other
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[1c72dda] | 77 | tools for handling object files. The programs in this package are
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[62a598f] | 78 | needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system.</para>
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[a26951e] | 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <listitem>
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| 82 | <para>Bison</para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>This package contains the GNU version of yacc (Yet Another
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[62a598f] | 85 | Compiler Compiler) needed to build several of the LFS programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 86 | </listitem>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Bzip2</para>
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| 90 |
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[2ca8941] | 91 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
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[a26951e] | 92 | files. It is required to decompress many LFS packages.</para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 |
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[5870a98] | 95 | <listitem>
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| 96 | <para>Check</para>
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| 97 |
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[62a598f] | 98 | <para>This package provides a test harness for other programs.</para>
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[5870a98] | 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 |
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[a26951e] | 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Coreutils</para>
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| 103 |
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[2ca8941] | 104 | <para>This package contains a number of essential programs for viewing
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[1c72dda] | 105 | and manipulating files and directories. These programs are needed for
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| 106 | command line file management, and are necessary for the installation
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| 107 | procedures of every package in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 108 | </listitem>
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[e787b1f] | 109 |
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| 110 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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[a139c25] | 111 | <para>D-Bus</para>
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| 112 |
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[08ee81f] | 113 | <para>This package contains programs to implement a message bus system,
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[62a598f] | 114 | a simple way for applications to talk to one another.
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[a139c25] | 115 | </para>
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| 116 | </listitem>
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[e787b1f] | 117 |
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[a26951e] | 118 | <listitem>
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| 119 | <para>DejaGNU</para>
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| 120 |
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[62a598f] | 121 | <para>This package supplies a framework for testing other programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>Diffutils</para>
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| 126 |
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[2ca8941] | 127 | <para>This package contains programs that show the differences
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[1c72dda] | 128 | between files or directories. These programs can be used to create
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| 129 | patches, and are also used in many packages' build procedures.</para>
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[a26951e] | 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 |
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[c1ec480] | 132 | <listitem>
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| 133 | <para>E2fsprogs</para>
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| 134 |
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[62a598f] | 135 | <para>This package supplies utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
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[c1ec480] | 136 | and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly
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| 137 | tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 |
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[a139c25] | 140 | <listitem>
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| 141 | <para>Expat</para>
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| 142 |
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[62a598f] | 143 | <para>This package yields a relatively small XML parsing library. It
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[9ec4436] | 144 | is required by the XML::Parser Perl module.</para>
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[a139c25] | 145 | </listitem>
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| 146 |
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[a26951e] | 147 | <listitem>
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| 148 | <para>Expect</para>
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| 149 |
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[2ca8941] | 150 | <para>This package contains a program for carrying out scripted
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[a26951e] | 151 | dialogues with other interactive programs. It is commonly used
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[660d70a] | 152 | for testing other packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>File</para>
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| 157 |
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[2ca8941] | 158 | <para>This package contains a utility for determining the type of a
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[493d6b5] | 159 | given file or files. A few packages need it in their build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 160 | </listitem>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>Findutils</para>
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| 164 |
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[62a598f] | 165 | <para>This package provides programs to find files in a file system.
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[1c72dda] | 166 | It is used in many packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>Flex</para>
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| 171 |
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[2ca8941] | 172 | <para>This package contains a utility for generating programs that
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| 173 | recognize patterns in text. It is the GNU version of the lex
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| 174 | (lexical analyzer) program. It is required to build several
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[1c72dda] | 175 | LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <listitem>
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| 179 | <para>Gawk</para>
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| 180 |
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[62a598f] | 181 | <para>This package supplies programs for manipulating text files.
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[1c72dda] | 182 | It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-Kernighan). It is used in
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| 183 | many other packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 184 | </listitem>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <listitem>
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[ea7ec72] | 187 | <para>GCC</para>
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[a26951e] | 188 |
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[62a598f] | 189 | <para>This is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the
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[2ca8941] | 190 | C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS.
