Linux From Scratch

Version 7.7

Created by Gerard Beekmans

Edited by Matthew Burgess and Bruce Dubbs

Copyright © 1999-2015 Gerard Beekmans

Copyright © 1999-2015, Gerard Beekmans

All rights reserved.

This book is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Computer instructions may be extracted from the book under the MIT License.

Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

Table of Contents

- Preface

- Foreword

- Audience

- LFS Target Architectures

- LFS and Standards

- Rationale for Packages in the Book

- Prerequisites

- Host System Requirements

- Typography

- Structure

- Errata

- I. Introduction

Preface

Foreword

My journey to learn and better understand Linux began over a decade ago, back in 1998. I had just installed my first Linux distribution and had quickly become intrigued with the whole concept and philosophy behind Linux.

There are always many ways to accomplish a single task. The same can be said about Linux distributions. A great many have existed over the years. Some still exist, some have morphed into something else, yet others have been relegated to our memories. They all do things differently to suit the needs of their target audience. Because so many different ways to accomplish the same end goal exist, I began to realize I no longer had to be limited by any one implementation. Prior to discovering Linux, we simply put up with issues in other Operating Systems as you had no choice. It was what it was, whether you liked it or not. With Linux, the concept of choice began to emerge. If you didn't like something, you were free, even encouraged, to change it.

I tried a number of distributions and could not decide on any one. They were great systems in their own right. It wasn't a matter of right and wrong anymore. It had become a matter of personal taste. With all that choice available, it became apparent that there would not be a single system that would be perfect for me. So I set out to create my own Linux system that would fully conform to my personal preferences.

To truly make it my own system, I resolved to compile everything from source code instead of using pre-compiled binary packages. This “perfect” Linux system would have the strengths of various systems without their perceived weaknesses. At first, the idea was rather daunting. I remained committed to the idea that such a system could be built.

After sorting through issues such as circular dependencies and compile-time errors, I finally built a custom-built Linux system. It was fully operational and perfectly usable like any of the other Linux systems out there at the time. But it was my own creation. It was very satisfying to have put together such a system myself. The only thing better would have been to create each piece of software myself. This was the next best thing.

As I shared my goals and experiences with other members of the Linux community, it became apparent that there was a sustained interest in these ideas. It quickly became plain that such custom-built Linux systems serve not only to meet user specific requirements, but also serve as an ideal learning opportunity for programmers and system administrators to enhance their (existing) Linux skills. Out of this broadened interest, the Linux From Scratch Project was born.

This Linux From Scratch book is the central core around that project. It provides the background and instructions necessary for you to design and build your own system. While this book provides a template that will result in a correctly working system, you are free to alter the instructions to suit yourself, which is, in part, an important part of this project. You remain in control; we just lend a helping hand to get you started on your own journey.

I sincerely hope you will have a great time working on your own Linux From Scratch system and enjoy the numerous benefits of having a system that is truly your own.

--
Gerard Beekmans
gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org

Audience

There are many reasons why you would want to read this book. One of the questions many people raise is, “why go through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from scratch when you can just download and install an existing one?”

One important reason for this project's existence is to help you learn how a Linux system works from the inside out. Building an LFS system helps demonstrate what makes Linux tick, and how things work together and depend on each other. One of the best things that this learning experience can provide is the ability to customize a Linux system to suit your own unique needs.

Another key benefit of LFS is that it allows you to have more control over the system without relying on someone else's Linux implementation. With LFS, you are in the driver's seat and dictate every aspect of the system.

LFS allows you to create very compact Linux systems. When installing regular distributions, you are often forced to install a great many programs which are probably never used or understood. These programs waste resources. You may argue that with today's hard drive and CPUs, such resources are no longer a consideration. Sometimes, however, you are still constrained by size considerations if nothing else. Think about bootable CDs, USB sticks, and embedded systems. Those are areas where LFS can be beneficial.

Another advantage of a custom built Linux system is security. By compiling the entire system from source code, you are empowered to audit everything and apply all the security patches desired. It is no longer necessary to wait for somebody else to compile binary packages that fix a security hole. Unless you examine the patch and implement it yourself, you have no guarantee that the new binary package was built correctly and adequately fixes the problem.

The goal of Linux From Scratch is to build a complete and usable foundation-level system. If you do not wish to build your own Linux system from scratch, you may not entirely benefit from the information in this book.

There are too many other good reasons to build your own LFS system to list them all here. In the end, education is by far the most powerful of reasons. As you continue in your LFS experience, you will discover the power that information and knowledge truly bring.

LFS Target Architectures

The primary target architectures of LFS are the AMD/Intel x86 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) CPUs. On the other hand, the instructions in this book are also known to work, with some modifications, with the Power PC and ARM CPUs. To build a system that utilizes one of these CPUs, the main prerequisite, in addition to those on the next few pages, is an existing Linux system such as an earlier LFS installation, Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution that targets the architecture that you have. Also note that a 32-bit distribution can be installed and used as a host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel computer.

Some other facts about 64-bit systems need to be added here. When compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly larger and the execution speeds are only slightly faster. For example, in a test build of LFS-6.5 on a Core2Duo CPU based system, the following statistics were measured:

Architecture Build Time     Build Size
32-bit       198.5 minutes  648 MB
64-bit       190.6 minutes  709 MB

As you can see, the 64-bit build is only 4% faster and is 9% larger than the 32-bit build. The gain from going to a 64-bit system is relatively minimal. Of course, if you have more than 4GB of RAM or want to manipulate data that exceeds 4GB, the advantages of a 64-bit system are substantial.

The default 64-bit build that results from LFS is considered a "pure" 64-bit system. That is, it supports 64-bit executables only. Building a "multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once for a 32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported in LFS because it would interfere with the educational objective of providing the instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system. You can refer to the Cross Linux From Scratch project for this advanced topic.

There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some older packages that cannot currently be built in a "pure" 64-bit system or require specialized build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded 32-bit specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a 64-bit system. This includes some Xorg drivers for some legacy video cards at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/. Many of these problems can be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or patches.

LFS and Standards

The structure of LFS follows Linux standards as closely as possible. The primary standards are:

- POSIX.1-2008.

- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard version 3.0 Draft 1 (FHS)

- Linux Standard Base (LSB) Specifications

The LSB has five separate standards: Core, C++, Desktop, Runtime Languages, and Printing. In addition to generic requirements there are also architecture specific requirements. LFS attempts to conform to the architectures discussed in the previous section.

Note

Many people do not agree with the requirements of the LSB. The main purpose of defining it is to ensure that proprietary software will be able to be installed and run properly on a compliant system. Since LFS is source based, the user has complete control over what packages are desired and many choose not to install some packages that are specified by the LSB.

Creating a complete LFS system capable of passing the LSB certifications tests is possible, but not without many additional packages that are beyond the scope of LFS. These additional packages have installation instructions in BLFS.

Packages supplied by LFS needed to satisfy the LSB Requirements

LSB Core:

Bash, Bc, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, File, Findutils, Gawk, Grep, Gzip, M4, Man-DB, Ncurses, Procps, Psmisc, Sed, Shadow, Tar, Util-linux, Zlib

LSB C++:

Gcc

LSB Desktop:

None

LSB Runtime Languages:

Perl

LSB Printing:

None

LSB Multimeda:

None

Packages supplied by BLFS needed to satisfy the LSB Requirements

LSB Core:

At, Batch (a part of At), Cpio, Ed, Fcrontab, Initd-tools, Lsb_release, PAM, Pax, Sendmail (or Postfix or Exim), time

LSB C++:

None

LSB Desktop:

ATK, Cairo, Desktop-file-utils, Freetype, Fontconfig, Glib2, GTK+2, Icon-naming-utils, Libjpeg, Libpng, Libxml2, MesaLib, Pango, Qt4, Xorg

LSB Runtime Languages:

Python

LSB Printing:

CUPS

LSB Multimeda:

Alsa Libraries, NSPR, NSS, OpenSSL, Java, Xdg-utils

Packages not supplied by LFS or BLFS needed to satisfy the LSB Requirements

LSB Core:

None

LSB C++:

None

LSB Desktop:

Qt3

LSB Runtime Languages:

None

LSB Printing:

None

LSB Multimeda:

None

Rationale for Packages in the Book

As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable foundation-level system. This includes all packages needed to replicate itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize a more complete system based on the choices of the user. This does not mean that LFS is the smallest system possible. Several important packages are included that are not strictly required. The lists below document the rationale for each package in the book.

- Acl

This package contains utilities to administer Access Control Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained discretionary access rights for files and directories.

- Attr

This package contains programs for administering extended attributes on filesystem objects.

- Autoconf

This package contains programs for producing shell scripts that can automatically configure source code from a developer's template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates to the build procedures.

- Automake

This package contains programs for generating Make files from a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates to the build procedures.

- Bash

This package satisfies an LSB core requirement to provide a Bourne Shell interface to the system. It was chosen over other shell packages because of its common usage and extensive capabilities beyond basic shell functions.

- Bc

This package provides an arbitrary precision numeric processing language. It satisfies a requirement needed when building the Linux kernel.

- Binutils

This package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for handling object files. The programs in this package are needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system and beyond.

- Bison

This package contains the GNU version of yacc (Yet Another Compiler Compiler) needed to build several other LFS programs.

- Bzip2

This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It is required to decompress many LFS packages.

- Check

This package contains a test harness for other programs. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.

- Coreutils

This package contains a number of essential programs for viewing and manipulating files and directories. These programs are needed for command line file management, and are necessary for the installation procedures of every package in LFS.

- DejaGNU

This package contains a framework for testing other programs. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.

- Diffutils

This package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories. These programs can be used to create patches, and are also used in many packages' build procedures.

- E2fsprogs

This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems. These are the most common and thoroughly tested file systems that Linux supports.

- Eudev

This package is a device manager. It dynamically controls the entries in the /dev directory as devices are added or removed from the system.

- Expat

This package contains a relatively small XML parsing library. It is required by the XML::Parser Perl module.

- Expect

This package contains a program for carrying out scripted dialogues with other interactive programs. It is commonly used for testing other packages. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.

- File

This package contains a utility for determining the type of a given file or files. A few packages need it to build.

- Findutils

This package contains programs to find files in a file system. It is used in many packages' build scripts.

- Flex

This package contains a utility for generating programs that recognize patterns in text. It is the GNU version of the lex (lexical analyzer) program. It is required to build several LFS packages.

- Gawk

This package contains programs for manipulating text files. It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-Kernighan). It is used in many other packages' build scripts.

- Gcc

This package is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS.

- GDBM

This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It is used by one other LFS package, Man-DB.

- Gettext

This package contains utilities and libraries for internationalization and localization of numerous packages.

- Glibc

This package contains the main C library. Linux programs would not run without it.

- GMP

This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.

- Gperf

This package contains a program that generates a perfect hash function from a key set. It is required for Eudev.

- Grep

This package contains programs for searching through files. These programs are used by most packages' build scripts.

- Groff

This package contains programs for processing and formatting text. One important function of these programs is to format man pages.

- GRUB

This package is the Grand Unified Boot Loader. It is one of several boot loaders available, but is the most flexible.

- Gzip

This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages in LFS and beyond.

- Iana-etc

This package provides data for network services and protocols. It is needed to enable proper networking capabilities.

- Inetutils

This package contains programs for basic network administration.

- Intltool

This package contains tools for extracting translatable strings from source files.

- IProute2

This package contains programs for basic and advanced IPv4 and IPv6 networking. It was chosen over the other common network tools package (net-tools) for its IPv6 capabilities.

- Kbd

This package contains key-table files, keyboard utilities for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.

- Kmod

This package contains programs needed to administer Linux kernel modules.

- Less

This package contains a very nice text file viewer that allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file. It is also used by Man-DB for viewing manpages.

- Libcap

This package implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels.

- Libpipeline

The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is required by the Man-DB package.

- Libtool

This package contains the GNU generic library support script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable interface. It is needed by the test suites in other LFS packages.

- Linux Kernel

This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in the GNU/Linux environment.

- M4

This package contains a general text macro processor useful as a build tool for other programs.

- Make

This package contains a program for directing the building of packages. It is required by almost every package in LFS.

- Man-DB

This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages. It was chosen instead of the man package due to superior internationalization capabilities. It supplies the man program.

- Man-pages

This package contains the actual contents of the basic Linux man pages.

- MPC

This package contains functions for the arithmetic of complex numbers. It is required by Gcc.

- MPFR

This package contains functions for multiple precision arithmetic. It is required by Gcc.

- Ncurses

This package contains libraries for terminal-independent handling of character screens. It is often used to provide cursor control for a menuing system. It is needed by a number of packages in LFS.

- Patch

This package contains a program for modifying or creating files by applying a patch file typically created by the diff program. It is needed by the build procedure for several LFS packages.

- Perl

This package is an interpreter for the runtime language PERL. It is needed for the installation and test suites of several LFS packages.

- Pkg-config

This package provides a program to return meta-data about an installed library or package.

- Procps-NG

This package contains programs for monitoring processes. These programs are useful for system administration, and are also used by the LFS Bootscripts.

- Psmisc

This package contains programs for displaying information about running processes. These programs are useful for system administration.

- Readline

This package is a set of libraries that offers command-line editing and history capabilities. It is used by Bash.

- Sed

This package allows editing of text without opening it in a text editor. It is also needed by most LFS packages' configure scripts.

- Shadow

This package contains programs for handling passwords in a secure way.

- Sysklogd

This package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel or daemon processes when unusual events occur.

- Sysvinit

This package provides the init program, which is the parent of all other processes on the Linux system.

- Tar

This package provides archiving and extraction capabilities of virtually all packages used in LFS.

- Tcl

This package contains the Tool Command Language used in many test suites in LFS packages. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.

- Texinfo

This package contains programs for reading, writing, and converting info pages. It is used in the installation procedures of many LFS packages.

- Util-linux

This package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and messages.

- Vim

This package contains an editor. It was chosen because of its compatibility with the classic vi editor and its huge number of powerful capabilities. An editor is a very personal choice for many users and any other editor could be substituted if desired.

- XML::Parser

This package is a Perl module that interfaces with Expat.

- XZ Utils

This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It provides the highest compression generally available and is useful for decompressing packages in XZ or LZMA format.

- Zlib

This package contains compression and decompression routines used by some programs.

Prerequisites

Building an LFS system is not a simple task. It requires a certain level of existing knowledge of Unix system administration in order to resolve problems and correctly execute the commands listed. In particular, as an absolute minimum, you should already have the ability to use the command line (shell) to copy or move files and directories, list directory and file contents, and change the current directory. It is also expected that you have a reasonable knowledge of using and installing Linux software.

Because the LFS book assumes at least this basic level of skill, the various LFS support forums are unlikely to be able to provide you with much assistance in these areas. You will find that your questions regarding such basic knowledge will likely go unanswered or you will simply be referred to the LFS essential pre-reading list.

Before building an LFS system, we recommend reading the following HOWTOs:

- Software-Building-HOWTO http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html

This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing “generic” Unix software packages under Linux. Although it was written some time ago, it still provides a good summary of the basic techniques needed to build and install software.

- The Linux Users' Guide http://tldp.org/pub/Linux/docs/ldp-archived/users-guide/

This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software. This reference is also fairly old, but still valid.

Host System Requirements

Your host system should have the following software with the minimum versions indicated. This should not be an issue for most modern Linux distributions. Also note that many distributions will place software headers into separate packages, often in the form of “<package-name>-devel” or “<package-name>-dev”. Be sure to install those if your distribution provides them.

Earlier versions of the listed software packages may work, but has not been tested.

- Bash-3.2 (/bin/sh should be a symbolic or hard link to bash)

- Binutils-2.17 (Versions greater than 2.25 are not recommended as they have not been tested)

- Bison-2.3 (/usr/bin/yacc should be a link to bison or small script that executes bison)

- Bzip2-1.0.4

- Coreutils-6.9

- Diffutils-2.8.1

- Findutils-4.2.31

- Gawk-4.0.1 (/usr/bin/awk should be a link to gawk)

- GCC-4.1.2 including the C++ compiler, g++ (Versions greater than 4.9.2 are not recommended as they have not been tested)

Note

On some distributions, there have been reports that some libraries used by gcc can be in an inconsistent state and that this interferes with building some LFS packages. To check this, look in /usr/lib and possibly /usr/lib64 for libgmp.la, libmpfr.la, and libmpc.la. Either all three should be present or absent, but not only one or two. If the problem exists on your system, either rename or delete the .la files or install the appropriate missing package.

- Glibc-2.5.1 (Versions greater than 2.21 are not recommended as they have not been tested)

- Grep-2.5.1a

- Gzip-1.3.12

- Linux Kernel-2.6.32

The reason for the kernel version requirement is that we specify that version when building glibc in Chapter 6 at the recommendation of the developers. It is also required by udev.

If the host kernel is earlier than 2.6.32 you will need to replace the kernel with a more up to date version. There are two ways you can go about this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6.32 or later kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer an acceptable kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, you can compile a kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located in Chapter 8.

- M4-1.4.10

- Make-3.81

- Patch-2.5.4

- Perl-5.8.8

- Sed-4.1.5

- Tar-1.18

- Texinfo-4.7

- Xz-5.0.0

Note that the symlinks mentioned above are required to build an LFS system using the instructions contained within this book. Symlinks that point to other software (such as dash, mawk, etc.) may work, but are not tested or supported by the LFS development team, and may require either deviation from the instructions or additional patches to some packages.

To see whether your host system has all the appropriate versions, and the ability to compile programs, run the following:

cat > version-check.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash
# Simple script to list version numbers of critical development tools

export LC_ALL=C
bash --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2-4
echo "/bin/sh -> `readlink -f /bin/sh`"
echo -n "Binutils: "; ld --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f3-
bison --version | head -n1

if [ -h /usr/bin/yacc ]; then
echo "/usr/bin/yacc -> `readlink -f /usr/bin/yacc`";
elif [ -x /usr/bin/yacc ]; then
echo yacc is `/usr/bin/yacc --version | head -n1`
else
echo "yacc not found"
fi

bzip2 --version 2>&1 < /dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1,6-
echo -n "Coreutils: "; chown --version | head -n1 | cut -d")" -f2
diff --version | head -n1
find --version | head -n1
gawk --version | head -n1

if [ -h /usr/bin/awk ]; then
echo "/usr/bin/awk -> `readlink -f /usr/bin/awk`";
elif [ -x /usr/bin/awk ]; then
echo yacc is `/usr/bin/awk --version | head -n1`
else
echo "awk not found"
fi

gcc --version | head -n1
g++ --version | head -n1
ldd --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2-  # glibc version
grep --version | head -n1
gzip --version | head -n1
cat /proc/version
m4 --version | head -n1
make --version | head -n1
patch --version | head -n1
echo Perl `perl -V:version`
sed --version | head -n1
tar --version | head -n1
makeinfo --version | head -n1
xz --version | head -n1

echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c && g++ -o dummy dummy.c
if [ -x dummy ]
then echo "g++ compilation OK";
else echo "g++ compilation failed"; fi
rm -f dummy.c dummy
EOF

bash version-check.sh

Also check for some library consistency:

cat > library-check.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash
for lib in lib{gmp,mpfr,mpc}.la; do
echo $lib: $(if find /usr/lib* -name $lib|
grep -q $lib;then :;else echo not;fi) found
done
unset lib
EOF

bash library-check.sh

The files identified by this script should be all present or all absent, but not only one or two present.

Typography

To make things easier to follow, there are a few typographical conventions used throughout this book. This section contains some examples of the typographical format found throughout Linux From Scratch.

./configure --prefix=/usr

This form of text is designed to be typed exactly as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being referenced.

In some cases, a logical line is extended to two or more physical lines with a backslash at the end of the line.

CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-2.18/configure \
--prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-werror

Note that the backslash must be followed by an immediate return. Other whitespace characters like spaces or tab characters will create incorrect results.

install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'

This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, usually as the result of commands issued. This format is also used to show filenames, such as /etc/ld.so.conf.

Emphasis

This form of text is used for several purposes in the book. Its main purpose is to emphasize important points or items.

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

This format is used for hyperlinks both within the LFS community and to external pages. It includes HOWTOs, download locations, and websites.

cat > $LFS/etc/group << "EOF"
root:x:0:
bin:x:1:
......
EOF

This format is used when creating configuration files. The first command tells the system to create the file $LFS/etc/group from whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence End Of File (EOF) is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as seen.

<REPLACED TEXT>

This format is used to encapsulate text that is not to be typed as seen or for copy-and-paste operations.

[OPTIONAL TEXT]

This format is used to encapsulate text that is optional.

passwd(5)

This format is used to refer to a specific manual (man) page. The number inside parentheses indicates a specific section inside the manuals. For example, passwd has two man pages. Per LFS installation instructions, those two man pages will be located at /usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1 and /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5. When the book uses passwd(5) it is specifically referring to /usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5. man passwd will print the first man page it finds that matches “passwd”, which will be /usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1. For this example, you will need to run man 5 passwd in order to read the specific page being referred to. It should be noted that most man pages do not have duplicate page names in different sections. Therefore, man <program name> is generally sufficient.

Structure

This book is divided into the following parts.

Part I - Introduction

Part I explains a few important notes on how to proceed with the LFS installation. This section also provides meta-information about the book.

Part II - Preparing for the Build

Part II describes how to prepare for the building process—making a partition, downloading the packages, and compiling temporary tools.

Part III - Building the LFS System

Part III guides the reader through the building of the LFS system—compiling and installing all the packages one by one, setting up the boot scripts, and installing the kernel. The resulting Linux system is the foundation on which other software can be built to expand the system as desired. At the end of this book, there is an easy to use reference listing all of the programs, libraries, and important files that have been installed.

Errata

The software used to create an LFS system is constantly being updated and enhanced. Security warnings and bug fixes may become available after the LFS book has been released. To check whether the package versions or instructions in this release of LFS need any modifications to accommodate security vulnerabilities or other bug fixes, please visit http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/errata/7.7/ before proceeding with your build. You should note any changes shown and apply them to the relevant section of the book as you progress with building the LFS system.

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. How to Build an LFS System

The LFS system will be built by using an already installed Linux distribution (such as Debian, OpenMandriva, Fedora, or openSUSE). This existing Linux system (the host) will be used as a starting point to provide necessary programs, including a compiler, linker, and shell, to build the new system. Select the “development” option during the distribution installation to be able to access these tools.

As an alternative to installing a separate distribution onto your machine, you may wish to use a LiveCD from a commercial distribution.

Chapter 2 of this book describes how to create a new Linux native partition and file system. This is the place where the new LFS system will be compiled and installed. Chapter 3 explains which packages and patches need to be downloaded to build an LFS system and how to store them on the new file system. Chapter 4 discusses the setup of an appropriate working environment. Please read Chapter 4 carefully as it explains several important issues you need be aware of before beginning to work your way through Chapter 5 and beyond.

Chapter 5 explains the installation of a number of packages that will form the basic development suite (or toolchain) which is used to build the actual system in Chapter 6. Some of these packages are needed to resolve circular dependencies—for example, to compile a compiler, you need a compiler.

Chapter 5 also shows you how to build a first pass of the toolchain, including Binutils and GCC (first pass basically means these two core packages will be reinstalled). The next step is to build Glibc, the C library. Glibc will be compiled by the toolchain programs built in the first pass. Then, a second pass of the toolchain will be built. This time, the toolchain will be dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc. The remaining Chapter 5 packages are built using this second pass toolchain. When this is done, the LFS installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution, with the exception of the running kernel.

This effort to isolate the new system from the host distribution may seem excessive. A full technical explanation as to why this is done is provided in Section 5.2, “Toolchain Technical Notes”.

In Chapter 6, the full LFS system is built. The chroot (change root) program is used to enter a virtual environment and start a new shell whose root directory will be set to the LFS partition. This is very similar to rebooting and instructing the kernel to mount the LFS partition as the root partition. The system does not actually reboot, but instead uses chroot because creating a bootable system requires additional work which is not necessary just yet. The major advantage is that “chrooting” allows you to continue using the host system while LFS is being built. While waiting for package compilations to complete, you can continue using your computer as normal.

To finish the installation, the LFS-Bootscripts are set up in Chapter 7, and the kernel and boot loader are set up in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 contains information on continuing the LFS experience beyond this book. After the steps in this book have been implemented, the computer will be ready to reboot into the new LFS system.

This is the process in a nutshell. Detailed information on each step is discussed in the following chapters and package descriptions. Items that may seem complicated will be clarified, and everything will fall into place as you embark on the LFS adventure.

