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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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[ce5ebe1] | 13 | <para>As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable
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| 14 | foundation-level system. This includes all packages needed to replicate
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[c6d5b092] | 15 | itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize
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[a26951e] | 16 | a more complete system based on the choices of the user. This does not
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| 17 | mean that LFS is the smallest system possible. Several important packages
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| 18 | are included that are not strictly required. The lists below document the
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| 19 | rationale for each package in the book.</para>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <itemizedlist>
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| 22 |
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[9baa148] | 23 | <listitem>
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| 24 | <para>Acl</para>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>This package contains programs to administer Access Control
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| 27 | Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained discretionary access
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| 28 | rights for files and directories. It is required by Systemd
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| 29 | and can be used by Coreutils.</para>
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| 30 | </listitem>
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| 31 |
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[fbee88e] | 32 | <listitem>
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| 33 | <para>Attr</para>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>This package contains programs for working with extended
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[0a56911] | 36 | attributes on filesystem objects. It is required by the libcap
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[fbee88e] | 37 | library.</para>
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| 38 | </listitem>
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| 39 |
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[61ce0b1] | 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Acl</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>This package contains utilities to administer Access
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| 44 | Control Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained
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| 45 | discretionary access rights for files and directories.
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Attr</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>This package contains programs for administering
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| 53 | extended attributes on filesystem objects.
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| 54 | </para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 |
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[a26951e] | 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Autoconf</para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <para>This package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
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| 61 | can automatically configure source code from a developer's
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| 62 | template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates
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| 63 | to the build procedures.</para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Automake</para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <para>This package contains programs for generating Make files from
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| 70 | a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates
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| 71 | to the build procedures.</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>Bash</para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para>This package satisfies an LSB core requirement to provide
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| 78 | a Bourne Shell interface to the system. It was chosen over
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| 79 | other shell packages because of its common usage and extensive
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[1c72dda] | 80 | capabilities beyond basic shell functions.</para>
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[a26951e] | 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 |
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[a3af16f] | 83 | <listitem>
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| 84 | <para>Bc</para>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>This package provides an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
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| 87 | It satisfies a requirement needed when building the Linux kernel.</para>
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| 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 |
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[a26951e] | 90 | <listitem>
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| 91 | <para>Binutils</para>
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| 92 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 93 | <para>This package contains a linker, an assembler, and other
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[1c72dda] | 94 | tools for handling object files. The programs in this package are
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| 95 | needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system and beyond.</para>
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[a26951e] | 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <listitem>
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| 99 | <para>Bison</para>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>This package contains the GNU version of yacc (Yet Another
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[1c72dda] | 102 | Compiler Compiler) needed to build several other LFS programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 103 | </listitem>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <listitem>
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| 106 | <para>Bzip2</para>
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| 107 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 108 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
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[a26951e] | 109 | files. It is required to decompress many LFS packages.</para>
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| 110 | </listitem>
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| 111 |
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[5870a98] | 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>Check</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para>This package contains a test harness for other programs.
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| 116 | It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.</para>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 |
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[a26951e] | 119 | <listitem>
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| 120 | <para>Coreutils</para>
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| 121 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 122 | <para>This package contains a number of essential programs for viewing
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[1c72dda] | 123 | and manipulating files and directories. These programs are needed for
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| 124 | command line file management, and are necessary for the installation
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| 125 | procedures of every package in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 126 | </listitem>
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| 127 |
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[afe61bc] | 128 | <listitem>
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| 129 | <para>D-Bus</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para>D-Bus is a message bus system, a simple way for applications to
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| 132 | communicate with one another; it is required by Systemd.</para>
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| 133 | </listitem>
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| 134 |
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[61ce0b1] | 135 | <listitem>
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| 136 | <para>D-Bus</para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <para>This package contains programs to implement a message bus system,
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| 139 | which a simple way for applications to talk to one another.
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 | </listitem>
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| 142 |
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[a26951e] | 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>DejaGNU</para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>This package contains a framework for testing other programs.