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[a26951e] | 191 | </para>
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| 192 | </listitem>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <listitem>
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| 195 | <para>GDBM</para>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It
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[1c72dda] | 198 | is used by one other LFS package, Man-DB.</para>
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[a26951e] | 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>Gettext</para>
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| 203 |
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[62a598f] | 204 | <para>This package provides utilities and libraries for
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| 205 | the internationalization and localization of many packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <listitem>
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| 209 | <para>Glibc</para>
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| 210 |
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[493d6b5] | 211 | <para>This package contains the main C library. Linux programs will
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[1c72dda] | 212 | not run without it.</para>
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[a26951e] | 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>GMP</para>
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| 217 |
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[62a598f] | 218 | <para>This package supplies math libraries that provide useful functions
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| 219 | for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is needed to build GCC.</para>
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[a26951e] | 220 | </listitem>
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| 221 |
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[a139c25] | 222 | <listitem>
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| 223 | <para>Gperf</para>
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| 224 |
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[62a598f] | 225 | <para>This package produces a program that generates a perfect hash
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[72523a13] | 226 | function from a set of keys. It is required by
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[b1774158] | 227 | <phrase revision='sysv'>Udev</phrase>
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[72523a13] | 228 | <phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase>.</para>
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[a139c25] | 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 |
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[a26951e] | 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>Grep</para>
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| 233 |
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[1c72dda] | 234 | <para>This package contains programs for searching through files. These
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| 235 | programs are used by most packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>Groff</para>
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| 240 |
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[62a598f] | 241 | <para>This package contributes programs for processing and formatting text.
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[1c72dda] | 242 | One important function of these programs is to format man pages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 243 | </listitem>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <listitem>
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| 246 | <para>GRUB</para>
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| 247 |
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[62a598f] | 248 | <para>This is the Grand Unified Boot Loader. It is
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| 249 | the most flexible of several boot loaders available.
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[a26951e] | 250 | </para>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <listitem>
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| 254 | <para>Gzip</para>
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| 255 |
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[2ca8941] | 256 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and
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[62a598f] | 257 | decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages
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| 258 | in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 259 | </listitem>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>Iana-etc</para>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <para>This package provides data for network services and protocols.
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[1c72dda] | 265 | It is needed to enable proper networking capabilities.</para>
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[a26951e] | 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>Inetutils</para>
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| 270 |
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[62a598f] | 271 | <para>This package supplies programs for basic network
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[1c72dda] | 272 | administration.</para>
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[a26951e] | 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 |
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[a139c25] | 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>Intltool</para>
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| 277 |
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[62a598f] | 278 | <para>This package contributes tools for extracting translatable
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[a139c25] | 279 | strings from source files.</para>
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| 280 | </listitem>
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| 281 |
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[a26951e] | 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para>IProute2</para>
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| 284 |
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| 285 | <para>This package contains programs for basic and advanced IPv4 and
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| 286 | IPv6 networking. It was chosen over the other common network
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| 287 | tools package (net-tools) for its IPv6 capabilities. </para>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 |
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[e182fa3] | 290 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 291 | <para>Jinja2</para>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <para>This package is a Python module for text templating.
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| 294 | It's required to build Systemd.</para>
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| 295 | </listitem>
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| 296 |
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[a26951e] | 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>Kbd</para>
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| 299 |
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[62a598f] | 300 | <para>This package produces key-table files, keyboard utilities
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[1c72dda] | 301 | for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 |
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[46b7d91] | 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>Kmod</para>
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| 306 |
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[62a598f] | 307 | <para>This package supplies programs needed to administer Linux
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[46b7d91] | 308 | kernel modules.</para>
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| 309 | </listitem>
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| 310 |
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[a26951e] | 311 | <listitem>
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| 312 | <para>Less</para>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <para>This package contains a very nice text file viewer that
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[a1cf444] | 315 | allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file.
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| 316 | Many packages use it for paging the output.</para>
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[a26951e] | 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 |
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[a139c25] | 319 | <listitem>
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| 320 | <para>Libcap</para>
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| 321 |
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[7ae2811] | 322 | <para>This package implements the userspace interfaces to
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[08ee81f] | 323 | the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels.
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[a139c25] | 324 | </para>
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| 325 | </listitem>
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| 326 |
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[df9fd82] | 327 | <listitem>
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| 328 | <para>Libelf</para>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <para>The elfutils project provides libraries and tools for ELF files
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| 331 | and DWARF data. Most utilities in this package are available in
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| 332 | other packages, but the library is needed to build the Linux
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| 333 | kernel using the default (and most efficient) configuration.</para>
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| 334 |
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| 335 | </listitem>
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| 336 |
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[b0aabe0] | 337 | <listitem>
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| 338 | <para>Libffi</para>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | <para>This package implements a portable, high level programming
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| 341 | interface to various calling conventions. Some programs may not know
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| 342 | at the time of compilation what arguments are to be passed to a
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| 343 | function. For instance, an interpreter may be told at run-time about
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| 344 | the number and types of arguments used to call a given function. Libffi
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| 345 | can be used in such programs to provide a bridge from the interpreter
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| 346 | program to compiled code.</para>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | </listitem>
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| 349 |
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[c1ec480] | 350 | <listitem>
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| 351 | <para>Libpipeline</para>
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| 352 |
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[62a598f] | 353 | <para>The Libpipeline package supplies a library for manipulating
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[c1ec480] | 354 | pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
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| 355 | required by the Man-DB package.</para>
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| 356 | </listitem>
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| 357 |
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[a26951e] | 358 | <listitem>
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| 359 | <para>Libtool</para>
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| 360 |
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[2ca8941] | 361 | <para>This package contains the GNU generic library support
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[62a598f] | 362 | script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries into a
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[a26951e] | 363 | consistent, portable interface. It is needed by the test
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[1c72dda] | 364 | suites in other LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 365 | </listitem>
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| 366 |
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[c727d7e7] | 367 | <listitem>
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| 368 | <para>Libxcrypt</para>
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| 369 |
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| 370 | <para>This package provides the
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| 371 | <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> library
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| 372 | needed by various packages (notably, Shadow) for hashing passwords.