1.2. What's new since the last release

Below is a list of package updates made since the previous release of the book.

Upgraded to:

- Automake 1.15

- Bash 4.3.30

- Binutils 2.25

- Bison 3.0.4

- DejaGNU 1.5.2

- Eudev 2.1.1

- File 5.22

- GCC 4.9.2

- Gettext 0.19.4

- Glibc 2.21

- Grep 2.21

- Groff 1.22.3

- GRUB 2.02~beta2

- IPRoute2 3.19.0

- Kmod 19

- Libpipeline 1.4.0

- Libtool 2.4.6

- Linux 3.19

- Make 4.1

- Man-DB 2.7.1

- Man-pages 3.79

- Patch 2.7.4

- Perl 5.20.2

- Procps-ng 3.3.10

- Sysklogd 1.5.1

- TCL 8.6.3

- Tzdata 2015a

- Util-Linux 2.26

- XML-Parser-2.44

- XZ-Utils 5.2.0

Added:

- bash-4.3.30-upstream_fixes-1.patch

- mpfr-3.1.2-upstream_fixes-3.patch

- readline-6.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch

Removed:

- binutils-2.24-load_gcc_lto_plugin_by_default-1.patch

- binutils-2.24-lto_testsuite-1.patch

- binutils-2.24-multiple_plugins-1.patch

- bash-4.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch

- gcc-4.9.1-upstream_fixes-1.patch

- readline-6.3-upstream_fixes-2.patch

1.3. Changelog

This is version 7.7 of the Linux From Scratch book, dated March 6, 2015. If this book is more than six months old, a newer and better version is probably already available. To find out, please check one of the mirrors via http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html.

Below is a list of changes made since the previous release of the book.

Changelog Entries:

- 2015-03-06

- [bdubbs] - LFS-7.7 released.

- 2015-03-03

- [bdubbs] - Add a sed to fix an upstream security issue in e2fsprogs. Fixes #3759.

- [bdubbs] - Add a sed to fix an upstream security issue in grep. Fixes #3760.

- 2015-02-25

- [bdubbs] - Add texinfo-4.7 or later to host system requirements. Fixes #3756.

- 2015-02-23

- [bdubbs] - Add a fix to glibc for 32-bit architectures. Fixes #3755.

- 2015-02-22

- [bdubbs] - Cosmetic changes to output messages by network boot scripts.

- 2015-02-19

- [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.26. Fixes #3734.

- 2015-02-16

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.19. Fixes #3746.

- [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-3.19.0. Fixes #3748.

- [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.20.2. Fixes #3749.

- [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.4.6. Fixes #3750.

- [bdubbs] - Added a note to glibc about potential problems with parallel build. Fixes #3747.

- 2015-02-09

- [Chris] - Added --docdir switch to Chapter 6 Bison to put docs in versioned directory.

- 2015-02-08

- [bdubbs] - Update ipv4-static, ifup, and ifup.8 in bootscripts to better support multiple IP addresses on an interface.

- [Chris] - Updated FHS URL to new location.

- 2015-02-06

- [bdubbs] - Add bash patches through patch-033.

- [bdubbs] - Update mpfr patches through patch-11.

- [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.26-rc2. Intermediate fix prior to stable util-linux-2.26.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.79. Fixes #3743.

- [bdubbs] - Update to dejagnu-1.5.2. Fixes #3744.

- [bdubbs] - Update to glibc-2.21. Fixes #3745.

- 2015-01-31

- [bdubbs] - Update to patch-2.7.4. Fixes #3742.

- [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2015a. Fixes #3741.

- 2015-01-29

- [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-2.1.1. Fixes #3735.

- [bdubbs] - Update to bison-3.0.4. Fixes #3735.

- [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.4.5. Fixes #3737.

- [bdubbs] - Update to patch-2.7.3. Fixes #3738.

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.18.5. Fixes #3739.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.78. Fixes #3740.

- 2015-01-12

- [bdubbs] - Update to XML-Parser-2.44. Fixes #3733.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.77. Fixes #3732.

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.18.2. Fixes #3731.

- 2015-01-06

- [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.22. Fixes #3729.

- [bdubbs] - Update to automake-1.15. Fixes #3727.

- 2015-01-02

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.76. Fixes #3728.

- [bdubbs] - Fix URL for CLFS. Fixes #3727.

- [bdubbs] - Update copyright year.

- [bdubbs] - Make version-check script more robust.

- 2014-12-25

- [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-3.18.0. Fixes #3726.

- [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.19.4. Fixes #3725.

- 2014-12-24

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.18.1. Fixes #3721.

- [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.2.0. Fixes #3723.

- [bdubbs] - Update to binutils-2.25. Fixes #3724.

- [bdubbs] - Update comments for sysklogd boot script. Fixes #3722.

- 2014-12-13

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.18. Fixes #3717.

- [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.21. Fixes #3718.

- [bdubbs] - Update to XML-Parser-2.43. Fixes #3720.

- 2014-12-03

- [bdubbs] - Update acknowledgements. Fixes #3716.

- [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.4.4. Fixes #3715.

- 2014-11-29

- [pierre] - Reformat eudev to support jhalfs.

- 2014-11-24

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.17.4. Fixes #3712.

- [bdubbs] - Update to kmod-19. Fixes #3713.

- [bdubbs] - Update to grep-2.21. Fixes #3714.

- 2014-11-13

- [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2014j. Fixes #3710.

- [bdubbs] - Update to tcl-8.6.3. Fixes #3711.

- 2014-11-11

- [bdubbs] - Update to bash-4.3.30. Fixes #3708.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.1. Fixes #3709.

- [bdubbs] - Add binutils-2.24-multiple_plugins-1.patch. Thanks to Miklos Karacsony fro the patch. Fixes #3707.

- 2014-11-10

- [bdubbs] - Change default permissions for /run/lock to 1777.

- 2014-11-05

- [bdubbs] - Update to groff-1.22.3. Fixes #3706.

- 2014-11-03

- [bdubbs] - Move the page concerning /etc/shells from BLFS to LFS Chapter 7. Fixes #3705.

- 2014-11-01

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.17.2. Fixes #3704.

- [bdubbs] - Update to iproute2-3.17.0. Fixes #3703.

- 2014-10-31

- [bdubbs] - Update to gcc-4.9.2. Fixes #3702.

- 2014-10-30

- [bdubbs] - Update to libtool-2.4.3. Fixes #3699.

- [bdubbs] - Update to eudev-2.1. Fixes #3700.

- 2014-10-26

- [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.4.0. Fixes #3698.

- 2014-10-25

- [bdubbs] - Add an instruction to the eudev install to create the initial /etc/udev/hwdb.bin file.

- [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2014i. Fixes #3696.

- [bdubbs] - Update to util-linux-2.25.2. Fixes #3697.

- 2014-10-19

- [bdubbs] - Remove reference to GMT in Chapter 5 tcl page. Fixes #3692.

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.17.1. Fixes #3693.

- [bdubbs] - Update to gettext-0.19.3. Fixes #3694.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.75. Fixes #3695.

- 2014-10-11

- [bdubbs] - Update to file-5.20. Fixes #3691.

- [krejzi] - Updated bash upstream patches and added fixes for CVE-2014-6278.

- 2014-10-08

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.74. Fixes #3685.

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.17. Fixes #3688.

- [bdubbs] - Update to make-4.1. Fixes #3689.

- [bdubbs] - Update to sysklogd-1.5.1. Fixes #3690.

- 2014-09-26

- [krejzi] - Updated bash upstream patches and added fixes for CVE-2014-6277. Fixes #3686.

- [krejzi] - Updated reaadline upstream patches. Fixes #3687.

- 2014-10-02

- [bdubbs] - Added perl patch to fix CVE-2014-4330. to prevent infinite recursion in Data::Dumper. Fixes #3681.

- [bdubbs] - Update to grub-2.02~beta2. It's been in beta for over 9 months and a 'stable' does not seem to be forthcoming. Fixes #3450.

- [bdubbs] - Update glibc tests known to sometimes fail.

- 2014-09-29

- [bdubbs] - Update bash upstream patches and added fixes for CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, and CVE-2014-7187 (through upstream patch bash43-027).

- [bdubbs] - Update to tzdata-2014h. Fixes #3682.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.0.2. Fixes #3683.

- [bdubbs] - Improved wget command line in Section 3.1. Fixes #3684.

- 2014-09-26

- [krejzi] - Updated bash upstream patches and added fixes for CVE-2014-7169. Fixes #3680.

- 2014-09-24

- [bdubbs] - Update to perl-5.20.1. Fixes #3670.

- [bdubbs] - Update to xz-5.0.7. Fixes #3671.

- [bdubbs] - Update to linux-3.16.3. Fixes #3673.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-pages-3.73. Fixes #3674.

- [bdubbs] - Update to libpipeline-1.3.1. Fixes #3675.

- [bdubbs] - Update to man-db-2.7.0.1. Fixes #3676.

- [bdubbs] - Update to procps-ng-3.3.10. Fixes #3677.

- 2014-09-23

- [bdubbs] - LFS-7.6 released.

1.4. Resources

1.4.1. FAQ

If during the building of the LFS system you encounter any errors, have any questions, or think there is a typo in the book, please start by consulting the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that is located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/.

1.4.2. Mailing Lists

The linuxfromscratch.org server hosts a number of mailing lists used for the development of the LFS project. These lists include the main development and support lists, among others. If the FAQ does not solve the problem you are having, the next step would be to search the mailing lists at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/search.html.

For information on the different lists, how to subscribe, archive locations, and additional information, visit http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mail.html.

1.4.3. IRC

Several members of the LFS community offer assistance on Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Before using this support, please make sure that your question is not already answered in the LFS FAQ or the mailing list archives. You can find the IRC network at irc.freenode.net. The support channel is named #LFS-support.

1.4.4. Mirror Sites

The LFS project has a number of world-wide mirrors to make accessing the website and downloading the required packages more convenient. Please visit the LFS website at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html for a list of current mirrors.

1.4.5. Contact Information

Please direct all your questions and comments to one of the LFS mailing lists (see above).

1.5. Help

If an issue or a question is encountered while working through this book, please check the FAQ page at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#generalfaq. Questions are often already answered there. If your question is not answered on this page, try to find the source of the problem. The following hint will give you some guidance for troubleshooting: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/errors.txt.

If you cannot find your problem listed in the FAQ, search the mailing lists at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/search.html.

We also have a wonderful LFS community that is willing to offer assistance through the mailing lists and IRC (see the Section 1.4, “Resources” section of this book). However, we get several support questions every day and many of them can be easily answered by going to the FAQ and by searching the mailing lists first. So, for us to offer the best assistance possible, you need to do some research on your own first. That allows us to focus on the more unusual support needs. If your searches do not produce a solution, please include all relevant information (mentioned below) in your request for help.

1.5.1. Things to Mention

Apart from a brief explanation of the problem being experienced, the essential things to include in any request for help are:

- The version of the book being used (in this case 7.7)

- The host distribution and version being used to create LFS

- The output from the Section vii, Host System Requirements script

- The package or section the problem was encountered in

- The exact error message or symptom being received

- Note whether you have deviated from the book at all

Note

Deviating from this book does not mean that we will not help you. After all, LFS is about personal preference. Being upfront about any changes to the established procedure helps us evaluate and determine possible causes of your problem.

1.5.2. Configure Script Problems

If something goes wrong while running the configure script, review the config.log file. This file may contain errors encountered during configure which were not printed to the screen. Include the relevant lines if you need to ask for help.

1.5.3. Compilation Problems

Both the screen output and the contents of various files are useful in determining the cause of compilation problems. The screen output from the configure script and the make run can be helpful. It is not necessary to include the entire output, but do include enough of the relevant information. Below is an example of the type of information to include from the screen output from make:

gcc -DALIASPATH=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/share/locale:.\"
-DLOCALEDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/share/locale\"
-DLIBDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/lib\"
-DINCLUDEDIR=\"/mnt/lfs/usr/include\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.
-g -O2 -c getopt1.c
gcc -g -O2 -static -o make ar.o arscan.o commands.o dir.o
expand.o file.o function.o getopt.o implicit.o job.o main.o
misc.o read.o remake.o rule.o signame.o variable.o vpath.o
default.o remote-stub.o version.o opt1.o
-lutil job.o: In function `load_too_high':
/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1/job.c:1565: undefined reference
to `getloadavg'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [make] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

In this case, many people would just include the bottom section:

make [2]: *** [make] Error 1

This is not enough information to properly diagnose the problem because it only notes that something went wrong, not what went wrong. The entire section, as in the example above, is what should be saved because it includes the command that was executed and the associated error message(s).

An excellent article about asking for help on the Internet is available online at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. Read and follow the hints in this document to increase the likelihood of getting the help you need.

Part II. Preparing for the Build

Chapter 2. Preparing a New Partition

2.1. Introduction

In this chapter, the partition which will host the LFS system is prepared. We will create the partition itself, create a file system on it, and mount it.

2.2. Creating a New Partition

Like most other operating systems, LFS is usually installed on a dedicated partition. The recommended approach to building an LFS system is to use an available empty partition or, if you have enough unpartitioned space, to create one.

A minimal system requires a partition of around 4 gigabytes (GB). This is enough to store all the source tarballs and compile the packages. However, if the LFS system is intended to be the primary Linux system, additional software will probably be installed which will require additional space. A 10 GB partition is a reasonable size to provide for growth. The LFS system itself will not take up this much room. A large portion of this requirement is to provide sufficient free temporary storage. Compiling packages can require a lot of disk space which will be reclaimed after the package is installed.

Because there is not always enough Random Access Memory (RAM) available for compilation processes, it is a good idea to use a small disk partition as swap space. This is used by the kernel to store seldom-used data and leave more memory available for active processes. The swap partition for an LFS system can be the same as the one used by the host system, in which case it is not necessary to create another one.

Start a disk partitioning program such as cfdisk or fdisk with a command line option naming the hard disk on which the new partition will be created—for example /dev/sda for the primary Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) disk. Create a Linux native partition and a swap partition, if needed. Please refer to cfdisk(8) or fdisk(8) if you do not yet know how to use the programs.

Note

For experienced users, other partitioning schemes are possible. The new LFS system can be on a software RAID array or an LVM logical volume. However, some of these options require an initramfs, which is an advanced topic. These partitioning methodologies are not recommended for first time LFS users.

Remember the designation of the new partition (e.g., sda5). This book will refer to this as the LFS partition. Also remember the designation of the swap partition. These names will be needed later for the /etc/fstab file.

2.2.1. Other Partition Issues

Requests for advice on system partitioning are often posted on the LFS mailing lists. This is a highly subjective topic. The default for most distributions is to use the entire drive with the exception of one small swap partition. This is not optimal for LFS for several reasons. It reduces flexibility, makes sharing of data across multiple distributions or LFS builds more difficult, makes backups more time consuming, and can waste disk space through inefficient allocation of file system structures.

2.2.1.1. The Root Partition

A root LFS partition (not to be confused with the /root directory) of ten gigabytes is a good compromise for most systems. It provides enough space to build LFS and most of BLFS, but is small enough so that multiple partitions can be easily created for experimentation.

2.2.1.2. The Swap Partition

Most distributions automatically create a swap partition. Generally the recommended size of the swap partition is about twice the amount of physical RAM, however this is rarely needed. If disk space is limited, hold the swap partition to two gigabytes and monitor the amount of disk swapping.

Swapping is never good. Generally you can tell if a system is swapping by just listening to disk activity and observing how the system reacts to commands. The first reaction to swapping should be to check for an unreasonable command such as trying to edit a five gigabyte file. If swapping becomes a normal occurrence, the best solution is to purchase more RAM for your system.

2.2.1.3. Convenience Partitions

There are several other partitions that are not required, but should be considered when designing a disk layout. The following list is not comprehensive, but is meant as a guide.

- /boot – Highly recommended. Use this partition to store kernels and other booting information. To minimize potential boot problems with larger disks, make this the first physical partition on your first disk drive. A partition size of 100 megabytes is quite adequate.

- /home – Highly recommended. Share your home directory and user customization across multiple distributions or LFS builds. The size is generally fairly large and depends on available disk space.

- /usr – A separate /usr partition is generally used if providing a server for a thin client or diskless workstation. It is normally not needed for LFS. A size of five gigabytes will handle most installations.

- /opt – This directory is most useful for BLFS where multiple installations of large packages like Gnome or KDE can be installed without embedding the files in the /usr hierarchy. If used, 5 to 10 gigabytes is generally adequate.

- /tmp – A separate /tmp directory is rare, but useful if configuring a thin client. This partition, if used, will usually not need to exceed a couple of gigabytes.

- /usr/src – This partition is very useful for providing a location to store BLFS source files and share them across LFS builds. It can also be used as a location for building BLFS packages. A reasonably large partition of 30-50 gigabytes allows plenty of room.

Any separate partition that you want automatically mounted upon boot needs to be specified in the /etc/fstab. Details about how to specify partitions will be discussed in Section 8.2, “Creating the /etc/fstab File”.

2.3. Creating a File System on the Partition

Now that a blank partition has been set up, the file system can be created. LFS can use any file system recognized by the Linux kernel, but the most common types are ext3 and ext4. The choice of file system can be complex and depends on the characteristics of the files and the size of the partition. For example:

ext2

is suitable for small partitions that are updated infrequently such as /boot.

ext3

is an upgrade to ext2 that includes a journal to help recover the partition's status in the case of an unclean shutdown. It is commonly used as a general purpose file system.

ext4

is the latest version of the ext file system family of partition types. It provides several new capabilities including nano-second timestamps, creation and use of very large files (16 TB), and speed improvements.

Other file sytems, including FAT32, NTFS, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS are useful for specialized purposes. More information about these file systems can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems.

LFS assumes that the root file system (/) is of type ext4. To create an ext4 file system on the LFS partition, run the following:

mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/<xxx>

If you are using an existing swap partition, there is no need to format it. If a new swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized with this command:

mkswap /dev/<yyy>

Replace <yyy> with the name of the swap partition.

2.4. Mounting the New Partition

Now that a file system has been created, the partition needs to be made accessible. In order to do this, the partition needs to be mounted at a chosen mount point. For the purposes of this book, it is assumed that the file system is mounted under /mnt/lfs, but the directory choice is up to you.

Choose a mount point and assign it to the LFS environment variable by running:

export LFS=/mnt/lfs

Next, create the mount point and mount the LFS file system by running:

mkdir -pv $LFS
mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<xxx> $LFS

Replace <xxx> with the designation of the LFS partition.

If using multiple partitions for LFS (e.g., one for / and another for /usr), mount them using:

mkdir -pv $LFS
mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<xxx> $LFS
mkdir -v $LFS/usr
mount -v -t ext4 /dev/<yyy> $LFS/usr

Replace <xxx> and <yyy> with the appropriate partition names.

Ensure that this new partition is not mounted with permissions that are too restrictive (such as the nosuid or nodev options). Run the mount command without any parameters to see what options are set for the mounted LFS partition. If nosuid and/or nodev are set, the partition will need to be remounted.

If you are using a swap partition, ensure that it is enabled using the swapon command:

/sbin/swapon -v /dev/<zzz>

Replace <zzz> with the name of the swap partition.

Now that there is an established place to work, it is time to download the packages.

2.5. Setting The $LFS Variable

Throughout this book, the environment variable LFS will be used several times. You should ensure that this variable is always defined throughout the LFS build process. It should be set to the name of the directory where you will be building your LFS system - we will use /mnt/lfs as an example, but the directory choice is up to you. If you are building LFS on a separate partition, this directory will be the mount point for the partition. Choose a directory location and set the variable with the following command:

export LFS=/mnt/lfs

Having this variable set is beneficial in that commands such as mkdir -v $LFS/tools can be typed literally. The shell will automatically replace “$LFS” with “/mnt/lfs” (or whatever the variable was set to) when it processes the command line.

Do not forget to check that LFS is set whenever you leave and reenter the current working environment (such as when doing a su to root or another user). Check that the LFS variable is set up properly with:

echo $LFS

Make sure the output shows the path to your LFS system's build location, which is /mnt/lfs if the provided example was followed. If the output is incorrect, use the command given earlier on this page to set $LFS to the correct directory name.

Note

One way to ensure that the LFS variable is always set is to edit the .bash_profile file in both your personal home directory and in /root/.bash_profile and enter the export command above.

Chapter 3. Packages and Patches

3.1. Introduction

This chapter includes a list of packages that need to be downloaded in order to build a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on their use. We highly recommend against using newer versions because the build commands for one version may not work with a newer version. The newest package versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the book.

Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download location has changed since this book was published, Google (http://www.google.com/) provides a useful search engine for most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the alternative means of downloading discussed at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/packages.html#packages.

Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. A working directory is also required to unpack the sources and build them. $LFS/sources can be used both as the place to store the tarballs and patches and as a working directory. By using this directory, the required elements will be located on the LFS partition and will be available during all stages of the building process.

To create this directory, execute the following command, as user root, before starting the download session:

mkdir -v $LFS/sources

Make this directory writable and sticky. “Sticky” means that even if multiple users have write permission on a directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file within a sticky directory. The following command will enable the write and sticky modes:

chmod -v a+wt $LFS/sources

An easy way to download all of the packages and patches is by using wget-list as an input to wget. For example:

wget --input-file=wget-list --continue --directory-prefix=$LFS/sources

Additionally, starting with LFS-7.0, there is a separate file, md5sums, which can be used to verify that all the correct packages are available before proceeding. Place that file in $LFS/sources and run:

pushd $LFS/sources
md5sum -c md5sums
popd

3.2. All Packages

Download or otherwise obtain the following packages:

Acl (2.2.52) - 380 KB:

Download: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/acl/acl-2.2.52.src.tar.gz

MD5 sum: a61415312426e9c2212bd7dc7929abda

Attr (2.4.47) - 336 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/attr/

Download: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/attr/attr-2.4.47.src.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 84f58dec00b60f2dc8fd1c9709291cc7

Autoconf (2.69) - 1,186 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 50f97f4159805e374639a73e2636f22e

Automake (1.15) - 1,462 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-1.15.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 9a1ddb0e053474d9d1105cfe39b0c48d

Bash (4.3.30) - 7,7791 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.30.tar.gz

MD5 sum: a27b3ee9be83bd3ba448c0ff52b28447

Bc (1.06.95) - 288 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bc/

Download: http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.95.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 5126a721b73f97d715bb72c13c889035

Binutils (2.25) - 23,486 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.25.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: d9f3303f802a5b6b0bb73a335ab89d66

Bison (3.0.4) - 1,928 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-3.0.4.tar.xz

MD5 sum: c342201de104cc9ce0a21e0ad10d4021

Bzip2 (1.0.6) - 764 KB:

Home page: http://www.bzip.org/

Download: http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b

Check (0.9.14) - 741 KB:

Home page: http://check.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/check/files/check/0.9.14/check-0.9.14.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 38263d115d784c17aa3b959ce94be8b8

Coreutils (8.23) - 5,250 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.23.tar.xz

MD5 sum: abed135279f87ad6762ce57ff6d89c41

DejaGNU (1.5.2) - 583 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/dejagnu/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/dejagnu/dejagnu-1.5.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 97a86a21c92ac456641a97f712ea40ac

Diffutils (3.3) - 1,170 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-3.3.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 99180208ec2a82ce71f55b0d7389f1b3

Eudev (2.1.1) - 1,745 KB:

Download: http://dev.gentoo.org/~blueness/eudev/eudev-2.1.1.tar.gz

MD5 sum: dd945ce34314b4544e9036153d3a97e9

Eudev-manpages (2.1.1) - 9 KB:

Download: http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/other/eudev-2.1.1-manpages.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 5be15528788635818104146957171f5d

E2fsprogs (1.42.12) - 6,233 KB:

Home page: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs/v1.42.12/e2fsprogs-1.42.12.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 68255f51be017a93f2f6402fab06c2bf

Expat (2.1.0) - 552 KB:

Home page: http://expat.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/expat/expat-2.1.0.tar.gz

MD5 sum: dd7dab7a5fea97d2a6a43f511449b7cd

Expect (5.45) - 614 KB:

Home page: http://expect.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/expect/expect5.45.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 44e1a4f4c877e9ddc5a542dfa7ecc92b

File (5.22) - 716 KB:

Home page: http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

Download: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.22.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 8fb13e5259fe447e02c4a37bc7225add

Note

File (5.22) may no longer be available at the listed location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternative download location that may have the correct version available can also be found at: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/download.html#ftp.

