https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/

Linux From Scratch

Version 12.0

Published September 1st, 2023

Created by Gerard Beekmans

Managing Editor: Bruce Dubbs

Copyright (c) 1999-2023 Gerard Beekmans

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Table of Contents

  * Preface

      + Foreword
      + Audience
      + LFS Target Architectures
      + Prerequisites
      + LFS and Standards
      + Rationale for Packages in the Book
      + Typography
      + Structure
      + Errata and Security Advisories
  * I. Introduction

      + 1. Introduction

          o How to Build an LFS System
          o What's new since the last release
          o Changelog
          o Resources
          o Help
  * II. Preparing for the Build

      + 2. Preparing the Host System

          o Introduction
          o Host System Requirements
          o Building LFS in Stages
          o Creating a New Partition
          o Creating a File System on the Partition
          o Setting The $LFS Variable
          o Mounting the New Partition
      + 3. Packages and Patches

          o Introduction
          o All Packages
          o Needed Patches
      + 4. Final Preparations

          o Introduction
          o Creating a Limited Directory Layout in the LFS Filesystem
          o Adding the LFS User
          o Setting Up the Environment
          o About SBUs
          o About the Test Suites
  * III. Building the LFS Cross Toolchain and Temporary Tools

      + Important Preliminary Material

          o Introduction
          o Toolchain Technical Notes
          o General Compilation Instructions
      + 5. Compiling a Cross-Toolchain

          o Introduction
          o Binutils-2.41 - Pass 1
          o GCC-13.2.0 - Pass 1
          o Linux-6.4.12 API Headers
          o Glibc-2.38
          o Libstdc++ from GCC-13.2.0
      + 6. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

          o Introduction
          o M4-1.4.19
          o Ncurses-6.4
          o Bash-5.2.15
          o Coreutils-9.3
          o Diffutils-3.10
          o File-5.45
          o Findutils-4.9.0
          o Gawk-5.2.2
          o Grep-3.11
          o Gzip-1.12
          o Make-4.4.1
          o Patch-2.7.6
          o Sed-4.9
          o Tar-1.35
          o Xz-5.4.4
          o Binutils-2.41 - Pass 2
          o GCC-13.2.0 - Pass 2
      + 7. Entering Chroot and Building Additional Temporary Tools

          o Introduction
          o Changing Ownership
          o Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems
          o Entering the Chroot Environment
          o Creating Directories
          o Creating Essential Files and Symlinks
          o Gettext-0.22
          o Bison-3.8.2
          o Perl-5.38.0
          o Python-3.11.4
          o Texinfo-7.0.3
          o Util-linux-2.39.1
          o Cleaning up and Saving the Temporary System
  * IV. Building the LFS System

      + 8. Installing Basic System Software

          o Introduction
          o Package Management
          o Man-pages-6.05.01
          o Iana-Etc-20230810
          o Glibc-2.38
          o Zlib-1.2.13
          o Bzip2-1.0.8
          o Xz-5.4.4
          o Zstd-1.5.5
          o File-5.45
          o Readline-8.2
          o M4-1.4.19
          o Bc-6.6.0
          o Flex-2.6.4
          o Tcl-8.6.13
          o Expect-5.45.4
          o DejaGNU-1.6.3
          o Binutils-2.41
          o GMP-6.3.0
          o MPFR-4.2.0
          o MPC-1.3.1
          o Attr-2.5.1
          o Acl-2.3.1
          o Libcap-2.69
          o Libxcrypt-4.4.36
          o Shadow-4.13
          o GCC-13.2.0
          o Pkgconf-2.0.1
          o Ncurses-6.4
          o Sed-4.9
          o Psmisc-23.6
          o Gettext-0.22
          o Bison-3.8.2
          o Grep-3.11
          o Bash-5.2.15
          o Libtool-2.4.7
          o GDBM-1.23
          o Gperf-3.1
          o Expat-2.5.0
          o Inetutils-2.4
          o Less-643
          o Perl-5.38.0
          o XML::Parser-2.46
          o Intltool-0.51.0
          o Autoconf-2.71
          o Automake-1.16.5
          o OpenSSL-3.1.2
          o Kmod-30
          o Libelf from Elfutils-0.189
          o Libffi-3.4.4
          o Python-3.11.4
          o Flit-Core-3.9.0
          o Wheel-0.41.1
          o Ninja-1.11.1
          o Meson-1.2.1
          o Coreutils-9.3
          o Check-0.15.2
          o Diffutils-3.10
          o Gawk-5.2.2
          o Findutils-4.9.0
          o Groff-1.23.0
          o GRUB-2.06
          o Gzip-1.12
          o IPRoute2-6.4.0
          o Kbd-2.6.1
          o Libpipeline-1.5.7
          o Make-4.4.1
          o Patch-2.7.6
          o Tar-1.35
          o Texinfo-7.0.3
          o Vim-9.0.1677
          o MarkupSafe-2.1.3
          o Jinja2-3.1.2
          o Udev from Systemd-254
          o Man-DB-2.11.2
          o Procps-ng-4.0.3
          o Util-linux-2.39.1
          o E2fsprogs-1.47.0
          o Sysklogd-1.5.1
          o Sysvinit-3.07
          o About Debugging Symbols
          o Stripping
          o Cleaning Up
      + 9. System Configuration

          o Introduction
          o LFS-Bootscripts-20230728
          o Overview of Device and Module Handling
          o Managing Devices
          o General Network Configuration
          o System V Bootscript Usage and Configuration
          o The Bash Shell Startup Files
          o Creating the /etc/inputrc File
          o Creating the /etc/shells File
      + 10. Making the LFS System Bootable

          o Introduction
          o Creating the /etc/fstab File
          o Linux-6.4.12
          o Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process
      + 11. The End

          o The End
          o Get Counted
          o Rebooting the System
          o Additional Resources
          o Getting Started After LFS
  * V. Appendices

      + A. Acronyms and Terms
      + B. Acknowledgments
      + C. Dependencies
      + D. Boot and sysconfig scripts version-20230728
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
          o /lib/lsb/init-functions
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountvirtfs
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/modules
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/swap
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/checkfs
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/console
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/localnet
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysctl
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendsignals
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
          o /etc/rc.d/init.d/template
          o /etc/sysconfig/modules
          o /etc/sysconfig/createfiles
          o /etc/sysconfig/udev-retry
          o /sbin/ifup
          o /sbin/ifdown
          o /lib/services/ipv4-static
          o /lib/services/ipv4-static-route
      + E. Udev configuration rules
          o 55-lfs.rules
      + F. LFS Licenses
          o Creative Commons License
          o The MIT License
  * Index

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