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| 373 | It replaces the obsolete
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[ac90ea8] | 374 | <systemitem class='library'>libcrypt</systemitem> implementation in
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[c727d7e7] | 375 | Glibc.</para>
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| 376 | </listitem>
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| 377 |
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[a26951e] | 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>Linux Kernel</para>
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| 380 |
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| 381 | <para>This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in
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[1c72dda] | 382 | the GNU/Linux environment.</para>
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[a26951e] | 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 |
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| 385 | <listitem>
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| 386 | <para>M4</para>
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| 387 |
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[62a598f] | 388 | <para>This package provides a general text macro processor useful
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[1c72dda] | 389 | as a build tool for other programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 390 | </listitem>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | <listitem>
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| 393 | <para>Make</para>
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| 394 |
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| 395 | <para>This package contains a program for directing the building
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[1c72dda] | 396 | of packages. It is required by almost every package in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 397 | </listitem>
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| 398 |
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[e182fa3] | 399 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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| 400 | <para>MarkupSafe</para>
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| 401 |
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| 402 | <para>This package is a Python module for processing strings in
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[9904ecb] | 403 | HTML/XHTML/XML safely. Jinja2 requires this package.</para>
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[e182fa3] | 404 | </listitem>
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| 405 |
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[a26951e] | 406 | <listitem>
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| 407 | <para>Man-DB</para>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages.
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| 410 | It was chosen instead of the <application>man</application> package
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[62a598f] | 411 | because of its superior internationalization capabilities. It supplies
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[1c72dda] | 412 | the man program.</para>
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[a26951e] | 413 | </listitem>
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| 414 |
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| 415 | <listitem>
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| 416 | <para>Man-pages</para>
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| 417 |
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[62a598f] | 418 | <para>This package provides the actual contents of the basic
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[1c72dda] | 419 | Linux man pages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 420 | </listitem>
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| 421 |
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[b0aabe0] | 422 | <listitem>
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| 423 | <para>Meson</para>
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| 424 |
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| 425 | <para>This package provides a software tool for automating the building
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[62a598f] | 426 | of software. The main goal of Meson is to minimize the amount of time
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| 427 | that software developers need to spend configuring a build
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[e182fa3] | 428 | system. It's required to build Systemd, as well as many BLFS
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| 429 | packages.</para>
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[b0aabe0] | 430 |
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| 431 | </listitem>
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| 432 |
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[1c72dda] | 433 | <listitem>
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| 434 | <para>MPC</para>
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| 435 |
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[62a598f] | 436 | <para>This package supplies arithmetic functions for complex
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[ea7ec72] | 437 | numbers. It is required by GCC.</para>
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[1c72dda] | 438 | </listitem>
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| 439 |
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[a26951e] | 440 | <listitem>
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| 441 | <para>MPFR</para>
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| 442 |
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[2ca8941] | 443 | <para>This package contains functions for multiple precision
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[ea7ec72] | 444 | arithmetic. It is required by GCC.</para>
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[a26951e] | 445 | </listitem>
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| 446 |
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[b0aabe0] | 447 | <listitem>
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| 448 | <para>Ninja</para>
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| 449 |
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[62a598f] | 450 | <para>This package furnishes a small build system with a focus on speed.
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[b0aabe0] | 451 | It is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build
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[e182fa3] | 452 | system, and to run builds as fast as possible.
