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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-11-13 22:31:08 +0000
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-<sect1 id="ch05-introduction">
-<title>Introduction</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter05"?>
-
-<para>In this chapter we will compile and install a minimal
-Linux system. This system will contain just enough tools to be able
-to start constructing the final LFS system in the next chapter.</para>
-
-<para>The building of this minimal system is done in two steps: first we
-build a brand-new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler,
-linker and libraries), and then use this to build all the other essential
-tools.</para>
-
-<para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
-<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory
-to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
-Since the packages compiled here are merely temporary, we don't want
-them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
-
-<para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
-what each package is used for and why the user or the system needs it.
-For this purpose a short summary of the content of each package is given
-before the actual installation instructions. For a short description of
-each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
-<xref linkend="appendixa"/>.</para>
-
-<para>The build instructions assume that you are using the bash shell. There
-is also a general expectation that you have already unpacked the sources for a
-package and have performed a <userinput>cd</userinput> into the unpacked source
-directory before issuing the build commands.</para>
-
-<para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
-the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
-both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. Therefore,
-don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
-
-<para>During the installation of most packages you will
-see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
-normal and can be safely ignored. They are just what they say they are:
-warnings -- mostly about deprecated, but not invalid, use of the C or C++
-syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
-packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>
-
-<para><emphasis>Unless</emphasis> told not to, you should normally delete the
-source and build directories after installing each package -- for cleanness
-sake and to save space.</para>
-
-<para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
-properly by executing the following:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Make sure the output shows the path to your LFS partition's mount
-point, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if you
-followed our example.</para>
-
-</sect1>
-