Findutils (4.4.2) - 2,100 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-4.4.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 351cc4adb07d54877fa15f75fb77d39f

Flex (2.5.39) - 1,575 KB:

Home page: http://flex.sourceforge.net

Download: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.39.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 77d44c6bb8c0705e0017ab9a84a1502b

Gawk (4.1.1) - 2,146 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-4.1.1.tar.xz

MD5 sum: a2a26543ce410eb74bc4a508349ed09a

GCC (4.9.2) - 87,832 KB:

Home page: http://gcc.gnu.org/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-4.9.2/gcc-4.9.2.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 4df8ee253b7f3863ad0b86359cd39c43

GDBM (1.11) - 796 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdbm/gdbm-1.11.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 72c832680cf0999caedbe5b265c8c1bd

Gettext (0.19.4) - 6,501 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.19.4.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 997c9070354eff5517115feaea6038f0

Glibc (2.21) - 12,034 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.21.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 9cb398828e8f84f57d1f7d5588cf40cd

GMP (6.0.0a) - 1,860 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gmp/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu//gmp/gmp-6.0.0a.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 1e6da4e434553d2811437aa42c7f7c76

Gperf (3.0.4) - 960 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gperf/gperf-3.0.4.tar.gz

MD5 sum: c1f1db32fb6598d6a93e6e88796a8632

Grep (2.21) - 1,232 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/grep-2.21.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 43c48064d6409862b8a850db83c8038a

Groff (1.22.3) - 4,091 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/groff-1.22.3.tar.gz

MD5 sum: cc825fa64bc7306a885f2fb2268d3ec5

GRUB (2.02~beta2) - 5,663 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/

Download: http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-2.02~beta2.tar.xz

MD5 sum: be62932eade308a364ea4bbc91295930

Gzip (1.6) - 712 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.6.tar.xz

MD5 sum: da981f86677d58a106496e68de6f8995

Iana-Etc (2.30) - 201 KB:

Home page: http://freecode.com/projects/iana-etc

Download: http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/LFS/lfs-packages/conglomeration/iana-etc/iana-etc-2.30.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 3ba3afb1d1b261383d247f46cb135ee8

Inetutils (1.9.2) - 2,188 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/inetutils-1.9.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: aa1a9a132259db83e66c1f3265065ba2

Intltool (0.50.2) - 185 KB:

Home page: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/intltool

Download: http://launchpad.net/intltool/trunk/0.50.2/+download/intltool-0.50.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 23fbd879118253cb99aeac067da5f591

IPRoute2 (3.19.0) - 445 KB:

Home page: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-3.19.0.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 237083a1e3c388cde7a115a5724dc72a

Kbd (2.0.2) - 2,105 KB:

Home page: http://ftp.altlinux.org/pub/people/legion/kbd

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kbd/kbd-2.0.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: ba56fb5bfd44acea83fc5dac4a9b7f15

Kmod (19) - 1,440 KB:

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-19.tar.xz

MD5 sum: a08643f814aa4efc12211c6e5909f4d9

Less (458) - 308 KB:

Home page: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/

Download: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-458.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 935b38aa2e73c888c210dedf8fd94f49

LFS-Bootscripts (20150222) - 31 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/downloads/7.7/lfs-bootscripts-20150222.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 614ac06496072ddc12659644b600c427

Libcap (2.24) - 64 KB:

Home page: https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-2.24.tar.xz

MD5 sum: d43ab9f680435a7fff35b4ace8d45b80

Libpipeline (1.4.0) - 787 KB:

Home page: http://libpipeline.nongnu.org/

Download: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/libpipeline/libpipeline-1.4.0.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 660f4ac9340834a231d1516746d03d28

Libtool (2.4.6) - 951 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-2.4.6.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 1bfb9b923f2c1339b4d2ce1807064aa5

Linux (3.19) - 79,775 KB:

Home page: http://www.kernel.org/

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/linux-3.19.tar.xz

MD5 sum: d3fc8316d4d4d04b65cbc2d70799e763

Note

The Linux kernel is updated relatively often, many times due to discoveries of security vulnerabilities. The latest available 3.19.x kernel version should be used, unless the errata page says otherwise.

For users with limited speed or expensive bandwidth who wish to update the Linux kernel, a baseline version of the package and patches can be downloaded separately. This may save some time or cost for a subsequent patch level upgrade within a minor release.

M4 (1.4.17) - 1,122 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.17.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 12a3c829301a4fd6586a57d3fcf196dc

Make (4.1) - 1,297 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.1.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 57a7a224a822f94789a587ccbcedff69

Man-DB (2.7.1) - 1,464 KB:

Home page: http://www.nongnu.org/man-db/

Download: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/man-db/man-db-2.7.1.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 88d32360e2ed18e05de9b528ad336fd8

Man-pages (3.79) - 1,290 KB:

Home page: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/man-pages-3.79.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 938950106f4483383dd367fe9e8aab9f

MPC (1.0.2) - 619 KB:

Home page: http://www.multiprecision.org/

Download: http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/mpc-1.0.2.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 68fadff3358fb3e7976c7a398a0af4c3

MPFR (3.1.2) - 1,049 KB:

Home page: http://www.mpfr.org/

Download: http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-3.1.2/mpfr-3.1.2.tar.xz

MD5 sum: e3d203d188b8fe60bb6578dd3152e05c

Ncurses (5.9) - 2,760 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu//ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 8cb9c412e5f2d96bc6f459aa8c6282a1

Patch (2.7.4) - 698 KB:

Home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-2.7.4.tar.xz

MD5 sum: abc59498fcdddd44e0d07764aa105fd2

Perl (5.20.2) - 13,396 KB:

Home page: http://www.perl.org/

Download: http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.20.2.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 21062666f1c627aeb6dbff3c6952738b

Pkg-config (0.28) - 1,892 KB:

Home page: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config

Download: http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz

MD5 sum: aa3c86e67551adc3ac865160e34a2a0d

Procps (3.3.10) - 801 KB:

Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng

Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/files/Production/procps-ng-3.3.10.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 1fb7f3f6bf92ce6c5c9ed9949ae858fe

Psmisc (22.21) - 447 KB:

Home page: http://psmisc.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/psmisc/psmisc/psmisc-22.21.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 935c0fd6eb208288262b385fa656f1bf

Readline (6.3) - 2,411 KB:

Home page: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a

Sed (4.2.2) - 1,035 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 7ffe1c7cdc3233e1e0c4b502df253974

Shadow (4.2.1) - 1,558 KB:

Download: http://pkg-shadow.alioth.debian.org/releases/shadow-4.2.1.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 2bfafe7d4962682d31b5eba65dba4fc8

Sysklogd (1.5.1) - 88 KB:

Home page: http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/

Download: http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/download/sysklogd-1.5.1.tar.gz

MD5 sum: c70599ab0d037fde724f7210c2c8d7f8

Sysvinit (2.88dsf) - 108 KB:

Home page: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit

Download: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/sysvinit/sysvinit-2.88dsf.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 6eda8a97b86e0a6f59dabbf25202aa6f

Tar (1.28) - 1,921 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.28.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 49b6306167724fe48f419a33a5beb857

Tcl (8.6.3) - 8,693 KB:

Home page: http://tcl.sourceforge.net/

Download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/tcl/Tcl/8.6.3/tcl8.6.3-src.tar.gz

MD5 sum: db382feca91754b7f93da16dc4cdad1f

Texinfo (5.2) - 3,724 KB:

Home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

Download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-5.2.tar.xz

MD5 sum: cb489df8a7ee9d10a236197aefdb32c5

Time Zone Data (2015a) - 286 KB:

Home page: http://www.iana.org/time-zones

Download: http://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/releases/tzdata2015a.tar.gz

MD5 sum: 4ed11c894a74a5ea64201b1c6dbb8831

Udev-lfs Tarball (udev-lfs-20140408) - 11 KB:

Download: http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/other/udev-lfs-20140408.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: c2d6b127f89261513b23b6d458484099

Util-linux (2.26) - 3,758 KB:

Home page: http://freecode.com/projects/util-linux

Download: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.26/util-linux-2.26.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 912c550a4e5c47c0ce9abd0733fa9a64

Vim (7.4) - 9,632 KB:

Home page: http://www.vim.org

Download: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-7.4.tar.bz2

MD5 sum: 607e135c559be642f210094ad023dc65

XML::Parser (2.44) - 232 KB:

Home page: https://github.com/chorny/XML-Parser

Download: http://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR/XML-Parser-2.44.tar.gz

MD5 sum: af4813fe3952362451201ced6fbce379

Xz Utils (5.2.0) - 984 KB:

Home page: http://tukaani.org/xz

Download: http://tukaani.org/xz/xz-5.2.0.tar.xz

MD5 sum: d87c242778fcf5ce4598de80a55ded28

Zlib (1.2.8) - 441 KB:

Home page: http://www.zlib.net/

Download: http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.8.tar.xz

MD5 sum: 28f1205d8dd2001f26fec1e8c2cebe37

Total size of these packages: about 393 MB

3.3. Needed Patches

In addition to the packages, several patches are also required. These patches correct any mistakes in the packages that should be fixed by the maintainer. The patches also make small modifications to make the packages easier to work with. The following patches will be needed to build an LFS system:

Bash Upstream Fixes Patch - 8.8 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/bash-4.3.30-upstream_fixes-1.patch

MD5 sum: e2571929a43fdf76ae1eb683fe86b5c0

Bc Memory Leak Patch - 1.4 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/bc-1.06.95-memory_leak-1.patch

MD5 sum: 877e81fba316fe487ec23501059d54b8

Bzip2 Documentation Patch - 1.6 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/bzip2-1.0.6-install_docs-1.patch

MD5 sum: 6a5ac7e89b791aae556de0f745916f7f

Coreutils Internationalization Fixes Patch - 138 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/coreutils-8.23-i18n-1.patch

MD5 sum: 587051bc411e0da9b3bf8984b49b364e

Glibc FHS Patch - 2.8 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/glibc-2.21-fhs-1.patch

MD5 sum: 9a5997c3452909b1769918c759eff8a2

Kbd Backspace/Delete Fix Patch - 12 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/kbd-2.0.2-backspace-1.patch

MD5 sum: f75cca16a38da6caa7d52151f7136895

Mpfr Upstream Fixes Patch - 38 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/mpfr-3.1.2-upstream_fixes-3.patch

MD5 sum: 5ba8bafe42920d6e570567529629bc59

Readline Upstream Fixes Patch - 8 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/readline-6.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch

MD5 sum: 6b0d9f4e79319d56a7fee9b35e5cfd1b

Sysvinit Consolidated Patch - 3.9 KB:

Download: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/7.7/sysvinit-2.88dsf-consolidated-1.patch

MD5 sum: 0b7b5ea568a878fdcc4057b2bf36e5cb

Total size of these patches: about 214.5 KB

In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of optional patches created by the LFS community. These optional patches solve minor problems or enable functionality that is not enabled by default. Feel free to peruse the patches database located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/ and acquire any additional patches to suit your system needs.

Chapter 4. Final Preparations

4.1. Introduction

In this chapter, we will perform a few additional tasks to prepare for building the temporary system. We will create a directory in $LFS for the installation of the temporary tools, add an unprivileged user to reduce risk, and create an appropriate build environment for that user. We will also explain the unit of time we use to measure how long LFS packages take to build, or “SBUs”, and give some information about package test suites.

4.2. Creating the $LFS/tools Directory

All programs compiled in Chapter 5 will be installed under $LFS/tools to keep them separate from the programs compiled in Chapter 6. The programs compiled here are temporary tools and will not be a part of the final LFS system. By keeping these programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded later after their use. This also prevents these programs from ending up in the host production directories (easy to do by accident in Chapter 5).

Create the required directory by running the following as root:

mkdir -v $LFS/tools

The next step is to create a /tools symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory on the LFS partition. Run this command as root as well:

ln -sv $LFS/tools /

Note

The above command is correct. The ln command has a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check info coreutils ln and ln(1) before reporting what you may think is an error.

The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that it always refers to /tools, meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in Chapter 5 (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in the next (when we are “chrooted” to the LFS partition).

4.3. Adding the LFS User

When logged in as user root, making a single mistake can damage or destroy a system. Therefore, we recommend building the packages in this chapter as an unprivileged user. You could use your own user name, but to make it easier to set up a clean working environment, create a new user called lfs as a member of a new group (also named lfs) and use this user during the installation process. As root, issue the following commands to add the new user:

groupadd lfs
useradd -s /bin/bash -g lfs -m -k /dev/null lfs

The meaning of the command line options:

-s /bin/bash

This makes bash the default shell for user lfs.

-g lfs

This option adds user lfs to group lfs.

-m

This creates a home directory for lfs.

-k /dev/null

This parameter prevents possible copying of files from a skeleton directory (default is /etc/skel) by changing the input location to the special null device.

lfs

This is the actual name for the created group and user.

To log in as lfs (as opposed to switching to user lfs when logged in as root, which does not require the lfs user to have a password), give lfs a password:

passwd lfs

Grant lfs full access to $LFS/tools by making lfs the directory owner:

chown -v lfs $LFS/tools

If a separate working directory was created as suggested, give user lfs ownership of this directory:

chown -v lfs $LFS/sources

Next, login as user lfs. This can be done via a virtual console, through a display manager, or with the following substitute user command:

su - lfs

The “-” instructs su to start a login shell as opposed to a non-login shell. The difference between these two types of shells can be found in detail in bash(1) and info bash.

4.4. Setting Up the Environment

Set up a good working environment by creating two new startup files for the bash shell. While logged in as user lfs, issue the following command to create a new .bash_profile:

cat > ~/.bash_profile << "EOF"
exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' /bin/bash
EOF

When logged on as user lfs, the initial shell is usually a login shell which reads the /etc/profile of the host (probably containing some settings and environment variables) and then .bash_profile. The exec env -i.../bin/bash command in the .bash_profile file replaces the running shell with a new one with a completely empty environment, except for the HOME, TERM, and PS1 variables. This ensures that no unwanted and potentially hazardous environment variables from the host system leak into the build environment. The technique used here achieves the goal of ensuring a clean environment.

The new instance of the shell is a non-login shell, which does not read the /etc/profile or .bash_profile files, but rather reads the .bashrc file instead. Create the .bashrc file now:

cat > ~/.bashrc << "EOF"
set +h
umask 022
LFS=/mnt/lfs
LC_ALL=POSIX
LFS_TGT=$(uname -m)-lfs-linux-gnu
PATH=/tools/bin:/bin:/usr/bin
export LFS LC_ALL LFS_TGT PATH
EOF

The set +h command turns off bash's hash function. Hashing is ordinarily a useful feature—bash uses a hash table to remember the full path of executable files to avoid searching the PATH time and again to find the same executable. However, the new tools should be used as soon as they are installed. By switching off the hash function, the shell will always search the PATH when a program is to be run. As such, the shell will find the newly compiled tools in $LFS/tools as soon as they are available without remembering a previous version of the same program in a different location.

Setting the user file-creation mask (umask) to 022 ensures that newly created files and directories are only writable by their owner, but are readable and executable by anyone (assuming default modes are used by the open(2) system call, new files will end up with permission mode 644 and directories with mode 755).

The LFS variable should be set to the chosen mount point.

The LC_ALL variable controls the localization of certain programs, making their messages follow the conventions of a specified country. Setting LC_ALL to “POSIX” or “C” (the two are equivalent) ensures that everything will work as expected in the chroot environment.

The LFS_TGT variable sets a non-default, but compatible machine description for use when building our cross compiler and linker and when cross compiling our temporary toolchain. More information is contained in Section 5.2, “Toolchain Technical Notes”.

By putting /tools/bin ahead of the standard PATH, all the programs installed in Chapter 5 are picked up by the shell immediately after their installation. This, combined with turning off hashing, limits the risk that old programs are used from the host when the same programs are available in the chapter 5 environment.

Finally, to have the environment fully prepared for building the temporary tools, source the just-created user profile:

source ~/.bash_profile

4.5. About SBUs

Many people would like to know beforehand approximately how long it takes to compile and install each package. Because Linux From Scratch can be built on many different systems, it is impossible to provide accurate time estimates. The biggest package (Glibc) will take approximately 20 minutes on the fastest systems, but could take up to three days on slower systems! Instead of providing actual times, the Standard Build Unit (SBU) measure will be used instead.

The SBU measure works as follows. The first package to be compiled from this book is Binutils in Chapter 5. The time it takes to compile this package is what will be referred to as the Standard Build Unit or SBU. All other compile times will be expressed relative to this time.

For example, consider a package whose compilation time is 4.5 SBUs. This means that if a system took 10 minutes to compile and install the first pass of Binutils, it will take approximately 45 minutes to build this example package. Fortunately, most build times are shorter than the one for Binutils.

In general, SBUs are not entirely accurate because they depend on many factors, including the host system's version of GCC. They are provided here to give an estimate of how long it might take to install a package, but the numbers can vary by as much as dozens of minutes in some cases.

Note

For many modern systems with multiple processors (or cores) the compilation time for a package can be reduced by performing a "parallel make" by either setting an environment variable or telling the make program how many processors are available. For instance, a Core2Duo can support two simultaneous processes with:

export MAKEFLAGS='-j 2'

or just building with:

make -j2

When multiple processors are used in this way, the SBU units in the book will vary even more than they normally would. In some cases, the make step will simply fail. Analyzing the output of the build process will also be more difficult because the lines of different processes will be interleaved. If you run into a problem with a build step, revert back to a single processor build to properly analyze the error messages.

4.6. About the Test Suites

Most packages provide a test suite. Running the test suite for a newly built package is a good idea because it can provide a “sanity check” indicating that everything compiled correctly. A test suite that passes its set of checks usually proves that the package is functioning as the developer intended. It does not, however, guarantee that the package is totally bug free.

Some test suites are more important than others. For example, the test suites for the core toolchain packages—GCC, Binutils, and Glibc—are of the utmost importance due to their central role in a properly functioning system. The test suites for GCC and Glibc can take a very long time to complete, especially on slower hardware, but are strongly recommended.

Note

Experience has shown that there is little to be gained from running the test suites in Chapter 5. There can be no escaping the fact that the host system always exerts some influence on the tests in that chapter, often causing inexplicable failures. Because the tools built in Chapter 5 are temporary and eventually discarded, we do not recommend running the test suites in Chapter 5 for the average reader. The instructions for running those test suites are provided for the benefit of testers and developers, but they are strictly optional.

A common issue with running the test suites for Binutils and GCC is running out of pseudo terminals (PTYs). This can result in a high number of failing tests. This may happen for several reasons, but the most likely cause is that the host system does not have the devpts file system set up correctly. This issue is discussed in greater detail at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html#no-ptys.

Sometimes package test suites will fail, but for reasons which the developers are aware of and have deemed non-critical. Consult the logs located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.7/ to verify whether or not these failures are expected. This site is valid for all tests throughout this book.

Chapter 5. Constructing a Temporary System

5.1. Introduction

This chapter shows how to build a minimal Linux system. This system will contain just enough tools to start constructing the final LFS system in Chapter 6 and allow a working environment with more user convenience than a minimum environment would.

There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first step is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler, linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities). The second step uses this toolchain to build the other essential tools.

The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the $LFS/tools directory to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter and the host production directories. Since the packages compiled here are temporary, we do not want them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.

5.2. Toolchain Technical Notes

This section explains some of the rationale and technical details behind the overall build method. It is not essential to immediately understand everything in this section. Most of this information will be clearer after performing an actual build. This section can be referred to at any time during the process.

The overall goal of Chapter 5 is to produce a temporary area that contains a known-good set of tools that can be isolated from the host system. By using chroot, the commands in the remaining chapters will be contained within that environment, ensuring a clean, trouble-free build of the target LFS system. The build process has been designed to minimize the risks for new readers and to provide the most educational value at the same time.

Note

Before continuing, be aware of the name of the working platform, often referred to as the target triplet. A simple way to determine the name of the target triplet is to run the config.guess script that comes with the source for many packages. Unpack the Binutils sources and run the script: ./config.guess and note the output. For example, for a modern 32-bit Intel processor the output will likely be i686-pc-linux-gnu.

Also be aware of the name of the platform's dynamic linker, often referred to as the dynamic loader (not to be confused with the standard linker ld that is part of Binutils). The dynamic linker provided by Glibc finds and loads the shared libraries needed by a program, prepares the program to run, and then runs it. The name of the dynamic linker for a 32-bit Intel machine will be ld-linux.so.2. A sure-fire way to determine the name of the dynamic linker is to inspect a random binary from the host system by running: readelf -l <name of binary> | grep interpreter and noting the output. The authoritative reference covering all platforms is in the shlib-versions file in the root of the Glibc source tree.

Some key technical points of how the Chapter 5 build method works:

- Slightly adjusting the name of the working platform, by changing the "vendor" field target triplet by way of the LFS_TGT variable, ensures that the first build of Binutils and GCC produces a compatible cross-linker and cross-compiler. Instead of producing binaries for another architecture, the cross-linker and cross-compiler will produce binaries compatible with the current hardware.

- The temporary libraries are cross-compiled. Because a cross-compiler by its nature cannot rely on anything from its host system, this method removes potential contamination of the target system by lessening the chance of headers or libraries from the host being incorporated into the new tools. Cross-compilation also allows for the possibility of building both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries on 64-bit capable hardware.

- Careful manipulation of the GCC source tells the compiler which target dynamic linker will be used.

Binutils is installed first because the configure runs of both GCC and Glibc perform various feature tests on the assembler and linker to determine which software features to enable or disable. This is more important than one might first realize. An incorrectly configured GCC or Glibc can result in a subtly broken toolchain, where the impact of such breakage might not show up until near the end of the build of an entire distribution. A test suite failure will usually highlight this error before too much additional work is performed.

Binutils installs its assembler and linker in two locations, /tools/bin and /tools/$LFS_TGT/bin. The tools in one location are hard linked to the other. An important facet of the linker is its library search order. Detailed information can be obtained from ld by passing it the --verbose flag. For example, an ld --verbose | grep SEARCH will illustrate the current search paths and their order. It shows which files are linked by ld by compiling a dummy program and passing the --verbose switch to the linker. For example, gcc dummy.c -Wl,--verbose 2>&1 | grep succeeded will show all the files successfully opened during the linking.

The next package installed is GCC. An example of what can be seen during its run of configure is:

checking what assembler to use... /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/bin/as
checking what linker to use... /tools/i686-lfs-linux-gnu/bin/ld

This is important for the reasons mentioned above. It also demonstrates that GCC's configure script does not search the PATH directories to find which tools to use. However, during the actual operation of gcc itself, the same search paths are not necessarily used. To find out which standard linker gcc will use, run: gcc -print-prog-name=ld.

Detailed information can be obtained from gcc by passing it the -v command line option while compiling a dummy program. For example, gcc -v dummy.c will show detailed information about the preprocessor, compilation, and assembly stages, including gcc's included search paths and their order.

Next installed are sanitized Linux API headers. These allow the standard C library (Glibc) to interface with features that the Linux kernel will provide.

The next package installed is Glibc. The most important considerations for building Glibc are the compiler, binary tools, and kernel headers. The compiler is generally not an issue since Glibc will always use the compiler relating to the --host parameter passed to its configure script, e.g. in our case, i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc. The binary tools and kernel headers can be a bit more complicated. Therefore, take no risks and use the available configure switches to enforce the correct selections. After the run of configure, check the contents of the config.make file in the glibc-build directory for all important details. Note the use of CC="i686-lfs-gnu-gcc" to control which binary tools are used and the use of the -nostdinc and -isystem flags to control the compiler's include search path. These items highlight an important aspect of the Glibc package—it is very self-sufficient in terms of its build machinery and generally does not rely on toolchain defaults.

During the second pass of Binutils, we are able to utilize the --with-lib-path configure switch to control ld's library search path.

For the second pass of GCC, its sources also need to be modified to tell GCC to use the new dynamic linker. Failure to do so will result in the GCC programs themselves having the name of the dynamic linker from the host system's /lib directory embedded into them, which would defeat the goal of getting away from the host. From this point onwards, the core toolchain is self-contained and self-hosted. The remainder of the Chapter 5 packages all build against the new Glibc in /tools.

Upon entering the chroot environment in Chapter 6, the first major package to be installed is Glibc, due to its self-sufficient nature mentioned above. Once this Glibc is installed into /usr, we will perform a quick changeover of the toolchain defaults, and then proceed in building the rest of the target LFS system.