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| 453 | This package is required by Meson.</para>
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[b0aabe0] | 454 |
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| 455 | </listitem>
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| 456 |
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[a26951e] | 457 | <listitem>
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| 458 | <para>Ncurses</para>
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| 459 |
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[2ca8941] | 460 | <para>This package contains libraries for terminal-independent
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| 461 | handling of character screens. It is often used to provide
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[1c72dda] | 462 | cursor control for a menuing system. It is needed by a number of
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[62a598f] | 463 | the packages in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 464 | </listitem>
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| 465 |
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[b55310e] | 466 | <listitem>
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| 467 | <para>Openssl</para>
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| 468 |
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| 469 | <para>This package provides management tools and libraries relating to
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[62a598f] | 470 | cryptography. These supply cryptographic functions to
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[b55310e] | 471 | other packages, including the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 472 | </listitem>
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| 473 |
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[a26951e] | 474 | <listitem>
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| 475 | <para>Patch</para>
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| 476 |
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[12c82b50] | 477 | <para>This package contains a program for modifying or creating files by
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[2ca8941] | 478 | applying a <emphasis>patch</emphasis> file typically created
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[a26951e] | 479 | by the <application>diff</application> program. It is needed by
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[1c72dda] | 480 | the build procedure for several LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 481 | </listitem>
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[5b62b8d] | 482 |
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[a26951e] | 483 | <listitem>
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| 484 | <para>Perl</para>
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| 485 |
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| 486 | <para>This package is an interpreter for the runtime language
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[0ebe029b] | 487 | PERL. It is needed for the installation and test suites of several LFS
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[1c72dda] | 488 | packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 489 | </listitem>
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| 490 |
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[450e682e] | 491 | <listitem>
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[89375e2] | 492 | <para>Pkgconf</para>
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| 493 |
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| 494 | <para>This package contains a program which helps to configure
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| 495 | compiler and linker flags for development libraries. The program
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| 496 | can be used as a drop-in replacement of
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| 497 | <command>pkg-config</command>, which is needed by the building
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| 498 | system of many packages. It's maintained more actively and slightly
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| 499 | faster than the original Pkg-config package.</para>
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[450e682e] | 500 | </listitem>
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| 501 |
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| 502 | <listitem>
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[c1ec480] | 503 | <para>Procps-NG</para>
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[a26951e] | 504 |
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[1c72dda] | 505 | <para>This package contains programs for monitoring processes. These
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| 506 | programs are useful for system administration, and are also used by
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| 507 | the LFS Bootscripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 508 | </listitem>
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| 509 |
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| 510 | <listitem>
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| 511 | <para>Psmisc</para>
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| 512 |
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[62a598f] | 513 | <para>This package produces programs for displaying information
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[1c72dda] | 514 | about running processes. These programs are useful for system
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| 515 | administration.</para>
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[a26951e] | 516 | </listitem>
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| 517 |
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[b0aabe0] | 518 | <listitem>
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| 519 | <para>Python 3</para>
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| 520 |
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| 521 | <para>This package provides an interpreted language that has a design
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[62a598f] | 522 | philosophy emphasizing code readability.</para>
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[b0aabe0] | 523 |
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| 524 | </listitem>
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| 525 |
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[a26951e] | 526 | <listitem>
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| 527 | <para>Readline</para>
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| 528 |
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[62a598f] | 529 | <para>This package is a set of libraries that offer command-line
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[1c72dda] | 530 | editing and history capabilities. It is used by Bash.</para>
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[a26951e] | 531 | </listitem>
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| 532 |
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| 533 | <listitem>
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| 534 | <para>Sed</para>
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| 535 |
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[2ca8941] | 536 | <para>This package allows editing of text without opening it in a
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[62a598f] | 537 | text editor. It is also needed by many LFS packages' configure
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[1c72dda] | 538 | scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 539 | </listitem>
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| 540 |
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| 541 | <listitem>
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| 542 | <para>Shadow</para>
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| 543 |
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[2ca8941] | 544 | <para>This package contains programs for handling passwords
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[62a598f] | 545 | securely.</para>
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[a26951e] | 546 | </listitem>
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| 547 |
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[e787b1f] | 548 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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[a26951e] | 549 | <para>Sysklogd</para>
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| 550 |
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[62a598f] | 551 | <para>This package supplies programs for logging system messages,
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| 552 | such as those emitted by the kernel or daemon processes when unusual
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[1c72dda] | 553 | events occur.</para>
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[a26951e] | 554 | </listitem>
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[e787b1f] | 555 |
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| 556 | <listitem revision="systemd">
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[a139c25] | 557 | <para>Systemd</para>
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| 558 |
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[ad1ccc7] | 559 | <para>This package provides an <application>init</application> program
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[edbeeb5] | 560 | and several additional boot and system control capabilities as an
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[62a598f] | 561 | alternative to Sysvinit. It is used by many Linux distributions.
