Before Sh-utils is installed, the sh-utils patch file needs to be unpacked. patch -Np1 -i ../sh-utils-&sh-utils-version;.patch && ./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr --disable-nls && make LDFLAGS=-static && make install && cd $LFS/usr/bin && mv date echo false pwd stty $LFS/bin && mv su true uname hostname $LFS/bin