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| 147 | It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.</para>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <listitem>
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| 151 | <para>Diffutils</para>
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| 152 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 153 | <para>This package contains programs that show the differences
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[1c72dda] | 154 | between files or directories. These programs can be used to create
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| 155 | patches, and are also used in many packages' build procedures.</para>
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[a26951e] | 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 |
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[fbee88e] | 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>E2fsprogs</para>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <para>This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
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| 162 | and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly
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| 163 | tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
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| 164 | </listitem>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <listitem>
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| 167 | <para>Expat</para>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <para>This package contains a relatively small XML parsing library. It
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| 170 | is required by the XML::Parser Perl module.</para>
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| 171 | </listitem>
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| 172 |
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[61ce0b1] | 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Expat</para>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | <para>This package contains programs for parsing XML. It is
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[ba9a546] | 177 | required for XML-Parser.
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[61ce0b1] | 178 | </para>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 |
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[a26951e] | 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>Expect</para>
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| 183 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 184 | <para>This package contains a program for carrying out scripted
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[a26951e] | 185 | dialogues with other interactive programs. It is commonly used
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[ce5ebe1] | 186 | for testing other packages. It is only installed in the temporary
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[a26951e] | 187 | toolchain.</para>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>File</para>
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| 192 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 193 | <para>This package contains a utility for determining the type of a
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[1c72dda] | 194 | given file or files. A few packages need it to build.</para>
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[a26951e] | 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <listitem>
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| 198 | <para>Findutils</para>
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| 199 |
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[1c72dda] | 200 | <para>This package contains programs to find files in a file system.
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| 201 | It is used in many packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 202 | </listitem>
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| 203 |
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>Flex</para>
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| 206 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 207 | <para>This package contains a utility for generating programs that
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| 208 | recognize patterns in text. It is the GNU version of the lex
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| 209 | (lexical analyzer) program. It is required to build several
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[1c72dda] | 210 | LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>Gawk</para>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <para>This package contains programs for manipulating text files.
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[1c72dda] | 217 | It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-Kernighan). It is used in
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| 218 | many other packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>Gcc</para>
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| 223 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 224 | <para>This package is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the
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| 225 | C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS.
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[a26951e] | 226 | </para>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>GDBM</para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It
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[1c72dda] | 233 | is used by one other LFS package, Man-DB.</para>
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[a26951e] | 234 | </listitem>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <listitem>
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| 237 | <para>Gettext</para>
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| 238 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 239 | <para>This package contains utilities and libraries for
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[1c72dda] | 240 | internationalization and localization of numerous packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>Glibc</para>
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| 245 |
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| 246 | <para>This package contains the main C library. Linux programs would
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[1c72dda] | 247 | not run without it.</para>
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[a26951e] | 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>GMP</para>
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| 252 |
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[9ec9c03] | 253 | <para>This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions
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| 254 | for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.</para>
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[a26951e] | 255 | </listitem>
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| 256 |
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[fbee88e] | 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>Gperf</para>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <para>This package generates a perfect hash from a key set; it is
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| 261 | required by Systemd.</para>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 |
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[61ce0b1] | 264 | <listitem>
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| 265 | <para>Gperf</para>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <para>This package a program that generates a perfect hash function
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| 268 | from a key set. It is required for systemd.
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| 269 | </para>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 |
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[a26951e] | 272 | <listitem>
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| 273 | <para>Grep</para>
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| 274 |
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[1c72dda] | 275 | <para>This package contains programs for searching through files. These
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| 276 | programs are used by most packages' build scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <listitem>
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| 280 | <para>Groff</para>
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| 281 |
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| 282 | <para>This package contains programs for processing and formatting text.
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[1c72dda] | 283 | One important function of these programs is to format man pages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 284 | </listitem>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>GRUB</para>
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| 288 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 289 | <para>This package is the Grand Unified Boot Loader. It is one
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[a26951e] | 290 | of several boot loaders available, but is the most flexible.