5.3. General Compilation Instructions

When building packages there are several assumptions made within the instructions:

- Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. A patch is often needed in both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one or the other. Therefore, do not be concerned if instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing. Warning messages about offset or fuzz may also be encountered when applying a patch. Do not worry about these warnings, as the patch was still successfully applied.

- During the compilation of most packages, there will be several warnings that scroll by on the screen. These are normal and can safely be ignored. These warnings are as they appear—warnings about deprecated, but not invalid, use of the C or C++ syntax. C standards change fairly often, and some packages still use the older standard. This is not a problem, but does prompt the warning.

- Check one last time that the LFS environment variable is set up properly:

echo $LFS

Make sure the output shows the path to the LFS partition's mount point, which is /mnt/lfs, using our example.

- Finally, two last important items must be emphasized:

Important

The build instructions assume that the Host System Requirements, including symbolic links, have been set properly:

- bash is the shell in use.

- sh is a symbolic link to bash.

- /usr/bin/awk is a symbolic link to gawk.

- /usr/bin/yacc is a symbolic link to bison or a small script that executes bison.

Important

To re-emphasize the build process:

1. Place all the sources and patches in a directory that will be accessible from the chroot environment such as /mnt/lfs/sources/. Do not put sources in /mnt/lfs/tools/.

2. Change to the sources directory.

3. For each package:

1. Using the tar program, extract the package to be built. In Chapter 5, ensure you are the lfs user when extracting the package.

2. Change to the directory created when the package was extracted.

3. Follow the book's instructions for building the package.

4. Change back to the sources directory.

5. Delete the extracted source directory and any <package>-build directories that were created in the build process unless instructed otherwise.

5.4. Binutils-2.25 - Pass 1

The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for handling object files.

Approximate build time: 1 SBU

Required disk space: 545 MB

5.4.1. Installation of Cross Binutils

Note

Go back and re-read the notes in the previous section. Understanding the notes labeled important will save you a lot of problems later.

It is important that Binutils be the first package compiled because both Glibc and GCC perform various tests on the available linker and assembler to determine which of their own features to enable.

The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build

Note

In order for the SBU values listed in the rest of the book to be of any use, measure the time it takes to build this package from the configuration, up to and including the first install. To achieve this easily, wrap the commands in a time command like this: time { ./configure ... && ... && make install; }.

Note

The approximate build SBU values and required disk space in Chapter 5 does not include test suite data.

Now prepare Binutils for compilation:

../binutils-2.25/configure     \
--prefix=/tools            \
--with-sysroot=$LFS        \
--with-lib-path=/tools/lib \
--target=$LFS_TGT          \
--disable-nls              \
--disable-werror

The meaning of the configure options:

--prefix=/tools

This tells the configure script to prepare to install the Binutils programs in the /tools directory.

--with-sysroot=$LFS

For cross compilation, this tells the build system to look in $LFS for the target system libraries as needed.

--with-lib-path=/tools/lib

This specifies which library path the linker should be configured to use.

--target=$LFS_TGT

Because the machine description in the LFS_TGT variable is slightly different than the value returned by the config.guess script, this switch will tell the configure script to adjust Binutil's build system for building a cross linker.

--disable-nls

This disables internationalization as i18n is not needed for the temporary tools.

--disable-werror

This prevents the build from stopping in the event that there are warnings from the host's compiler.

Continue with compiling the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. Ordinarily we would now run the test suite, but at this early stage the test suite framework (Tcl, Expect, and DejaGNU) is not yet in place. The benefits of running the tests at this point are minimal since the programs from this first pass will soon be replaced by those from the second.

If building on x86_64, create a symlink to ensure the sanity of the toolchain:

case $(uname -m) in
x86_64) mkdir -v /tools/lib && ln -sv lib /tools/lib64 ;;
esac

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.13.2, “Contents of Binutils.”

5.5. GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 1

The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes the C and C++ compilers.

Approximate build time: 5.9 SBU

Required disk space: 2.0 GB

5.5.1. Installation of Cross GCC

GCC now requires the GMP, MPFR and MPC packages. As these packages may not be included in your host distribution, they will be built with GCC. Unpack each package into the GCC source directory and rename the resulting directories so the GCC build procedures will automatically use them:

Note

There are frequent misunderstandings about this chapter. The procedures are the same as every other chapter as explained earlier (Package build instructions). First extract the gcc tarball from the sources directory and then change to the directory created. Only then should you proceed with the instructions below.

tar -xf ../mpfr-3.1.2.tar.xz
mv -v mpfr-3.1.2 mpfr
tar -xf ../gmp-6.0.0a.tar.xz
mv -v gmp-6.0.0 gmp
tar -xf ../mpc-1.0.2.tar.gz
mv -v mpc-1.0.2 mpc

The following command will change the location of GCC's default dynamic linker to use the one installed in /tools. It also removes /usr/include from GCC's include search path. Issue:

for file in \
$(find gcc/config -name linux64.h -o -name linux.h -o -name sysv4.h)
do
cp -uv $file{,.orig}
sed -e 's@/lib\(64\)\?\(32\)\?/ld@/tools&@g' \
-e 's@/usr@/tools@g' $file.orig > $file
echo '
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/tools/lib/"
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""' >> $file
touch $file.orig
done

In case the above seems hard to follow, let's break it down a bit. First we find all the files under the gcc/config directory that are named either linux.h, linux64.h or sysv4.h. For each file found, we copy it to a file of the same name but with an added suffix of “.orig”. Then the first sed expression prepends “/tools” to every instance of “/lib/ld”, “/lib64/ld” or “/lib32/ld”, while the second one replaces hard-coded instances of “/usr”. Next, we add our define statements which alter the default startfile prefix to the end of the file. Note that the trailing “/” in “/tools/lib/” is required. Finally, we use touch to update the timestamp on the copied files. When used in conjunction with cp -u, this prevents unexpected changes to the original files in case the commands are inadvertently run twice.

GCC doesn't detect stack protection correctly, which causes problems for the build of Glibc-2.21, so fix that by issuing the following command:

sed -i '/k prot/agcc_cv_libc_provides_ssp=yes' gcc/configure

The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../gcc-build
cd ../gcc-build

Prepare GCC for compilation:

../gcc-4.9.2/configure                               \
--target=$LFS_TGT                                \
--prefix=/tools                                  \
--with-sysroot=$LFS                              \
--with-newlib                                    \
--without-headers                                \
--with-local-prefix=/tools                       \
--with-native-system-header-dir=/tools/include   \
--disable-nls                                    \
--disable-shared                                 \
--disable-multilib                               \
--disable-decimal-float                          \
--disable-threads                                \
--disable-libatomic                              \
--disable-libgomp                                \
--disable-libitm                                 \
--disable-libquadmath                            \
--disable-libsanitizer                           \
--disable-libssp                                 \
--disable-libvtv                                 \
--disable-libcilkrts                             \
--disable-libstdc++-v3                           \
--enable-languages=c,c++

The meaning of the configure options:

--with-newlib

Since a working C library is not yet available, this ensures that the inhibit_libc constant is defined when building libgcc. This prevents the compiling of any code that requires libc support.

--without-headers

When creating a complete cross-compiler, GCC requires standard headers compatible with the target system. For our purposes these headers will not be needed. This switch prevents GCC from looking for them.

--with-local-prefix=/tools

The local prefix is the location in the system that GCC will search for locally installed include files. The default is /usr/local. Setting this to /tools helps keep the host location of /usr/local out of this GCC's search path.

--with-native-system-header-dir=/tools/include

By default GCC searches /usr/include for system headers. In conjunction with the sysroot switch, this would translate normally to $LFS/usr/include. However the headers that will be installed in the next two sections will go to $LFS/tools/include. This switch ensures that gcc will find them correctly. In the second pass of GCC, this same switch will ensure that no headers from the host system are found.

--disable-shared

This switch forces GCC to link its internal libraries statically. We do this to avoid possible issues with the host system.

--disable-decimal-float, --disable-threads, --disable-libatomic, --disable-libgomp, --disable-libitm, --disable-libquadmath, --disable-libsanitizer, --disable-libssp, --disable-libvtv, --disable-libcilkrts, --disable-libstdc++-v3

These switches disable support for the decimal floating point extension, threading, libatomic, libgomp, libitm, libquadmath, libsanitizer, libssp, libvtv, libcilkrts and the C++ standard library respectively. These features will fail to compile when building a cross-compiler and are not necessary for the task of cross-compiling the temporary libc.

--disable-multilib

On x86_64, LFS does not yet support a multilib configuration. This switch is harmless for x86.

--enable-languages=c,c++

This option ensures that only the C and C++ compilers are built. These are the only languages needed now.

Compile GCC by running:

make

Compilation is now complete. At this point, the test suite would normally be run, but, as mentioned before, the test suite framework is not in place yet. The benefits of running the tests at this point are minimal since the programs from this first pass will soon be replaced.

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, “Contents of GCC.”

5.6. Linux-3.19 API Headers

The Linux API Headers (in linux-3.19.tar.xz) expose the kernel's API for use by Glibc.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 653 MB

5.6.1. Installation of Linux API Headers

The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to use. This is done by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux kernel source tarball.

Make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying around from previous activity:

make mrproper

Now extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source. They are placed in an intermediate local directory and copied to the needed location because the extraction process removes any existing files in the target directory.

make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
cp -rv dest/include/* /tools/include

Details on this package are located in Section 6.7.2, “Contents of Linux API Headers.”

5.7. Glibc-2.21

The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching, arithmetic, and so on.

Approximate build time: 3.9 SBU

Required disk space: 670 MB

5.7.1. Installation of Glibc

In some cases, particularly LFS 7.1, the rpc headers were not installed properly. Test to see if they are installed in the host system and install if they are not:

if [ ! -r /usr/include/rpc/types.h ]; then
su -c 'mkdir -pv /usr/include/rpc'
su -c 'cp -v sunrpc/rpc/*.h /usr/include/rpc'
fi

Fix a regression in the package that affects 32-bit architectures:

sed -e '/ia32/s/^/1:/' \
-e '/SSE2/s/^1://' \
-i  sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/mempcpy_chk.S

The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../glibc-build
cd ../glibc-build

Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:

../glibc-2.21/configure                             \
--prefix=/tools                               \
--host=$LFS_TGT                               \
--build=$(../glibc-2.21/scripts/config.guess) \
--disable-profile                             \
--enable-kernel=2.6.32                        \
--with-headers=/tools/include                 \
libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes                     \
libc_cv_ctors_header=yes                      \
libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes

The meaning of the configure options:

--host=$LFS_TGT, --build=$(../glibc-2.21/scripts/config.guess)

The combined effect of these switches is that Glibc's build system configures itself to cross-compile, using the cross-linker and cross-compiler in /tools.

--disable-profile

This builds the libraries without profiling information. Omit this option if profiling on the temporary tools is necessary.

--enable-kernel=2.6.32

This tells Glibc to compile the library with support for 2.6.32 and later Linux kernels. Workarounds for older kernels are not enabled.

--with-headers=/tools/include

This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers recently installed to the tools directory, so that it knows exactly what features the kernel has and can optimize itself accordingly.

libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes

The linker installed during Section 5.4, “Binutils-2.25 - Pass 1” was cross-compiled and as such cannot be used until Glibc has been installed. This means that the configure test for force-unwind support will fail, as it relies on a working linker. The libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes variable is passed in order to inform configure that force-unwind support is available without it having to run the test.

libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes

Simlarly, we pass libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes through to the configure script so that the test is skipped and C cleanup handling support is configured.

libc_cv_ctors_header=yes

Simlarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the configure script so that the test is skipped and gcc constructor support is configured.

During this stage the following warning might appear:

configure: WARNING:
*** These auxiliary programs are missing or
*** incompatible versions: msgfmt
*** some features will be disabled.
*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

The missing or incompatible msgfmt program is generally harmless. This msgfmt program is part of the Gettext package which the host distribution should provide.

Note

There have been reports that this package may fail when building as a "parallel make". If this occurs, rerun the make command with a "-j1" option.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Caution

At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:

echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c
$LFS_TGT-gcc dummy.c
readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'

If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors, and the output of the last command will be of the form:

[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2]

Note that /tools/lib, or /tools/lib64 for 64-bit machines appears as the prefix of the dynamic linker.

If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all, then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before continuing on.

Once all is well, clean up the test files:

rm -v dummy.c a.out

Note

Building Binutils in the section after next will serve as an additional check that the toolchain has been built properly. If Binutils fails to build, it is an indication that something has gone wrong with the previous Binutils, GCC, or Glibc installations.

Details on this package are located in Section 6.9.4, “Contents of Glibc.”

5.8. Libstdc++-4.9.2

Libstdc++ is the standard C++ library. It is needed for the correct operation of the g++ compiler.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 798 MB

5.8.1. Installation of Target Libstdc++

Note

Libstdc++ is part of the GCC sources. You should first unpack the GCC tarball and change to the gcc-4.9.2 directory.

Create a directory for Libstdc++ and enter it:

mkdir -pv ../gcc-build
cd ../gcc-build

Prepare Libstdc++ for compilation:

../gcc-4.9.2/libstdc++-v3/configure \
--host=$LFS_TGT                 \
--prefix=/tools                 \
--disable-multilib              \
--disable-shared                \
--disable-nls                   \
--disable-libstdcxx-threads     \
--disable-libstdcxx-pch         \
--with-gxx-include-dir=/tools/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/4.9.2

The meaning of the configure options:

--host=...

Indicates to use the cross compiler we have just built instead of the one in /usr/bin.

--disable-libstdcxx-threads

Since we have not built the thread C library, the C++ one cannot be built as well.

--disable-libstdcxx-pch

This switch prevents the installation of precompiled include files, which are not needed at this stage.

--with-gxx-include-dir=/tools/$LFS_TGT/include/c++/4.9.2

This is the location where the standard include files are searched by the C++ compiler. In a normal build, this information is automatically passed to the Libstdc++ configure options from the toplevel directory. In our case, this information must be explicitly given.

Compile libstdc++ by running:

make

Install the library:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, “Contents of GCC.”

5.9. Binutils-2.25 - Pass 2

The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for handling object files.

Approximate build time: 1.0 SBU

Required disk space: 574 MB

5.9.1. Installation of Binutils

Create a separate build directory again:

mkdir -v ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build

Prepare Binutils for compilation:

CC=$LFS_TGT-gcc                \
AR=$LFS_TGT-ar                 \
RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib         \
../binutils-2.25/configure     \
--prefix=/tools            \
--disable-nls              \
--disable-werror           \
--with-lib-path=/tools/lib \
--with-sysroot

The meaning of the new configure options:

CC=$LFS_TGT-gcc AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib

Because this is really a native build of Binutils, setting these variables ensures that the build system uses the cross-compiler and associated tools instead of the ones on the host system.

--with-lib-path=/tools/lib

This tells the configure script to specify the library search path during the compilation of Binutils, resulting in /tools/lib being passed to the linker. This prevents the linker from searching through library directories on the host.

--with-sysroot

The sysroot feature enables the linker to find shared objects which are required by other shared objects explicitly included on the linker's command line. Without this, some packages may not build successfully on some hosts.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Now prepare the linker for the “Re-adjusting” phase in the next chapter:

make -C ld clean
make -C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib
cp -v ld/ld-new /tools/bin

The meaning of the make parameters:

-C ld clean

This tells the make program to remove all compiled files in the ld subdirectory.

-C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib

This option rebuilds everything in the ld subdirectory. Specifying the LIB_PATH Makefile variable on the command line allows us to override the default value of the temporary tools and point it to the proper final path. The value of this variable specifies the linker's default library search path. This preparation is used in the next chapter.

Details on this package are located in Section 6.13.2, “Contents of Binutils.”

5.10. GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2

The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes the C and C++ compilers.

Approximate build time: 7.7 SBU

Required disk space: 2.6 GB

5.10.1. Installation of GCC

Our first build of GCC has installed a couple of internal system headers. Normally one of them, limits.h, will in turn include the corresponding system limits.h header, in this case, /tools/include/limits.h. However, at the time of the first build of gcc /tools/include/limits.h did not exist, so the internal header that GCC installed is a partial, self-contained file and does not include the extended features of the system header. This was adequate for building the temporary libc, but this build of GCC now requires the full internal header. Create a full version of the internal header using a command that is identical to what the GCC build system does in normal circumstances:

cat gcc/limitx.h gcc/glimits.h gcc/limity.h > \
`dirname $($LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name)`/include-fixed/limits.h

Once again, change the location of GCC's default dynamic linker to use the one installed in /tools.

for file in \
$(find gcc/config -name linux64.h -o -name linux.h -o -name sysv4.h)
do
cp -uv $file{,.orig}
sed -e 's@/lib\(64\)\?\(32\)\?/ld@/tools&@g' \
-e 's@/usr@/tools@g' $file.orig > $file
echo '
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
#undef STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1 "/tools/lib/"
#define STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2 ""' >> $file
touch $file.orig
done

As in the first build of GCC it requires the GMP, MPFR and MPC packages. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the required directory names:

tar -xf ../mpfr-3.1.2.tar.xz
mv -v mpfr-3.1.2 mpfr
tar -xf ../gmp-6.0.0a.tar.xz
mv -v gmp-6.0.0 gmp
tar -xf ../mpc-1.0.2.tar.gz
mv -v mpc-1.0.2 mpc

Create a separate build directory again:

mkdir -v ../gcc-build
cd ../gcc-build

Before starting to build GCC, remember to unset any environment variables that override the default optimization flags.

Now prepare GCC for compilation:

CC=$LFS_TGT-gcc                                      \
CXX=$LFS_TGT-g++                                     \
AR=$LFS_TGT-ar                                       \
RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib                               \
../gcc-4.9.2/configure                               \
--prefix=/tools                                  \
--with-local-prefix=/tools                       \
--with-native-system-header-dir=/tools/include   \
--enable-languages=c,c++                         \
--disable-libstdcxx-pch                          \
--disable-multilib                               \
--disable-bootstrap                              \
--disable-libgomp

The meaning of the new configure options:

--enable-languages=c,c++

This option ensures that both the C and C++ compilers are built.

--disable-libstdcxx-pch

Do not build the pre-compiled header (PCH) for libstdc++. It takes up a lot of space, and we have no use for it.

--disable-bootstrap

For native builds of GCC, the default is to do a "bootstrap" build. This does not just compile GCC, but compiles it several times. It uses the programs compiled in a first round to compile itself a second time, and then again a third time. The second and third iterations are compared to make sure it can reproduce itself flawlessly. This also implies that it was compiled correctly. However, the LFS build method should provide a solid compiler without the need to bootstrap each time.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

As a finishing touch, create a symlink. Many programs and scripts run cc instead of gcc, which is used to keep programs generic and therefore usable on all kinds of UNIX systems where the GNU C compiler is not always installed. Running cc leaves the system administrator free to decide which C compiler to install:

ln -sv gcc /tools/bin/cc

Caution

At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:

echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c
cc dummy.c
readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'

If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors, and the output of the last command will be of the form:

[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2]

Note that /tools/lib, or /tools/lib64 for 64-bit machines appears as the prefix of the dynamic linker.

If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all, then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before continuing on. First, perform the sanity check again, using gcc instead of cc. If this works, then the /tools/bin/cc symlink is missing. Install the symlink as per above. Next, ensure that the PATH is correct. This can be checked by running echo $PATH and verifying that /tools/bin is at the head of the list. If the PATH is wrong it could mean that you are not logged in as user lfs or that something went wrong back in Section 4.4, “Setting Up the Environment.”

Once all is well, clean up the test files:

rm -v dummy.c a.out

Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, “Contents of GCC.”

5.11. Tcl-8.6.3

The Tcl package contains the Tool Command Language.

Approximate build time: 0.8 SBU

Required disk space: 67 MB

5.11.1. Installation of Tcl

This package and the next three (Expect, DejaGNU, and Check) are installed to support running the test suites for GCC and Binutils and other packages. Installing four packages for testing purposes may seem excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the most important tools are working properly. Even if the test suites are not run in this chapter (they are not mandatory), these packages are required to run the test suites in Chapter 6.

Prepare Tcl for compilation:

cd unix
./configure --prefix=/tools

Build the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Tcl test suite anyway, issue the following command:

TZ=UTC make test

The Tcl test suite may experience failures under certain host conditions that are not fully understood. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising, and are not considered critical. The TZ=UTC parameter sets the time zone to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), but only for the duration of the test suite run. This ensures that the clock tests are exercised correctly. Details on the TZ environment variable are provided in Chapter 7.

Install the package:

make install

Make the installed library writable so debugging symbols can be removed later:

chmod -v u+w /tools/lib/libtcl8.6.so

Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires them to build.

make install-private-headers

Now make a necessary symbolic link:

ln -sv tclsh8.6 /tools/bin/tclsh

5.11.2. Contents of Tcl

Installed programs: tclsh (link to tclsh8.6) and tclsh8.6

Installed library: libtcl8.6.so, libtclstub8.6.a

Short Descriptions

tclsh8.6

The Tcl command shell

tclsh

A link to tclsh8.6

libtcl8.6.so

The Tcl library

libtclstub8.6.a

The Tcl Stub library

5.12. Expect-5.45

The Expect package contains a program for carrying out scripted dialogues with other interactive programs.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.6 MB

5.12.1. Installation of Expect

First, force Expect's configure script to use /bin/stty instead of a /usr/local/bin/stty it may find on the host system. This will ensure that our test suite tools remain sane for the final builds of our toolchain:

cp -v configure{,.orig}
sed 's:/usr/local/bin:/bin:' configure.orig > configure

Now prepare Expect for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools       \
--with-tcl=/tools/lib \
--with-tclinclude=/tools/include

The meaning of the configure options:

--with-tcl=/tools/lib

This ensures that the configure script finds the Tcl installation in the temporary tools location instead of possibly locating an existing one on the host system.

--with-tclinclude=/tools/include

This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal headers. Using this option avoids conditions where configure fails because it cannot automatically discover the location of Tcl's headers.

Build the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Expect test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make test

Note that the Expect test suite is known to experience failures under certain host conditions that are not within our control. Therefore, test suite failures here are not surprising and are not considered critical.

Install the package:

make SCRIPTS="" install

The meaning of the make parameter:

SCRIPTS=""

This prevents installation of the supplementary Expect scripts, which are not needed.

5.12.2. Contents of Expect

Installed program: expect

Installed library: libexpect-5.45.so

Short Descriptions

expect

Communicates with other interactive programs according to a script

libexpect-5.45.so

Contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl)

5.13. DejaGNU-1.5.2

The DejaGNU package contains a framework for testing other programs.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.6 MB

5.13.1. Installation of DejaGNU

Prepare DejaGNU for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Build and install the package:

make install

To test the results, issue:

make check

5.13.2. Contents of DejaGNU

Installed program: runtest

Short Descriptions

runtest

A wrapper script that locates the proper expect shell and then runs DejaGNU

5.14. Check-0.9.14

Check is a unit testing framework for C.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 11 MB

5.14.1. Installation of Check

Prepare Check for compilation:

PKG_CONFIG= ./configure --prefix=/tools

The meaning of the configure parameter:

PKG_CONFIG=

This tells the configure script to ignore any pkg-config options that may cause the system to try to link with libraries not in the /tools directory.

Build the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Check test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Note that the Check test suite may take a relatively long (up to 4 SBU) time.

Install the package:

make install

5.14.2. Contents of Check

Installed program: checkmk

Installed library: libcheck.{a,so}

Short Descriptions

checkmk

Awk script for generating C unit tests for use with the Check unit testing framework

libcheck.{a,so}

Contains functions that allow Check to be called from a test program

5.15. Ncurses-5.9

The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent handling of character screens.

Approximate build time: 0.5 SBU

Required disk space: 45 MB

5.15.1. Installation of Ncurses

Prepare Ncurses for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools \
--with-shared   \
--without-debug \
--without-ada   \
--enable-widec  \
--enable-overwrite

The meaning of the configure options:

--without-ada

This ensures that Ncurses does not build support for the Ada compiler which may be present on the host but will not be available once we enter the chroot environment.

--enable-overwrite

This tells Ncurses to install its header files into /tools/include, instead of /tools/include/ncurses, to ensure that other packages can find the Ncurses headers successfully.

--enable-widec

This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so.5.9) to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., libncurses.so.5.9). These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.

Compile the package:

make

This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the package has been installed. The tests reside in the test/ directory. See the README file in that directory for further details.

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.20.2, “Contents of Ncurses.”