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[3656105] | 562 | </para>
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[a139c25] | 563 | </listitem>
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[e787b1f] | 564 |
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| 565 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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[a26951e] | 566 | <para>Sysvinit</para>
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| 567 |
|
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| 568 | <para>This package provides the <application>init</application>
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[62a598f] | 569 | program, the parent of all the other processes on a running Linux
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[a26951e] | 570 | system. </para>
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| 571 | </listitem>
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| 572 |
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[ca0bd6d] | 573 | <listitem revision="sysv">
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| 574 | <para>Udev</para>
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| 575 |
|
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| 576 | <para>This package is a device manager. It dynamically controls the
|
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| 577 | ownership, permissions, names, and symbolic links of device nodes in
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| 578 | the /dev directory when devices are added to or removed from the
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| 579 | system.</para>
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| 580 | </listitem>
|
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| 581 |
|
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[a26951e] | 582 | <listitem>
|
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| 583 | <para>Tar</para>
|
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| 584 |
|
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| 585 | <para>This package provides archiving and extraction capabilities
|
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[62a598f] | 586 | of virtually all the packages used in LFS.</para>
|
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[a26951e] | 587 | </listitem>
|
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| 588 |
|
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| 589 | <listitem>
|
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| 590 | <para>Tcl</para>
|
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| 591 |
|
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| 592 | <para>This package contains the Tool Command Language used
|
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[62a598f] | 593 | in many test suites.</para>
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[a26951e] | 594 | </listitem>
|
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| 595 |
|
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| 596 | <listitem>
|
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| 597 | <para>Texinfo</para>
|
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| 598 |
|
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[62a598f] | 599 | <para>This package supplies programs for reading, writing, and
|
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[2ca8941] | 600 | converting info pages. It is used in the installation
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[1c72dda] | 601 | procedures of many LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 602 | </listitem>
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| 603 |
|
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| 604 | <listitem>
|
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[e1428f3] | 605 | <para>Util-linux</para>
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[a26951e] | 606 |
|
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[2ca8941] | 607 | <para>This package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
|
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| 608 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles,
|
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[1c72dda] | 609 | partitions, and messages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 610 | </listitem>
|
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| 611 |
|
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| 612 | <listitem>
|
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| 613 | <para>Vim</para>
|
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| 614 |
|
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[62a598f] | 615 | <para>This package provides an editor. It was chosen because of its
|
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[c6d5b092] | 616 | compatibility with the classic vi editor and its huge number of powerful
|
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[a26951e] | 617 | capabilities. An editor is a very personal choice for
|
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[62a598f] | 618 | many users. Any other editor can be substituted, if you wish.</para>
|
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| 619 | </listitem>
|
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| 620 |
|
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| 621 | <listitem>
|
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| 622 | <para>Wheel</para>
|
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| 623 |
|
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| 624 | <para>This package supplies a Python module that is the
|
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| 625 | reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.
|
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| 626 | </para>
|
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[a26951e] | 627 | </listitem>
|
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[bf2bd25] | 628 |
|
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[a139c25] | 629 | <listitem>
|
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| 630 | <para>XML::Parser</para>
|
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| 631 |
|
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| 632 | <para>This package is a Perl module that interfaces with Expat.</para>
|
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| 633 | </listitem>
|
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[bf2bd25] | 634 |
|
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[7002213] | 635 | <listitem>
|
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| 636 | <para>XZ Utils</para>
|
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| 637 |
|
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[2ca8941] | 638 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
|
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[7002213] | 639 | files. It provides the highest compression generally available
|
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[62b7a34] | 640 | and is useful for decompressing packages in XZ or LZMA format.</para>
|
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[7002213] | 641 | </listitem>
|
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| 642 |
|
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[a26951e] | 643 | <listitem>
|
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| 644 | <para>Zlib</para>
|
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| 645 |
|
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[2ca8941] | 646 | <para>This package contains compression and decompression routines
|
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[1c72dda] | 647 | used by some programs.</para>
|
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[a26951e] | 648 | </listitem>
|
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| 649 |
|
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[91c7fab6] | 650 | <listitem>
|
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| 651 | <para>Zstd</para>
|
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| 652 |
|
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[62a598f] | 653 | <para>This package supplies compression and decompression routines
|
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[08ee81f] | 654 | used by some programs. It provides high compression ratios and a very
|
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[91c7fab6] | 655 | wide range of compression / speed trade-offs.</para>
|
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| 656 | </listitem>
|
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| 657 |
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[a26951e] | 658 | </itemizedlist>
|
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| 659 |
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| 660 | </sect1>
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| 661 |
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