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| 291 | </para>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>Gzip</para>
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| 296 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 297 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and
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[1c72dda] | 298 | decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages in LFS
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| 299 | and beyond.</para>
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[a26951e] | 300 | </listitem>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>Iana-etc</para>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <para>This package provides data for network services and protocols.
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[1c72dda] | 306 | It is needed to enable proper networking capabilities.</para>
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[a26951e] | 307 | </listitem>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <listitem>
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| 310 | <para>Inetutils</para>
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| 311 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 312 | <para>This package contains programs for basic network
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[1c72dda] | 313 | administration.</para>
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[a26951e] | 314 | </listitem>
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| 315 |
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[fbee88e] | 316 | <listitem>
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| 317 | <para>Intltool</para>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <para>This package contains internationalization tools; it is required
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| 320 | by Systemd.</para>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 |
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[61ce0b1] | 323 | <listitem>
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| 324 | <para>Intltool</para>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <para>This package contains tools for extracting translatable
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| 327 | strings from source files.</para>
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| 328 | </listitem>
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| 329 |
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[a26951e] | 330 | <listitem>
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| 331 | <para>IProute2</para>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <para>This package contains programs for basic and advanced IPv4 and
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| 334 | IPv6 networking. It was chosen over the other common network
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| 335 | tools package (net-tools) for its IPv6 capabilities. </para>
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| 336 | </listitem>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <listitem>
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| 339 | <para>Kbd</para>
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| 340 |
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[1c72dda] | 341 | <para>This package contains key-table files, keyboard utilities
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| 342 | for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 |
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[46b7d91] | 345 | <listitem>
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| 346 | <para>Kmod</para>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <para>This package contains programs needed to administer Linux
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| 349 | kernel modules.</para>
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| 350 | </listitem>
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| 351 |
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[a26951e] | 352 | <listitem>
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| 353 | <para>Less</para>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <para>This package contains a very nice text file viewer that
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[1c72dda] | 356 | allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file. It is also used by
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| 357 | Man-DB for viewing manpages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 358 | </listitem>
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| 359 |
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[fbee88e] | 360 | <listitem>
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[c97d81d] | 361 | <para>Libcap</para>
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[fbee88e] | 362 |
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| 363 | <para>This package contains functions that enable root privileges to be
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| 364 | partitioned into a set of distinct privileges. It is required by
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| 365 | Systemd.</para>
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| 366 | </listitem>
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| 367 |
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[61ce0b1] | 368 | <listitem>
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| 369 | <para>Libcap</para>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <para>This package implements the user-space interfaces to
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| 372 | the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels.
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| 373 | </para>
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| 374 | </listitem>
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| 375 |
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[fbee88e] | 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>Libpipeline</para>
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| 378 |
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| 379 | <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating
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| 380 | pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
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| 381 | required by the Man-DB package.</para>
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| 382 | </listitem>
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| 383 |
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[a26951e] | 384 | <listitem>
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| 385 | <para>Libtool</para>
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| 386 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 387 | <para>This package contains the GNU generic library support
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| 388 | script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a
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[a26951e] | 389 | consistent, portable interface. It is needed by the test
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[1c72dda] | 390 | suites in other LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 391 | </listitem>
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| 392 |
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| 393 | <listitem>
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| 394 | <para>Linux Kernel</para>
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| 395 |
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| 396 | <para>This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in
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[1c72dda] | 397 | the GNU/Linux environment.</para>
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[a26951e] | 398 | </listitem>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>M4</para>
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| 402 |
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| 403 | <para>This package contains a general text macro processor useful
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[1c72dda] | 404 | as a build tool for other programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 405 | </listitem>
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| 406 |
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| 407 | <listitem>
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| 408 | <para>Make</para>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | <para>This package contains a program for directing the building
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[1c72dda] | 411 | of packages. It is required by almost every package in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 412 | </listitem>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | <listitem>
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| 415 | <para>Man-DB</para>
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| 416 |
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| 417 | <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages.