5.16. Bash-4.3.30

The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 63 MB

5.16.1. Installation of Bash

Prepare Bash for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools --without-bash-malloc

The meaning of the configure options:

--without-bash-malloc

This option turns off the use of Bash's memory allocation (malloc) function which is known to cause segmentation faults. By turning this option off, Bash will use the malloc functions from Glibc which are more stable.

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Bash test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make tests

Install the package:

make install

Make a link for the programs that use sh for a shell:

ln -sv bash /tools/bin/sh

Details on this package are located in Section 6.36.2, “Contents of Bash.”

5.17. Bzip2-1.0.6

The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. Compressing text files with bzip2 yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 6.4 MB

5.17.1. Installation of Bzip2

The Bzip2 package does not contain a configure script. Compile and test it with:

make

Install the package:

make PREFIX=/tools install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.18.2, “Contents of Bzip2.”

5.18. Coreutils-8.23

The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the basic system characteristics.

Approximate build time: 0.6 SBU

Required disk space: 162 MB

5.18.1. Installation of Coreutils

Prepare Coreutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools --enable-install-program=hostname

The meaning of the configure options:

--enable-install-program=hostname

This enables the hostname binary to be built and installed – it is disabled by default but is required by the Perl test suite.

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Coreutils test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check

The RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes parameter tells the test suite to run several additional tests that are considered relatively expensive (in terms of CPU power and memory usage) on some platforms, but generally are not a problem on Linux.

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.29.2, “Contents of Coreutils.”

5.19. Diffutils-3.3

The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 21 MB

5.19.1. Installation of Diffutils

Prepare Diffutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Diffutils test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.46.2, “Contents of Diffutils.”

5.20. File-5.22

The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given file or files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 16.9 MB

5.20.1. Installation of File

Prepare File for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the File test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.12.2, “Contents of File.”

5.21. Findutils-4.4.2

The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive find, but unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 29 MB

5.21.1. Installation of Findutils

Prepare Findutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Findutils test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.48.2, “Contents of Findutils.”

5.22. Gawk-4.1.1

The Gawk package contains programs for manipulating text files.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 37 MB

5.22.1. Installation of Gawk

Prepare Gawk for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Gawk test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.47.2, “Contents of Gawk.”

5.23. Gettext-0.19.4

The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.

Approximate build time: 1.0 SBU

Required disk space: 153 MB

5.23.1. Installation of Gettext

For our temporary set of tools, we only need to build and install three programs from Gettext.

Prepare Gettext for compilation:

cd gettext-tools
EMACS="no" ./configure --prefix=/tools --disable-shared

The meaning of the configure option:

EMACS="no"

This prevents the configure script from determining where to install Emacs Lisp files as the test is known to hang on some hosts.

--disable-shared

We do not need to install any of the shared Gettext libraries at this time, therefore there is no need to build them.

Compile the package:

make -C gnulib-lib
make -C intl pluralx.c
make -C src msgfmt
make -C src msgmerge
make -C src xgettext

As only three programs have been compiled, it is not possible to run the test suite without compiling additional support libraries from the Gettext package. It is therefore not recommended to attempt to run the test suite at this stage.

Install the msgfmt, msgmerge and xgettext programs:

cp -v src/{msgfmt,msgmerge,xgettext} /tools/bin

Details on this package are located in Section 6.49.2, “Contents of Gettext.”

5.24. Grep-2.21

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 20 MB

5.24.1. Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Grep test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.34.2, “Contents of Grep.”

5.25. Gzip-1.6

The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 9.9 MB

5.25.1. Installation of Gzip

Prepare Gzip for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Gzip test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.56.2, “Contents of Gzip.”

5.26. M4-1.4.17

The M4 package contains a macro processor.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 20 MB

5.26.1. Installation of M4

Prepare M4 for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the M4 test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.31.2, “Contents of M4.”

5.27. Make-4.1

The Make package contains a program for compiling packages.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 14.1 MB

5.27.1. Installation of Make

Prepare Make for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools --without-guile

The meaning of the configure option:

--without-guile

This ensures that Make-4.1 won't link against Guile libraries, which may be present on the host system, but won't be available within the chroot environment in the next chapter.

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Make test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.61.2, “Contents of Make.”

5.28. Patch-2.7.4

The Patch package contains a program for modifying or creating files by applying a “patch” file typically created by the diff program.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 11.3 MB

5.28.1. Installation of Patch

Prepare Patch for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Patch test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.62.2, “Contents of Patch.”

5.29. Perl-5.20.2

The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.

Approximate build time: 1.2 SBU

Required disk space: 298 MB

5.29.1. Installation of Perl

Prepare Perl for compilation:

sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools -Dlibs=-lm

Build the package:

make

Although Perl comes with a test suite, it would be better to wait until it is installed in the next chapter.

Only a few of the utilities and libraries need to be installed at this time:

cp -v perl cpan/podlators/pod2man /tools/bin
mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/5.20.2
cp -Rv lib/* /tools/lib/perl5/5.20.2

Details on this package are located in Section 6.42.2, “Contents of Perl.”

5.30. Sed-4.2.2

The Sed package contains a stream editor.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 10.7 MB

5.30.1. Installation of Sed

Prepare Sed for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Sed test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.24.2, “Contents of Sed.”

5.31. Tar-1.28

The Tar package contains an archiving program.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 36 MB

5.31.1. Installation of Tar

Prepare Tar for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Tar test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.65.2, “Contents of Tar.”

5.32. Texinfo-5.2

The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and converting info pages.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 100 MB

5.32.1. Installation of Texinfo

Prepare Texinfo for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Texinfo test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.66.2, “Contents of Texinfo.”

5.33. Util-linux-2.26

The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.

Approximate build time: 0.6 SBU

Required disk space: 139 MB

5.33.1. Installation of Util-linux

Prepare Util-linux for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools                \
--without-python               \
--disable-makeinstall-chown    \
--without-systemdsystemunitdir \
PKG_CONFIG=""

The meaning of the configure option:

--without-python

This switch disables using Python if it is installed on the host system. It avoids trying to build unneeded bindings.

--disable-makeinstall-chown

This switch disables using the chown command during installation. This is not needed when installing into the /tools directory and avoids the necessity of installing as root.

--without-systemdsystemunitdir

On systems that use systemd, the package tries to install a systemd specific file to a non-existent directory in /tools. This switch disables the unnecessary action.

PKG_CONFIG=""

Setting this envronment variable prevents adding unneeded features that may be available on the host. Note that the location shown for setting this environment variable is different from other LFS sections where variables are set preceding the command. This location is shown to demonstrate an alternative way of setting an environment variable when using configure.

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

5.34. Xz-5.2.0

The Xz package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It provides capabilities for the lzma and the newer xz compression formats. Compressing text files with xz yields a better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip or bzip2 commands.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 21 MB

5.34.1. Installation of Xz

Prepare Xz for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the package:

make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run the Xz test suite anyway, issue the following command:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 6.53.2, “Contents of Xz.”

5.35. Stripping

The steps in this section are optional, but if the LFS partition is rather small, it is beneficial to learn that unnecessary items can be removed. The executables and libraries built so far contain about 70 MB of unneeded debugging symbols. Remove those symbols with:

strip --strip-debug /tools/lib/*
/usr/bin/strip --strip-unneeded /tools/{,s}bin/*

These commands will skip a number of files, reporting that it does not recognize their file format. Most of these are scripts instead of binaries. Also use the system strip command to include the strip binary in /tools.

Take care not to use --strip-unneeded on the libraries. The static ones would be destroyed and the toolchain packages would need to be built all over again.

To save more, remove the documentation:

rm -rf /tools/{,share}/{info,man,doc}

At this point, you should have at least 3 GB of free space in $LFS that can be used to build and install Glibc and Gcc in the next phase. If you can build and install Glibc, you can build and install the rest too.

5.36. Changing Ownership

Note

The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. Also, double check that $LFS is set in root's environment.

Currently, the $LFS/tools directory is owned by the user lfs, a user that exists only on the host system. If the $LFS/tools directory is kept as is, the files are owned by a user ID without a corresponding account. This is dangerous because a user account created later could get this same user ID and would own the $LFS/tools directory and all the files therein, thus exposing these files to possible malicious manipulation.

To avoid this issue, you could add the lfs user to the new LFS system later when creating the /etc/passwd file, taking care to assign it the same user and group IDs as on the host system. Better yet, change the ownership of the $LFS/tools directory to user root by running the following command:

chown -R root:root $LFS/tools

Although the $LFS/tools directory can be deleted once the LFS system has been finished, it can be retained to build additional LFS systems of the same book version. How best to backup $LFS/tools is a matter of personal preference.

Caution

If you intend to keep the temporary tools for use in building future LFS systems, now is the time to back them up. Subsequent commands in chapter 6 will alter the tools currently in place, rendering them useless for future builds.

Part III. Building the LFS System

Chapter 6. Installing Basic System Software

6.1. Introduction

In this chapter, we enter the building site and start constructing the LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into the temporary mini Linux system, make a few final preparations, and then begin installing the packages.

The installation of this software is straightforward. Although in many cases the installation instructions could be made shorter and more generic, we have opted to provide the full instructions for every package to minimize the possibilities for mistakes. The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know what each package is used for and why you (or the system) may need it.

We do not recommend using optimizations. They can make a program run slightly faster, but they may also cause compilation difficulties and problems when running the program. If a package refuses to compile when using optimization, try to compile it without optimization and see if that fixes the problem. Even if the package does compile when using optimization, there is the risk it may have been compiled incorrectly because of the complex interactions between the code and build tools. Also note that the -march and -mtune options using values not specified in the book have not been tested. This may cause problems with the toolchain packages (Binutils, GCC and Glibc). The small potential gains achieved in using compiler optimizations are often outweighed by the risks. First-time builders of LFS are encouraged to build without custom optimizations. The subsequent system will still run very fast and be stable at the same time.

The order that packages are installed in this chapter needs to be strictly followed to ensure that no program accidentally acquires a path referring to /tools hard-wired into it. For the same reason, do not compile separate packages in parallel. Compiling in parallel may save time (especially on dual-CPU machines), but it could result in a program containing a hard-wired path to /tools, which will cause the program to stop working when that directory is removed.

Before the installation instructions, each installation page provides information about the package, including a concise description of what it contains, approximately how long it will take to build, and how much disk space is required during this building process. Following the installation instructions, there is a list of programs and libraries (along with brief descriptions of these) that the package installs.

Note

The SBU values and required disk space includes test suite data for all applicable packages in Chapter 6.

6.2. Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems

Various file systems exported by the kernel are used to communicate to and from the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual in that no disk space is used for them. The content of the file systems resides in memory.

Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:

mkdir -pv $LFS/{dev,proc,sys,run}

6.2.1. Creating Initial Device Nodes

When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few device nodes, in particular the console and null devices. The device nodes must be created on the hard disk so that they are available before udevd has been started, and additionally when Linux is started with init=/bin/bash. Create the devices by running the following commands:

mknod -m 600 $LFS/dev/console c 5 1
mknod -m 666 $LFS/dev/null c 1 3

6.2.2. Mounting and Populating /dev

The recommended method of populating the /dev directory with devices is to mount a virtual filesystem (such as tmpfs) on the /dev directory, and allow the devices to be created dynamically on that virtual filesystem as they are detected or accessed. Device creation is generally done during the boot process by Udev. Since this new system does not yet have Udev and has not yet been booted, it is necessary to mount and populate /dev manually. This is accomplished by bind mounting the host system's /dev directory. A bind mount is a special type of mount that allows you to create a mirror of a directory or mount point to some other location. Use the following command to achieve this:

mount -v --bind /dev $LFS/dev

6.2.3. Mounting Virtual Kernel File Systems

Now mount the remaining virtual kernel filesystems:

mount -vt devpts devpts $LFS/dev/pts -o gid=5,mode=620
mount -vt proc proc $LFS/proc
mount -vt sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys
mount -vt tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/run

The meaning of the mount options for devpts:

gid=5

This ensures that all devpts-created device nodes are owned by group ID 5. This is the ID we will use later on for the tty group. We use the group ID instead of a name, since the host system might use a different ID for its tty group.

mode=0620

This ensures that all devpts-created device nodes have mode 0620 (user readable and writable, group writable). Together with the option above, this ensures that devpts will create device nodes that meet the requirements of grantpt(), meaning the Glibc pt_chown helper binary (which is not installed by default) is not necessary.

In some host systems, /dev/shm is a symbolic link to /run/shm. The /run tmpfs was mounted above so in this case only a directory needs to be created.

if [ -h $LFS/dev/shm ]; then
mkdir -pv $LFS/$(readlink $LFS/dev/shm)
fi

6.3. Package Management

Package Management is an often requested addition to the LFS Book. A Package Manager allows tracking the installation of files making it easy to remove and upgrade packages. As well as the binary and library files, a package manager will handle the installation of configuration files. Before you begin to wonder, NO—this section will not talk about nor recommend any particular package manager. What it provides is a roundup of the more popular techniques and how they work. The perfect package manager for you may be among these techniques or may be a combination of two or more of these techniques. This section briefly mentions issues that may arise when upgrading packages.

Some reasons why no package manager is mentioned in LFS or BLFS include:

- Dealing with package management takes the focus away from the goals of these books—teaching how a Linux system is built.

- There are multiple solutions for package management, each having its strengths and drawbacks. Including one that satisfies all audiences is difficult.

There are some hints written on the topic of package management. Visit the Hints Project and see if one of them fits your need.

6.3.1. Upgrade Issues

A Package Manager makes it easy to upgrade to newer versions when they are released. Generally the instructions in the LFS and BLFS Book can be used to upgrade to the newer versions. Here are some points that you should be aware of when upgrading packages, especially on a running system.

- If Glibc needs to be upgraded to a newer version, (e.g. from glibc-2.19 to glibc-2.20, it is safer to rebuild LFS. Though you may be able to rebuild all the packages in their dependency order, we do not recommend it.

- If a package containing a shared library is updated, and if the name of the library changes, then all the packages dynamically linked to the library need to be recompiled to link against the newer library. (Note that there is no correlation between the package version and the name of the library.) For example, consider a package foo-1.2.3 that installs a shared library with name libfoo.so.1. Say you upgrade the package to a newer version foo-1.2.4 that installs a shared library with name libfoo.so.2. In this case, all packages that are dynamically linked to libfoo.so.1 need to be recompiled to link against libfoo.so.2. Note that you should not remove the previous libraries until the dependent packages are recompiled.

6.3.2. Package Management Techniques

The following are some common package management techniques. Before making a decision on a package manager, do some research on the various techniques, particularly the drawbacks of the particular scheme.

6.3.2.1. It is All in My Head!

Yes, this is a package management technique. Some folks do not find the need for a package manager because they know the packages intimately and know what files are installed by each package. Some users also do not need any package management because they plan on rebuilding the entire system when a package is changed.

6.3.2.2. Install in Separate Directories

This is a simplistic package management that does not need any extra package to manage the installations. Each package is installed in a separate directory. For example, package foo-1.1 is installed in /usr/pkg/foo-1.1 and a symlink is made from /usr/pkg/foo to /usr/pkg/foo-1.1. When installing a new version foo-1.2, it is installed in /usr/pkg/foo-1.2 and the previous symlink is replaced by a symlink to the new version.

Environment variables such as PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, MANPATH, INFOPATH and CPPFLAGS need to be expanded to include /usr/pkg/foo. For more than a few packages, this scheme becomes unmanageable.

6.3.2.3. Symlink Style Package Management

This is a variation of the previous package management technique. Each package is installed similar to the previous scheme. But instead of making the symlink, each file is symlinked into the /usr hierarchy. This removes the need to expand the environment variables. Though the symlinks can be created by the user to automate the creation, many package managers have been written using this approach. A few of the popular ones include Stow, Epkg, Graft, and Depot.

The installation needs to be faked, so that the package thinks that it is installed in /usr though in reality it is installed in the /usr/pkg hierarchy. Installing in this manner is not usually a trivial task. For example, consider that you are installing a package libfoo-1.1. The following instructions may not install the package properly:

./configure --prefix=/usr/pkg/libfoo/1.1
make
make install

The installation will work, but the dependent packages may not link to libfoo as you would expect. If you compile a package that links against libfoo, you may notice that it is linked to /usr/pkg/libfoo/1.1/lib/libfoo.so.1 instead of /usr/lib/libfoo.so.1 as you would expect. The correct approach is to use the DESTDIR strategy to fake installation of the package. This approach works as follows:

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make DESTDIR=/usr/pkg/libfoo/1.1 install

Most packages support this approach, but there are some which do not. For the non-compliant packages, you may either need to manually install the package, or you may find that it is easier to install some problematic packages into /opt.

6.3.2.4. Timestamp Based

In this technique, a file is timestamped before the installation of the package. After the installation, a simple use of the find command with the appropriate options can generate a log of all the files installed after the timestamp file was created. A package manager written with this approach is install-log.

Though this scheme has the advantage of being simple, it has two drawbacks. If, during installation, the files are installed with any timestamp other than the current time, those files will not be tracked by the package manager. Also, this scheme can only be used when one package is installed at a time. The logs are not reliable if two packages are being installed on two different consoles.

6.3.2.5. Tracing Installation Scripts

In this approach, the commands that the installation scripts perform are recorded. There are two techniques that one can use:

The LD_PRELOAD environment variable can be set to point to a library to be preloaded before installation. During installation, this library tracks the packages that are being installed by attaching itself to various executables such as cp, install, mv and tracking the system calls that modify the filesystem. For this approach to work, all the executables need to be dynamically linked without the suid or sgid bit. Preloading the library may cause some unwanted side-effects during installation. Therefore, it is advised that one performs some tests to ensure that the package manager does not break anything and logs all the appropriate files.

The second technique is to use strace, which logs all system calls made during the execution of the installation scripts.

6.3.2.6. Creating Package Archives

In this scheme, the package installation is faked into a separate tree as described in the Symlink style package management. After the installation, a package archive is created using the installed files. This archive is then used to install the package either on the local machine or can even be used to install the package on other machines.

This approach is used by most of the package managers found in the commercial distributions. Examples of package managers that follow this approach are RPM (which, incidentally, is required by the Linux Standard Base Specification), pkg-utils, Debian's apt, and Gentoo's Portage system. A hint describing how to adopt this style of package management for LFS systems is located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/fakeroot.txt.

Creation of package files that include dependency information is complex and is beyond the scope of LFS.

Slackware uses a tar based system for package archives. This system purposely does not handle package dependencies as more complex package managers do. For details of Slackware package management, see http://www.slackbook.org/html/package-management.html.

6.3.2.7. User Based Management

This scheme, unique to LFS, was devised by Matthias Benkmann, and is available from the Hints Project. In this scheme, each package is installed as a separate user into the standard locations. Files belonging to a package are easily identified by checking the user ID. The features and shortcomings of this approach are too complex to describe in this section. For the details please see the hint at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/more_control_and_pkg_man.txt.

6.3.3. Deploying LFS on Multiple Systems

One of the advantages of an LFS system is that there are no files that depend on the position of files on a disk system. Cloning an LFS build to another computer with an architecture similar to the base system is as simple as using tar on the LFS partition that contains the root directory (about 250MB uncompressed for a base LFS build), copying that file via network transfer or CD-ROM to the new system and expanding it. From that point, a few configuration files will have to be changed. Configuration files that may need to be updated include: /etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, /etc/passwd, /etc/group, /etc/shadow, /etc/ld.so.conf, /etc/sysconfig/rc.site, /etc/sysconfig/network, and /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0.

A custom kernel may need to be built for the new system depending on differences in system hardware and the original kernel configuration.

Finally the new system has to be made bootable via Section 8.4, “Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process”.

6.4. Entering the Chroot Environment

It is time to enter the chroot environment to begin building and installing the final LFS system. As user root, run the following command to enter the realm that is, at the moment, populated with only the temporary tools:

chroot "$LFS" /tools/bin/env -i \
HOME=/root                  \
TERM="$TERM"                \
PS1='\u:\w\$ '              \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/tools/bin \
/tools/bin/bash --login +h

The -i option given to the env command will clear all variables of the chroot environment. After that, only the HOME, TERM, PS1, and PATH variables are set again. The TERM=$TERM construct will set the TERM variable inside chroot to the same value as outside chroot. This variable is needed for programs like vim and less to operate properly. If other variables are needed, such as CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS, this is a good place to set them again.

From this point on, there is no need to use the LFS variable anymore, because all work will be restricted to the LFS file system. This is because the Bash shell is told that $LFS is now the root (/) directory.

Notice that /tools/bin comes last in the PATH. This means that a temporary tool will no longer be used once its final version is installed. This occurs when the shell does not “remember” the locations of executed binaries—for this reason, hashing is switched off by passing the +h option to bash.

Note that the bash prompt will say I have no name! This is normal because the /etc/passwd file has not been created yet.

Note

It is important that all the commands throughout the remainder of this chapter and the following chapters are run from within the chroot environment. If you leave this environment for any reason (rebooting for example), ensure that the virtual kernel filesystems are mounted as explained in Section 6.2.2, “Mounting and Populating /dev” and Section 6.2.3, “Mounting Virtual Kernel File Systems” and enter chroot again before continuing with the installation.

6.5. Creating Directories

It is time to create some structure in the LFS file system. Create a standard directory tree by issuing the following commands:

mkdir -pv /{bin,boot,etc/{opt,sysconfig},home,lib/firmware,mnt,opt}
mkdir -pv /{media/{floppy,cdrom},sbin,srv,var}
install -dv -m 0750 /root
install -dv -m 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}{bin,include,lib,sbin,src}
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/{color,dict,doc,info,locale,man}
mkdir -v  /usr/{,local/}share/{misc,terminfo,zoneinfo}
mkdir -v  /usr/libexec
mkdir -pv /usr/{,local/}share/man/man{1..8}

case $(uname -m) in
x86_64) ln -sv lib /lib64
ln -sv lib /usr/lib64
ln -sv lib /usr/local/lib64 ;;
esac

mkdir -v /var/{log,mail,spool}
ln -sv /run /var/run
ln -sv /run/lock /var/lock
mkdir -pv /var/{opt,cache,lib/{color,misc,locate},local}

Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above, two changes are made—one to the home directory of user root, and another to the directories for temporary files.

The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter the /root directory—the same as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the /tmp and /var/tmp directories, but cannot remove another user's files from them. The latter is prohibited by the so-called “sticky bit,” the highest bit (1) in the 1777 bit mask.

6.5.1. FHS Compliance Note

The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) (available at https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/en/FHS). The FHS also stipulates the existence of /usr/local/games and /usr/share/games. The FHS is not precise as to the structure of the /usr/local/share subdirectory, so we create only the directories that are needed. However, feel free to create these directories if you prefer to conform more strictly to the FHS.

6.6. Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not exist yet. In order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic links which will be replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter after the software has been installed:

ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,echo,pwd,stty} /bin
ln -sv /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
ln -sv /tools/lib/libstdc++.so{,.6} /usr/lib
sed 's/tools/usr/' /tools/lib/libstdc++.la > /usr/lib/libstdc++.la
ln -sv bash /bin/sh

The purpose of each link:

/bin/bash

Many bash scripts specify /bin/bash.

/bin/cat

This pathname is hard-coded into Glibc's configure script.

/bin/echo

This is to satisfy one of the tests in Glibc's test suite, which expects /bin/echo.

/bin/pwd

Some configure scripts, particularly Glibc's, have this pathname hard-coded.

/bin/stty

This pathname is hard-coded into Expect, therefore it is needed for Binutils and GCC test suites to pass.

/usr/bin/perl

Many Perl scripts hard-code this path to the perl program.

/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1}

Glibc needs this for the pthreads library to work.

/usr/lib/libstdc++{,.6}

This is needed by several tests in Glibc's test suite, as well as for C++ support in GMP.

/usr/lib/libstdc++.la

This prevents a /tools reference that would otherwise be in /usr/lib/libstdc++.la after GCC is installed.

/bin/sh

Many shell scripts hard-code /bin/sh.

Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the file /etc/mtab. Modern kernels maintain this list internally and exposes it to the user via the /proc filesystem. To satisfy utilities that expect the presence of /etc/mtab, create the following symbolic link:

ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab

In order for user root to be able to login and for the name “root” to be recognized, there must be relevant entries in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.

Create the /etc/passwd file by running the following command:

cat > /etc/passwd << "EOF"
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/dev/null:/bin/false
daemon:x:6:6:Daemon User:/dev/null:/bin/false
messagebus:x:18:18:D-Bus Message Daemon User:/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
nobody:x:99:99:Unprivileged User:/dev/null:/bin/false
EOF

The actual password for root (the “x” used here is just a placeholder) will be set later.

