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2289	List of required tools for host environment	Rob Thornton	lfs-book@…	"(this should be for version 6.4...

There is no list of required packages the HOST environment requires. For example, a default Ubuntu (and family) install does not include essential tools to build packages. In order to build binutils 2.18 I had to install the following:

g++ (build-essential)
makeinfo (texinfo)
m4 (texinfo)
flex
bison

There should be a list of pre-requisites packages the host needs in order to build the basic LFS system. Flex and Bison may not be required but I installed them anyway. "	task	closed	normal		Book	7.0	normal	invalid