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| 418 | It was chosen instead of the <application>man</application> package
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| 419 | due to superior internationalization capabilities. It supplies
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[1c72dda] | 420 | the man program.</para>
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[a26951e] | 421 | </listitem>
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| 422 |
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| 423 | <listitem>
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| 424 | <para>Man-pages</para>
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| 425 |
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| 426 | <para>This package contains the actual contents of the basic
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[1c72dda] | 427 | Linux man pages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 428 | </listitem>
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| 429 |
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[1c72dda] | 430 | <listitem>
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| 431 | <para>MPC</para>
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| 432 |
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| 433 | <para>This package contains functions for the arithmetic of complex
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| 434 | numbers. It is required by Gcc.</para>
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| 435 | </listitem>
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| 436 |
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[a26951e] | 437 | <listitem>
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| 438 | <para>MPFR</para>
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| 439 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 440 | <para>This package contains functions for multiple precision
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[1c72dda] | 441 | arithmetic. It is required by Gcc.</para>
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[a26951e] | 442 | </listitem>
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| 443 |
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| 444 | <listitem>
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| 445 | <para>Ncurses</para>
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| 446 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 447 | <para>This package contains libraries for terminal-independent
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| 448 | handling of character screens. It is often used to provide
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[1c72dda] | 449 | cursor control for a menuing system. It is needed by a number of
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| 450 | packages in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 451 | </listitem>
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| 452 |
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| 453 | <listitem>
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| 454 | <para>Patch</para>
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| 455 |
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[12c82b50] | 456 | <para>This package contains a program for modifying or creating files by
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[ce5ebe1] | 457 | applying a <emphasis>patch</emphasis> file typically created
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[a26951e] | 458 | by the <application>diff</application> program. It is needed by
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[1c72dda] | 459 | the build procedure for several LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 460 | </listitem>
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[5b62b8d] | 461 |
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[a26951e] | 462 | <listitem>
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| 463 | <para>Perl</para>
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| 464 |
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| 465 | <para>This package is an interpreter for the runtime language
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[0ebe029b] | 466 | PERL. It is needed for the installation and test suites of several LFS
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[1c72dda] | 467 | packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 468 | </listitem>
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| 469 |
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[450e682e] | 470 | <listitem>
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| 471 | <para>Pkg-config</para>
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| 472 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 473 | <para>This package provides a program to return meta-data about an
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[450e682e] | 474 | installed library or package.</para>
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| 475 | </listitem>
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| 476 |
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| 477 | <listitem>
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[fbee88e] | 478 | <para>Procps-NG</para>
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[a26951e] | 479 |
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[1c72dda] | 480 | <para>This package contains programs for monitoring processes. These
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| 481 | programs are useful for system administration, and are also used by
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| 482 | the LFS Bootscripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 483 | </listitem>
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| 484 |
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| 485 | <listitem>
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| 486 | <para>Psmisc</para>
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| 487 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 488 | <para>This package contains programs for displaying information
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[1c72dda] | 489 | about running processes. These programs are useful for system
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| 490 | administration.</para>
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[a26951e] | 491 | </listitem>
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| 492 |
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| 493 | <listitem>
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| 494 | <para>Readline</para>
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| 495 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 496 | <para>This package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
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[1c72dda] | 497 | editing and history capabilities. It is used by Bash.</para>
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[a26951e] | 498 | </listitem>
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| 499 |
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| 500 | <listitem>
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| 501 | <para>Sed</para>
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| 502 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 503 | <para>This package allows editing of text without opening it in a
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| 504 | text editor. It is also needed by most LFS packages' configure
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[1c72dda] | 505 | scripts.</para>
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[a26951e] | 506 | </listitem>
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| 507 |
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| 508 | <listitem>
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| 509 | <para>Shadow</para>
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| 510 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 511 | <para>This package contains programs for handling passwords
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[a26951e] | 512 | in a secure way.</para>
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| 513 | </listitem>
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| 514 |
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| 515 | <listitem>
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[0a56911] | 516 | <para>Systemd</para>
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[a26951e] | 517 |
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[0a56911] | 518 | <para>This package contains programs for controlling the startup,
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| 519 | running, and shutdown of the system.</para>
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[a26951e] | 520 | </listitem>
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| 521 |
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[61ce0b1] | 522 | <listitem>
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| 523 | <para>Systemd</para>
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| 524 |
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| 525 | <para>This package provides and <application>init</application> program
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| 526 | and several additional boot and system control capabilites as an
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| 527 | alternative to Sysvinit. It is used by many commercial distributions.