Create the /etc/group file by running the following command:

cat > /etc/group << "EOF"
root:x:0:
bin:x:1:daemon
sys:x:2:
kmem:x:3:
tape:x:4:
tty:x:5:
daemon:x:6:
floppy:x:7:
disk:x:8:
lp:x:9:
dialout:x:10:
audio:x:11:
video:x:12:
utmp:x:13:
usb:x:14:
cdrom:x:15:
adm:x:16:
messagebus:x:18:
systemd-journal:x:23:
input:x:24:
mail:x:34:
nogroup:x:99:
users:x:999:
EOF

The created groups are not part of any standard—they are groups decided on in part by the requirements of the Udev configuration in this chapter, and in part by common convention employed by a number of existing Linux distributions. In addition, some test suites rely on specific users or groups. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at http://www.linuxbase.org) recommends only that, besides the group root with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group bin with a GID of 1 be present. All other group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since well-written programs do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's name.

To remove the “I have no name!” prompt, start a new shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in Chapter 5 and the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files have been created, user name and group name resolution will now work:

exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h

Note the use of the +h directive. This tells bash not to use its internal path hashing. Without this directive, bash would remember the paths to binaries it has executed. To ensure the use of the newly compiled binaries as soon as they are installed, the +h directive will be used for the duration of this chapter.

The login, agetty, and init programs (and others) use a number of log files to record information such as who was logged into the system and when. However, these programs will not write to the log files if they do not already exist. Initialize the log files and give them proper permissions:

touch /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}
chgrp -v utmp /var/log/lastlog
chmod -v 664  /var/log/lastlog
chmod -v 600  /var/log/btmp

The /var/log/wtmp file records all logins and logouts. The /var/log/lastlog file records when each user last logged in. The /var/log/btmp file records the bad login attempts.

Note

The /run/utmp file records the users that are currently logged in. This file is created dynamically in the boot scripts.

6.7. Linux-3.19 API Headers

The Linux API Headers (in linux-3.19.tar.xz) expose the kernel's API for use by Glibc.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 662 MB

6.7.1. Installation of Linux API Headers

The Linux kernel needs to expose an Application Programming Interface (API) for the system's C library (Glibc in LFS) to use. This is done by way of sanitizing various C header files that are shipped in the Linux kernel source tarball.

Make sure there are no stale files and dependencies lying around from previous activity:

make mrproper

Now extract the user-visible kernel headers from the source. They are placed in an intermediate local directory and copied to the needed location because the extraction process removes any existing files in the target directory. There are also some hidden files used by the kernel developers and not needed by LFS that are removed from the intermediate directory.

make INSTALL_HDR_PATH=dest headers_install
find dest/include \( -name .install -o -name ..install.cmd \) -delete
cp -rv dest/include/* /usr/include

6.7.2. Contents of Linux API Headers

Installed headers: /usr/include/asm/*.h, /usr/include/asm-generic/*.h, /usr/include/drm/*.h, /usr/include/linux/*.h, /usr/include/mtd/*.h, /usr/include/rdma/*.h, /usr/include/scsi/*.h, /usr/include/sound/*.h, /usr/include/video/*.h, and /usr/include/xen/*.h

Installed directories: /usr/include/asm, /usr/include/asm-generic, /usr/include/drm, /usr/include/linux, /usr/include/mtd, /usr/include/rdma, /usr/include/scsi, /usr/include/sound, /usr/include/video, and /usr/include/xen

Short Descriptions

/usr/include/asm/*.h

The Linux API ASM Headers

/usr/include/asm-generic/*.h

The Linux API ASM Generic Headers

/usr/include/drm/*.h

The Linux API DRM Headers

/usr/include/linux/*.h

The Linux API Linux Headers

/usr/include/mtd/*.h

The Linux API MTD Headers

/usr/include/rdma/*.h

The Linux API RDMA Headers

/usr/include/scsi/*.h

The Linux API SCSI Headers

/usr/include/sound/*.h

The Linux API Sound Headers

/usr/include/video/*.h

The Linux API Video Headers

/usr/include/xen/*.h

The Linux API Xen Headers

6.8. Man-pages-3.79

The Man-pages package contains over 2,200 man pages.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 35 MB

6.8.1. Installation of Man-pages

Install Man-pages by running:

make install

6.8.2. Contents of Man-pages

Installed files: various man pages

Short Descriptions

man pages

Describe C programming language functions, important device files, and significant configuration files

6.9. Glibc-2.21

The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and closing files, reading and writing files, string handling, pattern matching, arithmetic, and so on.

Approximate build time: 16.3 SBU

Required disk space: 1.1 GB

6.9.1. Installation of Glibc

Note

Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's home page (http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/) says “This library provides an iconv() implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode.” Glibc provides an iconv() implementation and can convert from/to Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS system.

Some of the Glibc programs use non-FHS compilant /var/db directory to store their runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs store their runtime data in the FHS-compliant locations:

patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-2.21-fhs-1.patch

The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still pointing at /tools. The specs and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal of achieving a clean build.

Fix a regression in the package that affects 32-bit architectures:

sed -e '/ia32/s/^/1:/' \
-e '/SSE2/s/^1://' \
-i  sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/mempcpy_chk.S

The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../glibc-build
cd ../glibc-build

Prepare Glibc for compilation:

../glibc-2.21/configure    \
--prefix=/usr          \
--disable-profile      \
--enable-kernel=2.6.32 \
--enable-obsolete-rpc

The meaning of the new configure options:

--enable-obsolete-rpc

Installs NIS and RPC related headers that are not installed by default; these are required to rebuild Glibc and by several BLFS packages.

Compile the package:

make

Important

In this section, the test suite for Glibc is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance.

Generally a few tests do not pass, but you can generally ignore any of the test failures listed below. Now test the build results:

make check

You will probably see some test failures. The Glibc test suite is somewhat dependent on the host system. This is a list of the most common issues seen for this version of LFS:

- The tst/tst-cputimer1 and rt/tst-cpuclock2 tests have been known to fail. The reason is not completely understood, but indications are that minor timing issues can trigger these failures.

- The math tests sometimes fail when running on systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or authentic AMD processor.

- posix/tst-getaddrinfo4 and posix/tst-getaddrinfo5 will always fail due to not having a network connection when the tests are run.

- Other tests known to fail on some architectures are malloc/tst-malloc-usable and nptl/tst-cleanupx4.

Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will complain about the absence of /etc/ld.so.conf. Prevent this warning with:

touch /etc/ld.so.conf

Install the package:

make install

Install the configuration file and runtime directory for nscd:

cp -v ../glibc-2.21/nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf
mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd

The locales that can make the system respond in a different language were not installed by the above command. None of the locales are required, but if some of them are missing, test suites of the future packages would skip important testcases.

Individual locales can be installed using the localedef program. E.g., the first localedef command below combines the /usr/share/i18n/locales/cs_CZ charset-independent locale definition with the /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8.gz charmap definition and appends the result to the /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive file. The following instructions will install the minimum set of locales necessary for the optimal coverage of tests:

mkdir -pv /usr/lib/locale
localedef -i cs_CZ -f UTF-8 cs_CZ.UTF-8
localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE
localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro
localedef -i de_DE -f UTF-8 de_DE.UTF-8
localedef -i en_GB -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8
localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK
localedef -i en_PH -f ISO-8859-1 en_PH
localedef -i en_US -f ISO-8859-1 en_US
localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8
localedef -i es_MX -f ISO-8859-1 es_MX
localedef -i fa_IR -f UTF-8 fa_IR
localedef -i fr_FR -f ISO-8859-1 fr_FR
localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro
localedef -i fr_FR -f UTF-8 fr_FR.UTF-8
localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT
localedef -i it_IT -f UTF-8 it_IT.UTF-8
localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP
localedef -i ru_RU -f KOI8-R ru_RU.KOI8-R
localedef -i ru_RU -f UTF-8 ru_RU.UTF-8
localedef -i tr_TR -f UTF-8 tr_TR.UTF-8
localedef -i zh_CN -f GB18030 zh_CN.GB18030

In addition, install the locale for your own country, language and character set.

Alternatively, install all locales listed in the glibc-2.21/localedata/SUPPORTED file (it includes every locale listed above and many more) at once with the following time-consuming command:

make localedata/install-locales

Then use the localedef command to create and install locales not listed in the glibc-2.21/localedata/SUPPORTED file in the unlikely case you need them.

6.9.2. Configuring Glibc

The /etc/nsswitch.conf file needs to be created because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone also needs to be configured.

Create a new file /etc/nsswitch.conf by running the following:

cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd: files
group: files
shadow: files

hosts: files dns
networks: files

protocols: files
services: files
ethers: files
rpc: files

# End /etc/nsswitch.conf
EOF

Install timezone data:

tar -xf ../tzdata2015a.tar.gz

ZONEINFO=/usr/share/zoneinfo
mkdir -pv $ZONEINFO/{posix,right}

for tz in etcetera southamerica northamerica europe africa antarctica  \
asia australasia backward pacificnew systemv; do
zic -L /dev/null   -d $ZONEINFO       -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
zic -L /dev/null   -d $ZONEINFO/posix -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
zic -L leapseconds -d $ZONEINFO/right -y "sh yearistype.sh" ${tz}
done

cp -v zone.tab zone1970.tab iso3166.tab $ZONEINFO
zic -d $ZONEINFO -p America/New_York
unset ZONEINFO

The meaning of the zic commands:

zic -L /dev/null ...

This creates posix timezones, without any leap seconds. It is conventional to put these in both zoneinfo and zoneinfo/posix. It is necessary to put the POSIX timezones in zoneinfo, otherwise various test-suites will report errors. On an embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, you could save 1.9MB by not using the posix directory, but some applications or test-suites might produce some failures.

zic -L leapseconds ...

This creates right timezones, including leap seconds. On an embedded system, where space is tight and you do not intend to ever update the timezones, or care about the correct time, you could save 1.9MB by omitting the right directory.

zic ... -p ...

This creates the posixrules file. We use New York because POSIX requires the daylight savings time rules to be in accordance with US rules.

One way to determine the local time zone is to run the following script:

tzselect

After answering a few questions about the location, the script will output the name of the time zone (e.g., America/Edmonton). There are also some other possible timezones listed in /usr/share/zoneinfo such as Canada/Eastern or EST5EDT that are not identified by the script but can be used.

Then create the /etc/localtime file by running:

cp -v /usr/share/zoneinfo/<xxx> /etc/localtime

Replace <xxx> with the name of the time zone selected (e.g., Canada/Eastern).

6.9.3. Configuring the Dynamic Loader

By default, the dynamic loader (/lib/ld-linux.so.2) searches through /lib and /usr/lib for dynamic libraries that are needed by programs as they are run. However, if there are libraries in directories other than /lib and /usr/lib, these need to be added to the /etc/ld.so.conf file in order for the dynamic loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known to contain additional libraries are /usr/local/lib and /opt/lib, so add those directories to the dynamic loader's search path.

Create a new file /etc/ld.so.conf by running the following:

cat > /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/ld.so.conf
/usr/local/lib
/opt/lib

EOF

If desired, the dynamic loader can also search a directory and include the contents of files found there. Generally the files in this include directory are one line specifying the desired library path. To add this capability run the following commands:

cat >> /etc/ld.so.conf << "EOF"
# Add an include directory
include /etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

EOF
mkdir -pv /etc/ld.so.conf.d

6.9.4. Contents of Glibc

Installed programs: catchsegv, gencat, getconf, getent, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, ldd, lddlibc4, locale, localedef, makedb, mtrace, nscd, pcprofiledump, pldd, rpcgen, sln, sotruss, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, zdump, and zic

Installed libraries: ld-2.21.so, libBrokenLocale.{a,so}, libSegFault.so, libanl.{a,so}, libc.{a,so}, libc_nonshared.a, libcidn.so, libcrypt.{a,so}, libdl.{a,so}, libg.a, libieee.a, libm.{a,so}, libmcheck.a, libmemusage.so, libnsl.{a,so}, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so, libpthread.{a,so}, libpthread_nonshared.a, libresolv.{a,so}, librpcsvc.a, librt.{a,so}, libthread_db.so, and libutil.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/arpa, /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/gnu, /usr/include/net, /usr/include/netash, /usr/include/netatalk, /usr/include/netax25, /usr/include/neteconet, /usr/include/netinet, /usr/include/netipx, /usr/include/netiucv, /usr/include/netpacket, /usr/include/netrom, /usr/include/netrose, /usr/include/nfs, /usr/include/protocols, /usr/include/rpc, /usr/include/rpcsvc, /usr/include/sys, /usr/lib/audit, /usr/lib/gconv, /usr/lib/locale, /usr/libexec/getconf, /usr/share/i18n, /usr/share/zoneinfo, /var/cache/nscd, and /var/lib/nss_db

Short Descriptions

catchsegv

Can be used to create a stack trace when a program terminates with a segmentation fault

gencat

Generates message catalogues

getconf

Displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables

getent

Gets entries from an administrative database

iconv

Performs character set conversion

iconvconfig

Creates fastloading iconv module configuration files

ldconfig

Configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings

ldd

Reports which shared libraries are required by each given program or shared library

lddlibc4

Assists ldd with object files

locale

Prints various information about the current locale

localedef

Compiles locale specifications

makedb

Creates a simple database from textual input

mtrace

Reads and interprets a memory trace file and displays a summary in human-readable format

nscd

A daemon that provides a cache for the most common name service requests

pcprofiledump

Dumps information generated by PC profiling

pldd

Lists dynamic shared objects used by running processes

rpcgen

Generates C code to implement the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol

sln

A statically linked ln program

sotruss

Traces shared library procedure calls of a specified command

sprof

Reads and displays shared object profiling data

tzselect

Asks the user about the location of the system and reports the corresponding time zone description

xtrace

Traces the execution of a program by printing the currently executed function

zdump

The time zone dumper

zic

The time zone compiler

ld-2.21.so

The helper program for shared library executables

libBrokenLocale

Used internally by Glibc as a gross hack to get broken programs (e.g., some Motif applications) running. See comments in glibc-2.21/locale/broken_cur_max.c for more information

libSegFault

The segmentation fault signal handler, used by catchsegv

libanl

An asynchronous name lookup library

libc

The main C library

libcidn

Used internally by Glibc for handling internationalized domain names in the getaddrinfo() function

libcrypt

The cryptography library

libdl

The dynamic linking interface library

libg

Dummy library containing no functions. Previously was a runtime library for g++

libieee

Linking in this module forces error handling rules for math functions as defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The default is POSIX.1 error handling

libm

The mathematical library

libmcheck

Turns on memory allocation checking when linked to

libmemusage

Used by memusage to help collect information about the memory usage of a program

libnsl

The network services library

libnss

The Name Service Switch libraries, containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names, aliases, services, protocols, etc.

libpcprofile

Contains profiling functions used to track the amount of CPU time spent in specific source code lines

libpthread

The POSIX threads library

libresolv

Contains functions for creating, sending, and interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers

librpcsvc

Contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services

librt

Contains functions providing most of the interfaces specified by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension

libthread_db

Contains functions useful for building debuggers for multi-threaded programs

libutil

Contains code for “standard” functions used in many different Unix utilities

6.10. Adjusting the Toolchain

Now that the final C libraries have been installed, it is time to adjust the toolchain so that it will link any newly compiled program against these new libraries.

First, backup the /tools linker, and replace it with the adjusted linker we made in chapter 5. We'll also create a link to its counterpart in /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin:

mv -v /tools/bin/{ld,ld-old}
mv -v /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin/{ld,ld-old}
mv -v /tools/bin/{ld-new,ld}
ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin/ld

Next, amend the GCC specs file so that it points to the new dynamic linker. Simply deleting all instances of “/tools” should leave us with the correct path to the dynamic linker. Also adjust the specs file so that GCC knows where to find the correct headers and Glibc start files. A sed command accomplishes this:

gcc -dumpspecs | sed -e 's@/tools@@g'                   \
-e '/\*startfile_prefix_spec:/{n;s@.*@/usr/lib/ @}' \
-e '/\*cpp:/{n;s@$@ -isystem /usr/include@}' >      \
`dirname $(gcc --print-libgcc-file-name)`/specs

It is a good idea to visually inspect the specs file to verify the intended change was actually made.

It is imperative at this point to ensure that the basic functions (compiling and linking) of the adjusted toolchain are working as expected. To do this, perform the following sanity checks:

echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c
cc dummy.c -v -Wl,--verbose &> dummy.log
readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'

There should be no errors, and the output of the last command will be (allowing for platform-specific differences in dynamic linker name):

[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]

Note that /lib is now the prefix of our dynamic linker.

Now make sure that we're setup to use the correct startfiles:

grep -o '/usr/lib.*/crt[1in].*succeeded' dummy.log

The output of the last command should be:

/usr/lib/crt1.o succeeded
/usr/lib/crti.o succeeded
/usr/lib/crtn.o succeeded

Verify that the compiler is searching for the correct header files:

grep -B1 '^ /usr/include' dummy.log

This command should return the following output:

#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/include

Next, verify that the new linker is being used with the correct search paths:

grep 'SEARCH.*/usr/lib' dummy.log |sed 's|; |\n|g'

References to paths that have components with '-linux-gnu' should be ignored, but otherwise the output of the last command should be:

SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/lib");

Next make sure that we're using the correct libc:

grep "/lib.*/libc.so.6 " dummy.log

The output of the last command (allowing for a lib64 directory on 64-bit hosts) should be:

attempt to open /lib/libc.so.6 succeeded

Lastly, make sure GCC is using the correct dynamic linker:

grep found dummy.log

The output of the last command should be (allowing for platform-specific differences in dynamic linker name and a lib64 directory on 64-bit hosts):

found ld-linux.so.2 at /lib/ld-linux.so.2

If the output does not appear as shown above or is not received at all, then something is seriously wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. The most likely reason is that something went wrong with the specs file adjustment. Any issues will need to be resolved before continuing on with the process.

Once everything is working correctly, clean up the test files:

rm -v dummy.c a.out dummy.log

6.11. Zlib-1.2.8

The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines used by some programs.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.1 MB

6.11.1. Installation of Zlib

Prepare Zlib for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated:

mv -v /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libz.so) /usr/lib/libz.so

6.11.2. Contents of Zlib

Installed libraries: libz.{a,so}

Short Descriptions

libz

Contains compression and decompression functions used by some programs

6.12. File-5.22

The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given file or files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 16 MB

6.12.1. Installation of File

Prepare File for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.12.2. Contents of File

Installed programs: file

Installed library: libmagic.so

Short Descriptions

file

Tries to classify each given file; it does this by performing several tests—file system tests, magic number tests, and language tests

libmagic

Contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the file program

6.13. Binutils-2.25

The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for handling object files.

Approximate build time: 2.2 SBU

Required disk space: 473 MB

6.13.1. Installation of Binutils

Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot environment by performing a simple test:

expect -c "spawn ls"

This command should output the following:

spawn ls

If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:

The system has no more ptys.
Ask your system administrator to create more.

The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build

Prepare Binutils for compilation:

../binutils-2.25/configure --prefix=/usr   \
--enable-shared \
--disable-werror

Compile the package:

make tooldir=/usr

The meaning of the make parameter:

tooldir=/usr

Normally, the tooldir (the directory where the executables will ultimately be located) is set to $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias). For example, x86_64 machines would expand that to /usr/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. Because this is a custom system, this target-specific directory in /usr is not required. $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias) would be used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a package on an Intel machine that generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).

Important

The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstances.

Test the results:

make -k check

Install the package:

make tooldir=/usr install

6.13.2. Contents of Binutils

Installed programs: addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, elfedit, gprof, ld, ld.bfd, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip

Installed libraries: libbfd.{a,so} and libopcodes.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/lib/ldscripts

Short Descriptions

addr2line

Translates program addresses to file names and line numbers; given an address and the name of an executable, it uses the debugging information in the executable to determine which source file and line number are associated with the address

ar

Creates, modifies, and extracts from archives

as

An assembler that assembles the output of gcc into object files

c++filt

Used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and Java symbols and to keep overloaded functions from clashing

elfedit

Updates the ELF header of ELF files

gprof

Displays call graph profile data

ld

A linker that combines a number of object and archive files into a single file, relocating their data and tying up symbol references

ld.bfd

Hard link to ld

nm

Lists the symbols occurring in a given object file

objcopy

Translates one type of object file into another

objdump

Displays information about the given object file, with options controlling the particular information to display; the information shown is useful to programmers who are working on the compilation tools

ranlib

Generates an index of the contents of an archive and stores it in the archive; the index lists all of the symbols defined by archive members that are relocatable object files

readelf

Displays information about ELF type binaries

size

Lists the section sizes and the total size for the given object files

strings

Outputs, for each given file, the sequences of printable characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to four); for object files, it prints, by default, only the strings from the initializing and loading sections while for other types of files, it scans the entire file

strip

Discards symbols from object files

libbfd

The Binary File Descriptor library

libopcodes

A library for dealing with opcodes—the “readable text” versions of instructions for the processor; it is used for building utilities like objdump

6.14. GMP-6.0.0a

The GMP package contains math libraries. These have useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.

Approximate build time: 1.3 SBU

Required disk space: 65 MB

6.14.1. Installation of GMP

Note

If you are building for 32-bit x86, but you have a CPU which is capable of running 64-bit code and you have specified CFLAGS in the environment, the configure script will attempt to configure for 64-bits and fail. Avoid this by invoking the configure command below with

ABI=32 ./configure ...

Prepare GMP for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-cxx  \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gmp-6.0.0a

The meaning of the new configure options:

--enable-cxx

This parameter enables C++ support

--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gmp-6.0.0a

This variable specifies the correct place for the documentation.

Compile the package and generate the HTML documentation:

make
make html

Important

The test suite for GMP in this section is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstances.

Test the results:

make check 2>&1 | tee gmp-check-log

Ensure that all 188 tests in the test suite passed. Check the results by issuing the following command:

awk '/tests passed/{total+=$2} ; END{print total}' gmp-check-log

Install the package and its documentation:

make install
make install-html

6.14.2. Contents of GMP

Installed Libraries: libgmp.{a,so} and libgmpxx.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/gmp-6.0.0a

Short Descriptions

libgmp

Contains precision math functions

libgmpxx

Contains C++ precision math functions

6.15. MPFR-3.1.2

The MPFR package contains functions for multiple precision math.

Approximate build time: 0.7 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.15.1. Installation of MPFR

First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been addressed upstream:

patch -Np1 -i ../mpfr-3.1.2-upstream_fixes-3.patch

Prepare MPFR for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr        \
--enable-thread-safe \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpfr-3.1.2

Compile the package and generate the HTML documentation:

make
make html

Important

The test suite for MPFR in this section is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstances.

Test the results and ensure that all tests passed:

make check

Install the package and its documentation:

make install
make install-html

6.15.2. Contents of MPFR

Installed Libraries: libmpfr.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/mpfr-3.1.2

Short Descriptions

libmpfr

Contains multiple-precision math functions

6.16. MPC-1.0.2

The MPC package contains a library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the result.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 11.2 MB

6.16.1. Installation of MPC

Prepare MPC for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpc-1.0.2

Compile the package and generate the HTML documentation:

make
make html

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package and its documentation:

make install
make install-html

6.16.2. Contents of MPC

Installed Libraries: libmpc.{a,so}

Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/mpc-1.0.2

Short Descriptions

libmpc

Contains complex math functions

6.17. GCC-4.9.2

The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes the C and C++ compilers.

Approximate build time: 63 SBU (with tests)

Required disk space: 2.9 GB

6.17.1. Installation of GCC

The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v ../gcc-build
cd ../gcc-build

Prepare GCC for compilation:

SED=sed                       \
../gcc-4.9.2/configure        \
--prefix=/usr            \
--enable-languages=c,c++ \
--disable-multilib       \
--disable-bootstrap      \
--with-system-zlib

Note that for other languages, there are some prerequisites that are not yet available. See the BLFS Book for instructions on how to build all of GCC's supported languages.

The meaning of the new configure option:

SED=sed

Setting this environment variable prevents a hard-coded path to /tools/bin/sed.

--with-system-zlib

This switch tells GCC to link to the system installed copy of the Zlib library, rather than its own internal copy.

Compile the package:

make

Important

In this section, the test suite for GCC is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance.

