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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2018-04-06 19:46:09 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2018-04-06 19:46:09 +0000
commitdf9fd8229d0a9d71464d16f09518c40f538dc390 (patch)
tree75ce5495a20c5975099cc0bd0a076ccba2da0a9b /prologue
parent4457d72f86fea5c0884d044d9126557adca4e700 (diff)
Add libelf to rationale.
Update to man-db-2.8.3. Update to iproute2-4.16.0. Update to linux-4.16. Update to procps-ng-3.3.13. Update to sed-4.5. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11397 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>Libelf</para>
+
+ <para>The elfutils project provides libraries and tools for ELF files
+ and DWARF data. Most utilities in this package are available in
+ other packages, but the library is needed to build the Linux
+ kernel using the default (and most efficient) configuration.</para>
+
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>Libffi</para>
<para>This package implements a portable, high level programming