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| 528 | In LFS it is installed side-by-side with Sysvinit to provide the user with
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| 529 | alternative boot systems for comparison.</para>
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| 530 | </listitem>
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| 531 |
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[a26951e] | 532 | <listitem>
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[0a56911] | 533 | <para>Sysvinit</para>
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[a26951e] | 534 |
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[0a56911] | 535 | <para>This package provides misc. utils needed by some packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 536 | </listitem>
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| 537 |
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| 538 | <listitem>
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| 539 | <para>Tar</para>
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| 540 |
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| 541 | <para>This package provides archiving and extraction capabilities
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[1c72dda] | 542 | of virtually all packages used in LFS.</para>
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[a26951e] | 543 | </listitem>
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| 544 |
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| 545 | <listitem>
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| 546 | <para>Tcl</para>
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| 547 |
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| 548 | <para>This package contains the Tool Command Language used
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[ce5ebe1] | 549 | in many test suites in LFS packages. It is only installed in
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[1c72dda] | 550 | the temporary toolchain.</para>
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[a26951e] | 551 | </listitem>
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| 552 |
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| 553 | <listitem>
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| 554 | <para>Texinfo</para>
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| 555 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 556 | <para>This package contains programs for reading, writing, and
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| 557 | converting info pages. It is used in the installation
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[1c72dda] | 558 | procedures of many LFS packages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 559 | </listitem>
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| 560 |
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| 561 | <listitem>
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[e1428f3] | 562 | <para>Util-linux</para>
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[a26951e] | 563 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 564 | <para>This package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
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| 565 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles,
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[1c72dda] | 566 | partitions, and messages.</para>
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[a26951e] | 567 | </listitem>
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| 568 |
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| 569 | <listitem>
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| 570 | <para>Vim</para>
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| 571 |
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[c6d5b092] | 572 | <para>This package contains an editor. It was chosen because of its
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| 573 | compatibility with the classic vi editor and its huge number of powerful
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[a26951e] | 574 | capabilities. An editor is a very personal choice for
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[1c72dda] | 575 | many users and any other editor could be substituted if desired.</para>
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[a26951e] | 576 | </listitem>
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| 577 |
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[fbee88e] | 578 | <listitem>
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| 579 | <para>XML::Parser</para>
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| 580 |
|
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| 581 | <para>This package contains an XML Parsing library for Perl. It is
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| 582 | required by the Intltool package.</para>
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| 583 | </listitem>
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| 584 |
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[61ce0b1] | 585 | <listitem>
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| 586 | <para>XML::Parser</para>
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| 587 |
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| 588 | <para>This package is a Perl module that interfaces with Expat.</para>
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| 589 | </listitem>
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| 590 |
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[7002213] | 591 | <listitem>
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| 592 | <para>XZ Utils</para>
|
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| 593 |
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[ce5ebe1] | 594 | <para>This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
|
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[7002213] | 595 | files. It provides the highest compression generally available
|
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[ba9a546] | 596 | and is useful for decompressing packages in XZ or LZMA format.</para>
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[7002213] | 597 | </listitem>
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| 598 |
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[a26951e] | 599 | <listitem>
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| 600 | <para>Zlib</para>
|
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| 601 |
|
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[ce5ebe1] | 602 | <para>This package contains compression and decompression routines
|
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[1c72dda] | 603 | used by some programs.</para>
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[a26951e] | 604 | </listitem>
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| 605 |
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| 606 | </itemizedlist>
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| 607 |
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| 608 | </sect1>
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| 609 |
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