One set of tests in the GCC test suite is known to exhaust the stack, so increase the stack size prior to running the tests:

ulimit -s 32768

Test the results, but do not stop at errors:

make -k check

To receive a summary of the test suite results, run:

../gcc-4.9.2/contrib/test_summary

For only the summaries, pipe the output through grep -A7 Summ.

Results can be compared with those located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/build-logs/7.7/ and http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/.

A few unexpected failures cannot always be avoided. The GCC developers are usually aware of these issues, but have not resolved them yet. Unless the test results are vastly different from those at the above URL, it is safe to continue.

Install the package:

make install

Some packages expect the C preprocessor to be installed in the /lib directory. To support those packages, create this symlink:

ln -sv ../usr/bin/cpp /lib

Many packages use the name cc to call the C compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:

ln -sv gcc /usr/bin/cc

Add a compatibility symlink to enable building programs with Link Time Optimization (LTO):

install -v -dm755 /usr/lib/bfd-plugins
ln -sfv ../../libexec/gcc/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/4.9.2/liblto_plugin.so /usr/lib/bfd-plugins/

Now that our final toolchain is in place, it is important to again ensure that compiling and linking will work as expected. We do this by performing the same sanity checks as we did earlier in the chapter:

echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c
cc dummy.c -v -Wl,--verbose &> dummy.log
readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'

There should be no errors, and the output of the last command will be (allowing for platform-specific differences in dynamic linker name):

[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]

Now make sure that we're setup to use the correct startfiles:

grep -o '/usr/lib.*/crt[1in].*succeeded' dummy.log

The output of the last command should be:

/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/../../../crt1.o succeeded
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/../../../crti.o succeeded
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/../../../crtn.o succeeded

Depending on your machine architecture, the above may differ slightly, the difference usually being the name of the directory after /usr/lib/gcc. If your machine is a 64-bit system, you may also see a directory named lib64 towards the end of the string. The important thing to look for here is that gcc has found all three crt*.o files under the /usr/lib directory.

Verify that the compiler is searching for the correct header files:

grep -B4 '^ /usr/include' dummy.log

This command should return the following output:

#include <...> search starts here:
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/include
/usr/local/include
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.2/include-fixed
/usr/include

Again, note that the directory named after your target triplet may be different than the above, depending on your architecture.

Note

As of version 4.3.0, GCC now unconditionally installs the limits.h file into the private include-fixed directory, and that directory is required to be in place.

Next, verify that the new linker is being used with the correct search paths:

grep 'SEARCH.*/usr/lib' dummy.log |sed 's|; |\n|g'

References to paths that have components with '-linux-gnu' should be ignored, but otherwise the output of the last command should be:

SEARCH_DIR("/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib32")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/local/lib32")
SEARCH_DIR("/lib32")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib32")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/local/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib");

A 64-bit system may see a few different directories. For example, here is the output from an x86_64 machine:

SEARCH_DIR("/usr/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib64")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/local/lib64")
SEARCH_DIR("/lib64")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib64")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/local/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/lib")
SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib");

Next make sure that we're using the correct libc:

grep "/lib.*/libc.so.6 " dummy.log

The output of the last command (allowing for a lib64 directory on 64-bit hosts) should be:

attempt to open /lib/libc.so.6 succeeded

Lastly, make sure GCC is using the correct dynamic linker:

grep found dummy.log

The output of the last command should be (allowing for platform-specific differences in dynamic linker name and a lib64 directory on 64-bit hosts):

found ld-linux.so.2 at /lib/ld-linux.so.2

If the output does not appear as shown above or is not received at all, then something is seriously wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out where the problem is and correct it. The most likely reason is that something went wrong with the specs file adjustment. Any issues will need to be resolved before continuing on with the process.

Once everything is working correctly, clean up the test files:

rm -v dummy.c a.out dummy.log

Finally, move a misplaced file:

mkdir -pv /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib
mv -v /usr/lib/*gdb.py /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib

6.17.2. Contents of GCC

Installed programs: c++, cc (link to gcc), cpp, g++, gcc, gcc-ar, gcc-nm, gcc-ranlib, and gcov

Installed libraries: libasan.{a,so}, libatomic.{a,so}, libgcc.a, libgcc_eh.a, libgcc_s.so, libgcov.a, libgomp.{a,so}, libiberty.a, libitm.{a,so}, liblto_plugin.so, libquadmath.{a,so}, libssp.{a,so}, libssp_nonshared.a, libstdc++.{a,so}, libsupc++.a, and libtsan.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/c++, /usr/lib/gcc, /usr/libexec/gcc, and /usr/share/gcc-4.9.2

Short Descriptions

c++

The C++ compiler

cc

The C compiler

cpp

The C preprocessor; it is used by the compiler to expand the #include, #define, and similar statements in the source files

g++

The C++ compiler

gcc

The C compiler

gcc-ar

A wrapper around ar that adds a plugin to the command line. This program is only used to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the default build options

gcc-nm

A wrapper around nm that adds a plugin to the command line. This program is only used to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the default build options

gcc-ranlib

A wrapper around ranlib that adds a plugin to the command line. This program is only used to add "link time optization" and is not useful with the default build options

gcov

A coverage testing tool; it is used to analyze programs to determine where optimizations will have the most effect

libasan

The Address Sanitizer runtime library

libgcc

Contains run-time support for gcc

libgcov

This library is linked in to a program when GCC is instructed to enable profiling

libgomp

GNU implementation of the OpenMP API for multi-platform shared-memory parallel programming in C/C++ and Fortran

libiberty

Contains routines used by various GNU programs, including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol, and strtoul

liblto_plugin

GCC's Link Time Optimization (LTO) plugin allows GCC to perform optimizations across compilation units

libquadmath

GCC Quad Precision Math Library API

libssp

Contains routines supporting GCC's stack-smashing protection functionality

libstdc++

The standard C++ library

libsupc++

Provides supporting routines for the C++ programming language

libtsan

The Thread Sanitizer runtime library

6.18. Bzip2-1.0.6

The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. Compressing text files with bzip2 yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 6.9 MB

6.18.1. Installation of Bzip2

Apply a patch that will install the documentation for this package:

patch -Np1 -i ../bzip2-1.0.6-install_docs-1.patch

The following command ensures installation of symbolic links are relative:

sed -i 's@\(ln -s -f \)$(PREFIX)/bin/@\1@' Makefile

Ensure the man pages are installed into the correct location:

sed -i "s@(PREFIX)/man@(PREFIX)/share/man@g" Makefile

Prepare Bzip2 for compilation with:

make -f Makefile-libbz2_so
make clean

The meaning of the make parameter:

-f Makefile-libbz2_so

This will cause Bzip2 to be built using a different Makefile file, in this case the Makefile-libbz2_so file, which creates a dynamic libbz2.so library and links the Bzip2 utilities against it.

Compile and test the package:

make

Install the programs:

make PREFIX=/usr install

Install the shared bzip2 binary into the /bin directory, make some necessary symbolic links, and clean up:

cp -v bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2
cp -av libbz2.so* /lib
ln -sv ../../lib/libbz2.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libbz2.so
rm -v /usr/bin/{bunzip2,bzcat,bzip2}
ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bunzip2
ln -sv bzip2 /bin/bzcat

6.18.2. Contents of Bzip2

Installed programs: bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp (link to bzdiff), bzdiff, bzegrep (link to bzgrep), bzfgrep (link to bzgrep), bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless (link to bzmore), and bzmore

Installed libraries: libbz2.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/bzip2-1.0.6

Short Descriptions

bunzip2

Decompresses bzipped files

bzcat

Decompresses to standard output

bzcmp

Runs cmp on bzipped files

bzdiff

Runs diff on bzipped files

bzegrep

Runs egrep on bzipped files

bzfgrep

Runs fgrep on bzipped files

bzgrep

Runs grep on bzipped files

bzip2

Compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm with Huffman coding; the compression rate is better than that achieved by more conventional compressors using “Lempel-Ziv” algorithms, like gzip

bzip2recover

Tries to recover data from damaged bzipped files

bzless

Runs less on bzipped files

bzmore

Runs more on bzipped files

libbz2

The library implementing lossless, block-sorting data compression, using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm

6.19. Pkg-config-0.28

The pkg-config package contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make file execution.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.19.1. Installation of Pkg-config

Prepare Pkg-config for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr         \
--with-internal-glib  \
--disable-host-tool   \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/pkg-config-0.28

The meaning of the new configure options:

--with-internal-glib

This will allow pkg-config to use its internal version of Glib because an external version is not available in LFS.

--disable-host-tool

This option disables the creation of an undesired hard link to the pkg-config program.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.19.2. Contents of Pkg-config

Installed program: pkg-config

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/pkg-config-0.28

Short Descriptions

pkg-config

returns meta information for the specified library or package

6.20. Ncurses-5.9

The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent handling of character screens.

Approximate build time: 0.5 SBU

Required disk space: 54 MB

6.20.1. Installation of Ncurses

Prepare Ncurses for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr           \
--mandir=/usr/share/man \
--with-shared           \
--without-debug         \
--enable-pc-files       \
--enable-widec

The meaning of the new configure options:

--enable-widec

This switch causes wide-character libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so.5.9) to be built instead of normal ones (e.g., libncurses.so.5.9). These wide-character libraries are usable in both multibyte and traditional 8-bit locales, while normal libraries work properly only in 8-bit locales. Wide-character and normal libraries are source-compatible, but not binary-compatible.

--enable-pc-files

This switch generates and installs .pc files for pkg-config.

Compile the package:

make

This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the package has been installed. The tests reside in the test/ directory. See the README file in that directory for further details.

Install the package:

make install

Move the shared libraries to the /lib directory, where they are expected to reside:

mv -v /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5* /lib

Because the libraries have been moved, one symlink points to a non-existent file. Recreate it:

ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libncursesw.so) /usr/lib/libncursesw.so

Many applications still expect the linker to be able to find non-wide-character Ncurses libraries. Trick such applications into linking with wide-character libraries by means of symlinks and linker scripts:

for lib in ncurses form panel menu ; do
rm -vf                    /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
echo "INPUT(-l${lib}w)" > /usr/lib/lib${lib}.so
ln -sfv lib${lib}w.a      /usr/lib/lib${lib}.a
ln -sfv ${lib}w.pc        /usr/lib/pkgconfig/${lib}.pc
done

ln -sfv libncurses++w.a /usr/lib/libncurses++.a

Finally, make sure that old applications that look for -lcurses at build time are still buildable:

rm -vf                     /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
echo "INPUT(-lncursesw)" > /usr/lib/libcursesw.so
ln -sfv libncurses.so      /usr/lib/libcurses.so
ln -sfv libncursesw.a      /usr/lib/libcursesw.a
ln -sfv libncurses.a       /usr/lib/libcurses.a

If desired, install the Ncurses documentation:

mkdir -v       /usr/share/doc/ncurses-5.9
cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/ncurses-5.9

Note

The instructions above don't create non-wide-character Ncurses libraries since no package installed by compiling from sources would link against them at runtime. If you must have such libraries because of some binary-only application or to be compliant with LSB, build the package again with the following commands:

make distclean
./configure --prefix=/usr    \
--with-shared    \
--without-normal \
--without-debug  \
--without-cxx-binding
make sources libs
cp -av lib/lib*.so.5* /usr/lib

6.20.2. Contents of Ncurses

Installed programs: captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic), ncursesw5-config, reset (link to tset), tabs, tic, toe, tput, and tset

Installed libraries: libcursesw.{a,so} (symlink and linker script to libncursesw.{a,so}), libformw.{a,so}, libmenuw.{a,so}, libncurses++w.a, libncursesw.{a,so}, libpanelw.{a,so}, and their non-wide-character counterparts without "w" in the library names.

Installed directories: /usr/share/tabset, /usr/share/terminfo, and /usr/share/doc/ncurses-5.9

Short Descriptions

captoinfo

Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description

clear

Clears the screen, if possible

infocmp

Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions

infotocap

Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description

ncursesw5-config

Provides configuration information for ncurses

reset

Reinitializes a terminal to its default values

tabs

Clears and sets tab stops on a terminal

tic

The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the ncurses library routines [A terminfo file contains information on the capabilities of a certain terminal.]

toe

Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and description for each

tput

Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or report its long name

tset

Can be used to initialize terminals

libcursesw

A link to libncursesw

libncursesw

Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's make menuconfig

libformw

Contains functions to implement forms

libmenuw

Contains functions to implement menus

libpanelw

Contains functions to implement panels

6.21. Attr-2.4.47

The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended attributes on filesystem objects.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.2 MB

6.21.1. Installation of Attr

Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned directory:

sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in

Prepare Attr for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

make

The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. The tests are also known to fail if running multiple simultaneous tests (-j option greater than 1). To test the results, issue:

make -j1 tests root-tests

Install the package:

make install install-dev install-lib
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so

The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated:

mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so

6.21.2. Contents of Attr

Installed programs: attr, getfattr, and setattr

Installed library: libattr.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-2.4.47

Short Descriptions

attr

Extends attributes on filesystem objects

getfattr

Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects

setattr

Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects

libattr

Contains the libbrary functions for manipulating extended attributes

6.22. Acl-2.2.52

The Acl package contains utilities to administer Access Control Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained discretionary access rights for files and directories.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 7.7 MB

6.22.1. Installation of Acl

Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned directory:

sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in

Fix some broken tests:

sed -i "s:| sed.*::g" test/{sbits-restore,cp,misc}.test

Additionally, fix a bug that causes getfacl -e to segfault on overly long group name:

sed -i -e "/TABS-1;/a if (x > (TABS-1)) x = (TABS-1);" \
libacl/__acl_to_any_text.c

Prepare Acl for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/bin \
--libexecdir=/usr/lib

Compile the package:

make

The Acl tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports access controls after Coreutils has been built with the Acl libraries. If desired, return to this package and run make -j1 tests after Coreutils has been built later in this chapter.

Install the package:

make install install-dev install-lib
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libacl.so

The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated:

mv -v /usr/lib/libacl.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libacl.so) /usr/lib/libacl.so

6.22.2. Contents of Acl

Installed programs: chacl, getfacl, and setacl

Installed library: libacl.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/acl and /usr/share/doc/acl-2.2.52

Short Descriptions

chacl

Changes the access control list of a file or directory

getfacl

Gets file access control lists

setacl

Sets file access control lists

libacl

Contains the library functions for manipulating Access Control Lists

6.23. Libcap-2.24

The Libcap package implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a partitioning of the all powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 1.8 MB

6.23.1. Installation of Libcap

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make RAISE_SETFCAP=no prefix=/usr install
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libcap.so

The meaning of the make option:

RAISE_SETFCAP=no

This parameter skips trying to use setcap on itself. This avoids an installation error if the kernel or file system does not support extended capabilities.

The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated:

mv -v /usr/lib/libcap.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libcap.so) /usr/lib/libcap.so

6.23.2. Contents of Libcap

Installed programs: capsh, getcap, getpcaps, and setcap

Installed library: libcap.{a,so}

Short Descriptions

capsh

A shell wrapper to explore and constrain capability support

getcap

Examines file capabilities

getpcaps

Displays the capabilities on the queried process(es)

libcap

Contains the library functions for manipulating POSIX 1003.1e capabilities

6.24. Sed-4.2.2

The Sed package contains a stream editor.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 12 MB

6.24.1. Installation of Sed

Prepare Sed for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/sed-4.2.2

The meaning of the new configure option:

--htmldir

This sets the installation directory for the HTML documentation.

Compile the package and generate the HTML documentation:

make
make html

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package and its documentation:

make install
make -C doc install-html

6.24.2. Contents of Sed

Installed program: sed

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/sed-4.2.2

Short Descriptions

sed

Filters and transforms text files in a single pass

6.25. Shadow-4.2.1

The Shadow package contains programs for handling passwords in a secure way.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 52 MB

6.25.1. Installation of Shadow

Note

If you would like to enforce the use of strong passwords, refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/postlfs/cracklib.html for installing CrackLib prior to building Shadow. Then add --with-libcrack to the configure command below.

Disable the installation of the groups program and its man pages, as Coreutils provides a better version:

sed -i 's/groups$(EXEEXT) //' src/Makefile.in
find man -name Makefile.in -exec sed -i 's/groups\.1 / /' {} \;

Instead of using the default crypt method, use the more secure SHA-512 method of password encryption, which also allows passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change the obsolete /var/spool/mail location for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the /var/mail location used currently:

sed -i -e 's@#ENCRYPT_METHOD DES@ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512@' \
-e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' etc/login.defs

Note

If you chose to build Shadow with Cracklib support, run the following:

sed -i 's@DICTPATH.*@DICTPATH\t/lib/cracklib/pw_dict@' etc/login.defs

Make a minor change to make the default useradd consistent with the LFS groups file:

sed -i 's/1000/999/' etc/useradd

Prepare Shadow for compilation:

./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --with-group-name-max-length=32

The meaning of the configure option:

--with-group-name-max-length=32

The maximum user name is 32 characters. Make the maximum group name the same.

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

Move a misplaced program to its proper location:

mv -v /usr/bin/passwd /bin

6.25.2. Configuring Shadow

This package contains utilities to add, modify, and delete users and groups; set and change their passwords; and perform other administrative tasks. For a full explanation of what password shadowing means, see the doc/HOWTO file within the unpacked source tree. If using Shadow support, keep in mind that programs which need to verify passwords (display managers, FTP programs, pop3 daemons, etc.) must be Shadow-compliant. That is, they need to be able to work with shadowed passwords.

To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:

pwconv

To enable shadowed group passwords, run:

grpconv

Shadow's stock configuration for the useradd utility has a few caveats that need some explanation. First, the default action for the useradd utility is to create the user and a group of the same name as the user. By default the user ID (UID) and group ID (GID) numbers will begin with 1000. This means if you don't pass parameters to useradd, each user will be a member of a unique group on the system. If this behaviour is undesirable, you'll need to pass the -g parameter to useradd. The default parameters are stored in the /etc/default/useradd file. You may need to modify two parameters in this file to suit your particular needs.

/etc/default/useradd Parameter Explanations

GROUP=1000

This parameter sets the beginning of the group numbers used in the /etc/group file. You can modify it to anything you desire. Note that useradd will never reuse a UID or GID. If the number identified in this parameter is used, it will use the next available number after this. Note also that if you don't have a group 1000 on your system the first time you use useradd without the -g parameter, you'll get a message displayed on the terminal that says: useradd: unknown GID 1000. You may disregard this message and group number 1000 will be used.

CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=yes

This parameter causes useradd to create a mailbox file for the newly created user. useradd will make the group ownership of this file to the mail group with 0660 permissions. If you would prefer that these mailbox files are not created by useradd, issue the following command:

sed -i 's/yes/no/' /etc/default/useradd

6.25.3. Setting the root password

Choose a password for user root and set it by running:

passwd root

6.25.4. Contents of Shadow

Installed programs: chage, chfn, chgpasswd, chpasswd, chsh, expiry, faillog, gpasswd, groupadd, groupdel, groupmems, groupmod, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login, logoutd, newgrp, newusers, nologin, passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg (link to newgrp), su, useradd, userdel, usermod, vigr (link to vipw), and vipw

Installed directory: /etc/default

Short Descriptions

chage

Used to change the maximum number of days between obligatory password changes

chfn

Used to change a user's full name and other information

chgpasswd

Used to update group passwords in batch mode

chpasswd

Used to update user passwords in batch mode

chsh

Used to change a user's default login shell

expiry

Checks and enforces the current password expiration policy

faillog

Is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count

gpasswd

Is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups

groupadd

Creates a group with the given name

groupdel

Deletes the group with the given name

groupmems

Allows a user to administer his/her own group membership list without the requirement of super user privileges.

groupmod

Is used to modify the given group's name or GID

grpck

Verifies the integrity of the group files /etc/group and /etc/gshadow

grpconv

Creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file

grpunconv

Updates /etc/group from /etc/gshadow and then deletes the latter

lastlog

Reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user

login

Is used by the system to let users sign on

logoutd

Is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports

newgrp

Is used to change the current GID during a login session

newusers

Is used to create or update an entire series of user accounts

nologin

Displays a message that an account is not available; it is designed to be used as the default shell for accounts that have been disabled

passwd

Is used to change the password for a user or group account

pwck

Verifies the integrity of the password files /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

pwconv

Creates or updates the shadow password file from the normal password file

pwunconv

Updates /etc/passwd from /etc/shadow and then deletes the latter

sg

Executes a given command while the user's GID is set to that of the given group

su

Runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs

useradd

Creates a new user with the given name, or updates the default new-user information

userdel

Deletes the given user account

usermod

Is used to modify the given user's login name, User Identification (UID), shell, initial group, home directory, etc.

vigr

Edits the /etc/group or /etc/gshadow files

vipw

Edits the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files

6.26. Psmisc-22.21

The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about running processes.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.7 MB

6.26.1. Installation of Psmisc

Prepare Psmisc for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

Finally, move the killall and fuser programs to the location specified by the FHS:

mv -v /usr/bin/fuser   /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/killall /bin

6.26.2. Contents of Psmisc

Installed programs: fuser, killall, peekfd, prtstat, pstree, and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)

Short Descriptions

fuser

Reports the Process IDs (PIDs) of processes that use the given files or file systems

killall

Kills processes by name; it sends a signal to all processes running any of the given commands

peekfd

Peek at file descriptors of a running process, given its PID

prtstat

Prints information about a process

pstree

Displays running processes as a tree

pstree.x11

Same as pstree, except that it waits for confirmation before exiting

6.27. Procps-ng-3.3.10

The Procps-ng package contains programs for monitoring processes.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 17 MB

6.27.1. Installation of Procps-ng

Now prepare procps-ng for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr                           \
--exec-prefix=                          \
--libdir=/usr/lib                       \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10 \
--disable-static                        \
--disable-kill

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-kill

This switch disables building the kill command that will be installed by the Util-linux package.

Compile the package:

make

The test suite needs some custom modifications for LFS. Remove the test that fails when scripting does not use a tty device. To run the test suite, run the following commands:

sed -i -r 's|(pmap_initname)\\\$|\1|' testsuite/pmap.test/pmap.exp
make check

Install the package:

make install

Finally, move essential files to a location that can be found if /usr is not mounted.

mv -v /usr/bin/pidof /bin
mv -v /usr/lib/libprocps.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libprocps.so) /usr/lib/libprocps.so

6.27.2. Contents of Procps-ng

Installed programs: free, pgrep, pidof, pkill, pmap, ps, pwdx, slabtop, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch

Installed library: libprocps.so

Installed directories: /usr/include/proc and /usr/share/doc/procps-ng-3.3.10

Short Descriptions

free

Reports the amount of free and used memory (both physical and swap memory) in the system

pgrep

Looks up processes based on their name and other attributes

pidof

Reports the PIDs of the given programs

pkill

Signals processes based on their name and other attributes

pmap

Reports the memory map of the given process

ps

Lists the current running processes

pwdx

Reports the current working directory of a process

slabtop

Displays detailed kernel slap cache information in real time

sysctl

Modifies kernel parameters at run time

tload

Prints a graph of the current system load average

top

Displays a list of the most CPU intensive processes; it provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time

uptime

Reports how long the system has been running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages

vmstat

Reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about processes, memory, paging, block Input/Output (IO), traps, and CPU activity

w

Shows which users are currently logged on, where, and since when

watch

Runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its output; this allows a user to watch the output change over time

libprocps

Contains the functions used by most programs in this package

6.28. E2fsprogs-1.42.12

The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2 file system. It also supports the ext3 and ext4 journaling file systems.

Approximate build time: 2.7 SBU

Required disk space: 52 MB

6.28.1. Installation of E2fsprogs

First, fix a potential security issue identified upstream:

sed -e '/int.*old_desc_blocks/s/int/blk64_t/' \
-e '/if (old_desc_blocks/s/super->s_first_meta_bg/desc_blocks/' \
-i lib/ext2fs/closefs.c

The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in a subdirectory of the source tree:

mkdir -v build
cd build

Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:

LIBS=-L/tools/lib                    \
CFLAGS=-I/tools/include              \
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig \
../configure --prefix=/usr           \
--bindir=/bin           \
--with-root-prefix=""   \
--enable-elf-shlibs     \
--disable-libblkid      \
--disable-libuuid       \
--disable-uuidd         \
--disable-fsck

The meaning of the environment variable and configure options:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH, LIBS, CFLAGS

These variables enable e2fsprogs to be built using the Section 5.33, “Util-linux-2.26” package built earlier.

--with-root-prefix="" and --bindir=/bin

Certain programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs. When, for example, /usr is not mounted, these programs still need to be available. They belong in directories like /lib and /sbin. If this option is not passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into the /usr directory.

