Linux From Scratch Version 6.2 Gerard Beekmans Linux From Scratch: Version 6.2 by Gerard Beekmans Copyright © 1999–2006 Gerard Beekmans Copyright (c) 1999–2006, Gerard Beekmans All rights reserved. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Linux From Scratch - Version 6.2 Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................................... vii 1. Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. vii 2. Audience ............................................................................................................................................ viii 3. Prerequisites .......................................................................................................................................... x 4. Host System Requirements .................................................................................................................. xi 5. Typography ........................................................................................................................................ xiii 6. Structure ............................................................................................................................................. xiv 7. Errata ................................................................................................................................................... xv I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1. How to Build an LFS System ...................................................................................................... 2 1.2. Resources ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.3. Help .............................................................................................................................................. 4 II. Preparing for the Build ............................................................................................................................... 7 2. Preparing a New Partition ..................................................................................................................... 8 2.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2. Creating a New Partition .............................................................................................................. 9 2.3. Creating a File System on the Partition ..................................................................................... 10 2.4. Mounting the New Partition ....................................................................................................... 11 3. Packages and Patches .......................................................................................................................... 12 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2. All Packages ............................................................................................................................... 13 3.3. Needed Patches .......................................................................................................................... 20 4. Final Preparations ............................................................................................................................... 24 4.1. About $LFS ................................................................................................................................ 24 4.2. Creating the $LFS/tools Directory ............................................................................................. 25 4.3. Adding the LFS User ................................................................................................................. 26 4.4. Setting Up the Environment ....................................................................................................... 27 4.5. About SBUs ............................................................................................................................... 29 4.6. About the Test Suites ................................................................................................................. 30 5. Constructing a Temporary System ...................................................................................................... 31 5.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 31 5.2. Toolchain Technical Notes ........................................................................................................ 32 5.3. Binutils-2.16.1 - Pass 1 .............................................................................................................. 34 5.4. GCC-4.0.3 - Pass 1 ..................................................................................................................... 36 5.5. Linux-Libc-Headers-2.6.12.0 ..................................................................................................... 38 5.6. Glibc-2.3.6 ................................................................................................................................. 39 5.7. Adjusting the Toolchain ............................................................................................................. 42 5.8. Tcl-8.4.13 ................................................................................................................................... 44 5.9. Expect-5.43.0 ............................................................................................................................. 46 5.10. DejaGNU-1.4.4 ........................................................................................................................ 48 5.11. GCC-4.0.3 - Pass 2 ................................................................................................................... 49 5.12. Binutils-2.16.1 - Pass 2 ............................................................................................................ 52 5.13. Ncurses-5.5 .............................................................................................................................. 53 iii Linux From Scratch - Version 6.2 5.14. Bash-3.1 ................................................................................................................................... 54 5.15. Bzip2-1.0.3 ............................................................................................................................... 55 5.16. Coreutils-5.96 ........................................................................................................................... 56 5.17. Diffutils-2.8.1 ........................................................................................................................... 57 5.18. Findutils-4.2.27 ........................................................................................................................ 58 5.19. Gawk-3.1.5 ............................................................................................................................... 59 5.20. Gettext-0.14.5 .......................................................................................................................... 60 5.21. Grep-2.5.1a .............................................................................................................................. 61 5.22. Gzip-1.3.5 ................................................................................................................................ 62 5.23. M4-1.4.4 ..................................................................................................................................