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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2021-08-12 15:33:11 -0500
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2021-08-12 15:33:11 -0500
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Renamed chapter07/stripping.xml to chapter07/cleanup.xml Removed stripping from the end of Chapter 7. We suggest a 10 GB or larger partition in Section 2.4 - Creating a New Partition and the space used before cleaning up is only 3 GB. Stripping would free up about 300 MB more, but these files will soon be overwritten anyway. Remove /tools here to save about 1 GB. General reorginization and rewording. Chapter 8 stripping still needs to be updated after this change.
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-tools-stripping">
+ <?dbhtml filename="stripping.html"?>
+
+ <title>Cleaning up and Saving the Temporary System</title>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Cleaning</title>
+
+ <para>First, remove the currently installed documentation to prevent them
+ from ending up in the final system, and to save about 35 MB:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf /usr/share/{info,man,doc}/*</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Second, the libtool .la files are only useful when linking with static
+ libraries. They are unneeded and potentially harmful when using dynamic
+ shared libraries, specially when using non-autotools build systems.
+ While still in chroot, remove those files now:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>find /usr/{lib,libexec} -name \*.la -delete</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ The current system size is now about 3 GB, however
+ the /tools directory is no longer needed. It uses about
+ 1 GB of disk space. Delete it now:
+ </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>rm -rf /tools</userinput></screen>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Backup</title>
+
+ <note><para>
+ All the remaining steps in this section are optional. Nevertheless,
+ as soon as you begin installing packages in <xref
+ linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, the temporary files will be
+ overwritten. So it may be a good idea to do a backup of the current
+ system as described below.
+ </para></note>
+
+ <para>
+ The following steps are performed from outside the chroot
+ environment. That means, you have to leave the chroot environment
+ first before continuing. The reason for that is to
+ get access to file system locations outside of the chroot
+ environment to store/read the backup archive which should
+ not be placed within the
+ <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> hierarchy for
+ safety reasons.
+ </para>
+
+ <important>
+ <para>All of the following instructions are executed by
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. Take extra
+ care about the commands you're going to run as mistakes
+ here can modify your host system. Be aware that the
+ environment variable <envar>LFS</envar>
+ is set for user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem> by default
+ but may <emphasis>not</emphasis> be set for
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. Whenever
+ commands are to be executed by <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>,
+ make sure you have set <envar>LFS</envar>.
+ This has been discussed in <xref linkend='ch-partitioning-aboutlfs'/>.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+
+ <para>
+ Now, if you are making a backup, leave the chroot environment:
+ </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>exit</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ At this point the essential programs and libraries have been created
+ and your current system is in a good state. Your system can now be
+ backed up for later reuse. In case of fatal failures in the subsequent
+ chapters, it often turns out that removing everything and starting over
+ (more carefully) is the best option to recover. Unfortunately, all the
+ the temporary files will be removed, too. To avoid spending extra time to
+ redo something which has been built successfully, prepare a backup.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Make sure you have at least 1 GB free disk space (the source tarballs
+ will be included in the backup archive) in the home directory of user
+ <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Before we make a backup, unmount the virtual file systems:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>umount $LFS/dev{/pts,}
+umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run}</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Create the backup archive by running the following command:
+ </para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ Because the backup archive is compressed, it takes a relatively
+ long time (over 10 minutes) even on a resonably fast system.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also, ensure the <envar>LFS</envar> environment variable is set
+ for the root user.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
+<screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><userinput>cd $LFS
+tar -cJpf $HOME/lfs-temp-tools-&version;.tar.xz .</userinput></screen>
+
+<screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><userinput>cd $LFS
+tar -cJpf $HOME/lfs-temp-tools-&versiond;.tar.xz .</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Replace <envar>$HOME</envar> by a directory of your choice if you
+ do not want to have the backup stored in <systemitem
+ class="username">root</systemitem>'s home directory.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Restore</title>
+
+ <para>
+ In case some mistakes have been made and you need to start over, you can
+ use this backup to restore the system and save some recovery time.
+ Since the sources are located under
+ <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename>, they are included in the
+ backup archive as well, so they do not need to be downloaded again. After
+ checking that <envar>$LFS</envar> is set properly,
+ restore the backup by executing the following commands:
+ </para>
+
+<!-- Make the following look different so users don't blindly run the
+ restore when they don't need to. -->
+
+ <warning><para>The following commands are extremly dangerous. If
+ you run <command>rm -rf ./*</command> as the root user and you
+ do not change to the $LFS directory or the <envar>LFS</envar>
+ environment variable is not set for the root user, it will destroy
+ your entire host system. YOU ARE WARNED.</para></warning>
+
+<screen role="nodump" revision="sysv"><computeroutput>cd $LFS
+rm -rf ./*
+tar -xpf $HOME/lfs-temp-tools-&version;.tar.xz</computeroutput></screen>
+
+<screen role="nodump" revision="systemd"><computeroutput>cd $LFS
+rm -rf ./*
+tar -xpf $HOME/lfs-temp-tools-&versiond;.tar.xz</computeroutput></screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Again, double check that the environment has been setup properly
+ and continue building the rest of the system.
+ </para>
+
+ <important>
+ <para>
+ If you left the chroot environment to create a backup or restart
+ building using a restore, remember to check that the virtual
+ filesystems are still mounted (<command>findmnt | grep
+ $LFS</command>). If they are not mounted, remount them now as
+ described in <xref linkend='ch-tools-kernfs'/> and re-enter the chroot
+ environment (see <xref linkend='ch-tools-chroot'/>) before continuing.
+ </para>
+ </important>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>