--enable-elf-shlibs

This creates the shared libraries which some programs in this package use.

--disable-*

This prevents E2fsprogs from building and installing the libuuid and libblkid libraries, the uuidd daemon, and the fsck wrapper, as Util-Linux installs more recent versions.

Compile the package:

make

To set up and run the test suite we need to first link some libraries from /tools/lib to a location where the test programs look. To run the tests, issue:

ln -sfv /tools/lib/lib{blk,uu}id.so.1 lib
make LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/tools/lib check

One of the E2fsprogs tests will attempt to allocate 256 MB of memory. If you do not have significantly more RAM than this, be sure to enable sufficient swap space for the test. See Section 2.3, “Creating a File System on the Partition” and Section 2.4, “Mounting the New Partition” for details on creating and enabling swap space.

Install the binaries, documentation, and shared libraries:

make install

Install the static libraries and headers:

make install-libs

Make the installed static libraries writable so debugging symbols can be removed later:

chmod -v u+w /usr/lib/{libcom_err,libe2p,libext2fs,libss}.a

This package installs a gzipped .info file but doesn't update the system-wide dir file. Unzip this file and then update the system dir file using the following commands.

gunzip -v /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info.gz
install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info

If desired, create and install some additional documentation by issuing the following commands:

makeinfo -o      doc/com_err.info ../lib/et/com_err.texinfo
install -v -m644 doc/com_err.info /usr/share/info
install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir /usr/share/info/com_err.info

6.28.2. Contents of E2fsprogs

Installed programs: badblocks, chattr, compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs,e2freefrag, e2fsck, e2image, e2label, e2undo, e4defrag, filefrag, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, fsck.ext4, fsck.ext4dev, logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.ext4, mkfs.ext4dev, resize2fs, and tune2fs

Installed libraries: libcom_err.{a,so}, libe2p.{a,so}, libext2fs.{a,so}, libquota.a, and libss.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/e2p, /usr/include/et, /usr/include/ext2fs, /usr/include/quota, /usr/include/ss, /usr/share/et, and /usr/share/ss

Short Descriptions

badblocks

Searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks

chattr

Changes the attributes of files on an ext2 file system; it also changes ext3 file systems, the journaling version of ext2 file systems

compile_et

An error table compiler; it converts a table of error-code names and messages into a C source file suitable for use with the com_err library

debugfs

A file system debugger; it can be used to examine and change the state of an ext2 file system

dumpe2fs

Prints the super block and blocks group information for the file system present on a given device

e2freefrag

Reports free space fragmentation information

e2fsck

Is used to check, and optionally repair ext2 file systems and ext3 file systems

e2image

Is used to save critical ext2 file system data to a file

e2label

Displays or changes the file system label on the ext2 file system present on a given device

e2undo

Replays the undo log undo_log for an ext2/ext3/ext4 filesystem found on a device [This can be used to undo a failed operation by an e2fsprogs program.]

e4defrag

Online defragmenter for ext4 filesystems

filefrag

Reports on how badly fragmented a particular file might be

fsck.ext2

By default checks ext2 file systems and is a hard link to e2fsck

fsck.ext3

By default checks ext3 file systems and is a hard link to e2fsck

fsck.ext4

By default checks ext4 file systems and is a hard link to e2fsck

fsck.ext4dev

By default checks ext4 development file systems and is a hard link to e2fsck

logsave

Saves the output of a command in a log file

lsattr

Lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system

mk_cmds

Converts a table of command names and help messages into a C source file suitable for use with the libss subsystem library

mke2fs

Creates an ext2 or ext3 file system on the given device

mkfs.ext2

By default creates ext2 file systems and is a hard link to mke2fs

mkfs.ext3

By default creates ext3 file systems and is a hard link to mke2fs

mkfs.ext4

By default creates ext4 file systems and is a hard link to mke2fs

mkfs.ext4dev

By default creates ext4 development file systems and is a hard link to mke2fs

mklost+found

Used to create a lost+found directory on an ext2 file system; it pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the task of e2fsck

resize2fs

Can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system

tune2fs

Adjusts tunable file system parameters on an ext2 file system

libcom_err

The common error display routine

libe2p

Used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr

libext2fs

Contains routines to enable user-level programs to manipulate an ext2 file system

libquota

Provides an interface for creating and updating quota files and ext4 superblock fields

libss

Used by debugfs

6.29. Coreutils-8.23

The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the basic system characteristics.

Approximate build time: 2.5 SBU

Required disk space: 193 MB

6.29.1. Installation of Coreutils

POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch fixes this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs. Afterwards make sure the timestamp for Makefile.in is later than all other files to prevent a make error:

patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-8.23-i18n-1.patch
touch Makefile.in

Note

In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible without this patch.

Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:

FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 ./configure \
--prefix=/usr            \
--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime

The meaning of the configure options:

FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1

This environment variable allows the package to be built as the root user.

--enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime

The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later.

Compile the package:

make

Skip down to “Install the package” if not running the test suite.

Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that are meant to be run as user root:

make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=nobody check-root

We're going to run the remainder of the tests as the nobody user. Certain tests, however, require that the user be a member of more than one group. So that these tests are not skipped we'll add a temporary group and make the user nobody a part of it:

echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" >> /etc/group

Fix some of the permissions so that the non-root user can compile and run the tests:

chown -Rv nobody .

Now run the tests. Make sure the PATH in the su environment includes /tools/bin.

su nobody -s /bin/bash \
-c "PATH=$PATH make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"

The stty-pairs test is known to fail on a virtual console, but passes if run in a X terminal.

Remove the temporary group:

sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/group

Install the package:

make install

Move programs to the locations specified by the FHS:

mv -v /usr/bin/{cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,date,dd,df,echo} /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/{false,ln,ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm} /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/{rmdir,stty,sync,true,uname} /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin
mv -v /usr/share/man/man1/chroot.1 /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8
sed -i s/\"1\"/\"8\"/1 /usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8

Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on head, sleep, and nice. As /usr may not be available during the early stages of booting, those binaries need to be on the root partition:

mv -v /usr/bin/{head,sleep,nice,test,[} /bin

6.29.2. Contents of Coreutils

Installed programs: [, base64, basename, cat, chcon, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum, comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, hostid, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mktemp, mv, nice, nl, nohup, nproc, numfmt, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr, printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, realpath, rm, rmdir, runcon, seq, sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum, sha384sum, sha512sum, shred, shuf, sleep, sort, split, stat, stdbuf, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, test, timeout, touch, tr, true, truncate, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink, users, vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes

Installed library: libstdbuf.so

Installed directory: /usr/libexec/coreutils

Short Descriptions

base64

Encodes and decodes data according to the base64 (RFC 3548) specification

basename

Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name

cat

Concatenates files to standard output

chcon

Changes security context for files and directories

chgrp

Changes the group ownership of files and directories

chmod

Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an octal number representing the new permissions

chown

Changes the user and/or group ownership of files and directories

chroot

Runs a command with the specified directory as the / directory

cksum

Prints the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) checksum and the byte counts of each specified file

comm

Compares two sorted files, outputting in three columns the lines that are unique and the lines that are common

cp

Copies files

csplit

Splits a given file into several new files, separating them according to given patterns or line numbers and outputting the byte count of each new file

cut

Prints sections of lines, selecting the parts according to given fields or positions

date

Displays the current time in the given format, or sets the system date

dd

Copies a file using the given block size and count, while optionally performing conversions on it

df

Reports the amount of disk space available (and used) on all mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the selected files

dir

Lists the contents of each given directory (the same as the ls command)

dircolors

Outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR environment variable to change the color scheme used by ls

dirname

Strips the non-directory suffix from a file name

du

Reports the amount of disk space used by the current directory, by each of the given directories (including all subdirectories) or by each of the given files

echo

Displays the given strings

env

Runs a command in a modified environment

expand

Converts tabs to spaces

expr

Evaluates expressions

factor

Prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers

false

Does nothing, unsuccessfully; it always exits with a status code indicating failure

fmt

Reformats the paragraphs in the given files

fold

Wraps the lines in the given files

groups

Reports a user's group memberships

head

Prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file

hostid

Reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host

id

Reports the effective user ID, group ID, and group memberships of the current user or specified user

install

Copies files while setting their permission modes and, if possible, their owner and group

join

Joins the lines that have identical join fields from two separate files

link

Creates a hard link with the given name to a file

ln

Makes hard links or soft (symbolic) links between files

logname

Reports the current user's login name

ls

Lists the contents of each given directory

md5sum

Reports or checks Message Digest 5 (MD5) checksums

mkdir

Creates directories with the given names

mkfifo

Creates First-In, First-Outs (FIFOs), a "named pipe" in UNIX parlance, with the given names

mknod

Creates device nodes with the given names; a device node is a character special file, a block special file, or a FIFO

mktemp

Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts

mv

Moves or renames files or directories

nice

Runs a program with modified scheduling priority

nl

Numbers the lines from the given files

nohup

Runs a command immune to hangups, with its output redirected to a log file

nproc

Prints the number of processing units available to a process

numfmt

Converts numbers to or from human-readable strings

od

Dumps files in octal and other formats

paste

Merges the given files, joining sequentially corresponding lines side by side, separated by tab characters

pathchk

Checks if file names are valid or portable

pinky

Is a lightweight finger client; it reports some information about the given users

pr

Paginates and columnates files for printing

printenv

Prints the environment

printf

Prints the given arguments according to the given format, much like the C printf function

ptx

Produces a permuted index from the contents of the given files, with each keyword in its context

pwd

Reports the name of the current working directory

readlink

Reports the value of the given symbolic link

realpath

Prints the resolved path

rm

Removes files or directories

rmdir

Removes directories if they are empty

runcon

Runs a command with specified security context

seq

Prints a sequence of numbers within a given range and with a given increment

sha1sum

Prints or checks 160-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksums

sha224sum

Prints or checks 224-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums

sha256sum

Prints or checks 256-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums

sha384sum

Prints or checks 384-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums

sha512sum

Prints or checks 512-bit Secure Hash Algorithm checksums

shred

Overwrites the given files repeatedly with complex patterns, making it difficult to recover the data

shuf

Shuffles lines of text

sleep

Pauses for the given amount of time

sort

Sorts the lines from the given files

split

Splits the given file into pieces, by size or by number of lines

stat

Displays file or filesystem status

stdbuf

Runs commands with altered buffering operations for its standard streams

stty

Sets or reports terminal line settings

sum

Prints checksum and block counts for each given file

sync

Flushes file system buffers; it forces changed blocks to disk and updates the super block

tac

Concatenates the given files in reverse

tail

Prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file

tee

Reads from standard input while writing both to standard output and to the given files

test

Compares values and checks file types

timeout

Runs a command with a time limit

touch

Changes file timestamps, setting the access and modification times of the given files to the current time; files that do not exist are created with zero length

tr

Translates, squeezes, and deletes the given characters from standard input

true

Does nothing, successfully; it always exits with a status code indicating success

truncate

Shrinks or expands a file to the specified size

tsort

Performs a topological sort; it writes a completely ordered list according to the partial ordering in a given file

tty

Reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard input

uname

Reports system information

unexpand

Converts spaces to tabs

uniq

Discards all but one of successive identical lines

unlink

Removes the given file

users

Reports the names of the users currently logged on

vdir

Is the same as ls -l

wc

Reports the number of lines, words, and bytes for each given file, as well as a total line when more than one file is given

who

Reports who is logged on

whoami

Reports the user name associated with the current effective user ID

yes

Repeatedly outputs “y” or a given string until killed

libstdbuf

Library used by stdbuf

6.30. Iana-Etc-2.30

The Iana-Etc package provides data for network services and protocols.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 3.0 MB

6.30.1. Installation of Iana-Etc

The following command converts the raw data provided by IANA into the correct formats for the /etc/protocols and /etc/services data files:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

6.30.2. Contents of Iana-Etc

Installed files: /etc/protocols and /etc/services

Short Descriptions

/etc/protocols

Describes the various DARPA Internet protocols that are available from the TCP/IP subsystem

/etc/services

Provides a mapping between friendly textual names for internet services, and their underlying assigned port numbers and protocol types

6.31. M4-1.4.17

The M4 package contains a macro processor.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 31 MB

6.31.1. Installation of M4

Prepare M4 for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.31.2. Contents of M4

Installed program: m4

Short Descriptions

m4

copies the given files while expanding the macros that they contain [These macros are either built-in or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. Besides performing macro expansion, m4 has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic, manipulating text, recursion, etc. The m4 program can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.]

6.32. Flex-2.5.39

The Flex package contains a utility for generating programs that recognize patterns in text.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 38 MB

6.32.1. Installation of Flex

First, skip running three regression tests that require Bison:

sed -i -e '/test-bison/d' tests/Makefile.in

Prepare Flex for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-2.5.39

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (about 0.5 SBU), issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

A few programs do not know about flex yet and try to run its predecessor, lex. To support those programs, create a symbolic link named lex that runs flex in lex emulation mode:

ln -sv flex /usr/bin/lex

6.32.2. Contents of Flex

Installed programs: flex, flex++ (link to flex), and lex (link to flex)

Installed libraries: libfl.{a,so} and libfl_pic.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/flex-2.5.39

Short Descriptions

flex

A tool for generating programs that recognize patterns in text; it allows for the versatility to specify the rules for pattern-finding, eradicating the need to develop a specialized program

flex++

An extension of flex, is used for generating C++ code and classes. It is a symbolic link to flex

lex

A script that runs flex in lex emulation mode

libfl

The flex library

6.33. Bison-3.0.4

The Bison package contains a parser generator.

Approximate build time: 2.3 SBU

Required disk space: 40 MB

6.33.1. Installation of Bison

Prepare Bison for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-3.0.4

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (about 0.5 SBU), issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.33.2. Contents of Bison

Installed programs: bison and yacc

Installed library: liby.a

Installed directory: /usr/share/bison

Short Descriptions

bison

Generates, from a series of rules, a program for analyzing the structure of text files; Bison is a replacement for Yacc (Yet Another Compiler Compiler)

yacc

A wrapper for bison, meant for programs that still call yacc instead of bison; it calls bison with the -y option

liby

The Yacc library containing implementations of Yacc-compatible yyerror and main functions; this library is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires it

6.34. Grep-2.21

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.34.1. Installation of Grep

First fix a potential security issue identified upstream:

sed -i -e '/tp++/a  if (ep <= tp) break;' src/kwset.c

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.34.2. Contents of Grep

Installed programs: egrep, fgrep, and grep

Short Descriptions

egrep

Prints lines matching an extended regular expression

fgrep

Prints lines matching a list of fixed strings

grep

Prints lines matching a basic regular expression

6.35. Readline-6.3

The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line editing and history capabilities.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 24 MB

6.35.1. Installation of Readline

First install some patches to fix various bugs that have been addressed upstream:

patch -Np1 -i ../readline-6.3-upstream_fixes-3.patch

Reinstalling Readline will cause the old libraries to be moved to <libraryname>.old. While this is normally not a problem, in some cases it can trigger a linking bug in ldconfig. This can be avoided by issuing the following two seds:

sed -i '/MV.*old/d' Makefile.in
sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install

Prepare Readline for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/readline-6.3

Compile the package:

make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses

The meaning of the make option:

SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses

This option forces Readline to link against the libncurses (really, libncursesw) library.

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make SHLIB_LIBS=-lncurses install

Now move the dynamic libraries to a more appropriate location and fix up some symbolic links:

mv -v /usr/lib/lib{readline,history}.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libreadline.so) /usr/lib/libreadline.so
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libhistory.so ) /usr/lib/libhistory.so

If desired, install the documentation:

install -v -m644 doc/*.{ps,pdf,html,dvi} /usr/share/doc/readline-6.3

6.35.2. Contents of Readline

Installed libraries: libhistory.{a,so} and libreadline.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/readline, /usr/share/readline, and /usr/share/doc/readline-6.3

Short Descriptions

libhistory

Provides a consistent user interface for recalling lines of history

libreadline

Aids in the consistency of user interface across discrete programs that need to provide a command line interface

6.36. Bash-4.3.30

The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.

Approximate build time: 1.9 SBU

Required disk space: 57 MB

6.36.1. Installation of Bash

First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been addressed upstream:

patch -Np1 -i ../bash-4.3.30-upstream_fixes-1.patch

Prepare Bash for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr                    \
--bindir=/bin                    \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bash-4.3.30 \
--without-bash-malloc            \
--with-installed-readline

The meaning of the new configure option:

--with-installed-readline

This option tells Bash to use the readline library that is already installed on the system rather than using its own readline version.

Compile the package:

make

Skip down to “Install the package” if not running the test suite.

To prepare the tests, ensure that the nobody user can write to the sources tree:

chown -Rv nobody .

Now, run the tests as the nobody user:

su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make tests"

Install the package:

make install

Run the newly compiled bash program (replacing the one that is currently being executed):

exec /bin/bash --login +h

Note

The parameters used make the bash process an interactive login shell and continue to disable hashing so that new programs are found as they become available.

6.36.2. Contents of Bash

Installed programs: bash, bashbug, and sh (link to bash)

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/bash-4.3.30

Short Descriptions

bash

A widely-used command interpreter; it performs many types of expansions and substitutions on a given command line before executing it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool

bashbug

A shell script to help the user compose and mail standard formatted bug reports concerning bash

sh

A symlink to the bash program; when invoked as sh, bash tries to mimic the startup behavior of historical versions of sh as closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well

6.37. Bc-1.06.95

The Bc package contains an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.0 MB

6.37.1. Installation of Bc

First, fix some minor memory leaks in the code:

patch -Np1 -i ../bc-1.06.95-memory_leak-1.patch

Prepare Bc for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr           \
--with-readline         \
--mandir=/usr/share/man \
--infodir=/usr/share/info

The meaning of the configure options:

--with-readline

This option tells Bc to use the readline library that is already installed on the system rather than using its own readline version.

Compile the package:

make

To test bc, run the commands below. There is quite a bit of output, so you may want to redirect it to a file. There are a very small percentage of tests (10 of 12,144) that will indicate a roundoff error at the last digit.

echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l Test/checklib.b

Install the package:

make install

6.37.2. Contents of Bc

Installed programs: bc and dc

Short Descriptions

bc

is a command line calculator

dc

is a reverse-polish command line calculator

6.38. Libtool-2.4.6

The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable interface.

Approximate build time: 2.0 SBU

Required disk space: 48 MB

6.38.1. Installation of Libtool

Prepare Libtool for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (about 11.0 SBU), issue:

make check

Five tests are known to fail in the LFS build envronment due to a circular dependency, but all tests pass if rechecked after automake is installed.

Install the package:

make install

6.38.2. Contents of Libtool

Installed programs: libtool and libtoolize

Installed libraries: libltdl.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/libltdl and /usr/share/libtool

Short Descriptions

libtool

Provides generalized library-building support services

libtoolize

Provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package

libltdl

Hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries

6.39. GDBM-1.11

The GDBM package contains the GNU Database Manager. It is a library of database functions that use extensible hashing and work similar to the standard UNIX dbm. The library provides primitives for storing key/data pairs, searching and retrieving the data by its key and deleting a key along with its data.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 12.6 MB

6.39.1. Installation of GDBM

Prepare GDBM for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-libgdbm-compat

The meaning of the configure option:

--enable-libgdbm-compat

This switch enables the libgdbm compatibility library to be built, as some packages outside of LFS may require the older DBM routines it provides.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.39.2. Contents of GDBM

Installed programs: gdbm_dump, gdbm_load, and gdbmtool

Installed libraries: libgdbm.{a,so} and libgdbm_compat.{a,so}

Short Descriptions

gdbm_dump

Dumps a GDBM database to a file

gdbm_load

Recreates a GDBM database from a dump file

gdbmtool

Tests and modifies a GDBM database

libgdbm

Contains functions to manipulate a hashed database

libgdbm_compat

Compatibility library containing older DBM functions

6.40. Expat-2.1.0

The Expat package contains a stream oriented C library for parsing XML.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 11 MB

6.40.1. Installation of Expat

Prepare Expat for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

If desired, install the documentation:

install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/expat-2.1.0
install -v -m644 doc/*.{html,png,css} /usr/share/doc/expat-2.1.0

6.40.2. Contents of Expat

Installed program: xmlwf

Installed libraries: libexpat.{a,so}

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/expat-2.1.0

Short Descriptions

xmlwf

is a non-validating utility to check whether or not XML documents are well formed

libexpat

contains API functions for parsing XML

6.41. Inetutils-1.9.2

The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 34 MB

6.41.1. Installation of Inetutils

Create a definition to allow the ifconfig program to build properly:

echo '#define PATH_PROCNET_DEV "/proc/net/dev"' >> ifconfig/system/linux.h

Prepare Inetutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr  \
--localstatedir=/var   \
--disable-logger       \
--disable-whois        \
--disable-servers

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-logger

This option prevents Inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because Util-linux installs a more recent version.

--disable-whois

This option disables the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is out of date. Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.

--disable-servers

This disables the installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. Note that better replacements are available for many of these servers.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Move some programs so they are available if /usr is not accessible:

mv -v /usr/bin/{hostname,ping,ping6,traceroute} /bin
mv -v /usr/bin/ifconfig /sbin

6.41.2. Contents of Inetutils

Installed programs: ftp, ifconfig, hostname, ping, ping6, rcp, rexec, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, tftp, and traceroute

Short Descriptions

ftp

Is the file transfer protocol program

ifconfig

Manages network interfaces

hostname

Reports or sets the name of the host

ping

Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take

ping6

A version of ping for IPv6 networks

rcp

Performs remote file copy

rexec

Executes commands on a remote host

rlogin

Performs remote login

rsh

Runs a remote shell

talk

Is used to chat with another user

telnet

An interface to the TELNET protocol

tftp

A trivial file transfer program

traceroute

Traces the route your packets take from the host you are working on to another host on a network, showing all the intermediate hops (gateways) along the way

6.42. Perl-5.20.2

The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.

Approximate build time: 6.5 SBU

Required disk space: 301 MB

6.42.1. Installation of Perl

First create a basic /etc/hosts file to be referenced in one of Perl's configuration files as well as the optional test suite:

echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts

This version of Perl now builds the Compress::Raw::Zlib and Compress::Raw::BZip2 modules. By default Perl will use an internal copy of the sources for the build. Issue the following command so that Perl will use the libraries installed on the system:

export BUILD_ZLIB=False
export BUILD_BZIP2=0

To have full control over the way Perl is set up, you can remove the “-des” options from the following command and hand-pick the way this package is built. Alternatively, use the command exactly as below to use the defaults that Perl auto-detects:

sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr                 \
-Dvendorprefix=/usr           \
-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 \
-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 \
-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"  \
-Duseshrplib

The meaning of the configure options:

-Dvendorprefix=/usr

This ensures perl knows how to tell packages where they should install their perl modules.

-Dpager="/usr/bin/less -isR"

This ensures that less is used instead of more.

-Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3

Since Groff is not installed yet, Configure thinks that we do not want man pages for Perl. Issuing these parameters overrides this decision.

-Duseshrplib

Build a shared libperl needed by some perl modules.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (approximately 2.5 SBU), issue:

make -k test

Install the package and clean up:

make install
unset BUILD_ZLIB BUILD_BZIP2

6.42.2. Contents of Perl

Installed programs: a2p, c2ph, config_data, corelist, cpan, cpan2dist, cpanp, cpanp-run-perl, enc2xs, find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, instmodsh, json_pp, libnetcfg, perl, perl5.20.2 (link to perl), perlbug, perldoc, perlivp, perlthanks (link to perlbug), piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, prove, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link to c2ph), ptar, ptardiff, ptargrep, s2p, shasum, splain, xsubpp, and zipdetails

Installed libraries: Several hundred which cannot all be listed here

Installed directory: /usr/lib/perl5

Short Descriptions

a2p

Translates awk to Perl

c2ph

Dumps C structures as generated from cc -g -S

config_data

Queries or changes configuration of Perl modules

corelist

A commandline frontend to Module::CoreList

cpan

Interact with the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) from the command line

cpan2dist

The CPANPLUS distribution creator

cpanp

The CPANPLUS launcher

cpanp-run-perl

Perl script that is used to enable flushing of the output buffer after each write in spawned processes

enc2xs

Builds a Perl extension for the Encode module from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files

find2perl

Translates find commands to Perl

h2ph

Converts .h C header files to .ph Perl header files

h2xs

Converts .h C header files to Perl extensions

instmodsh

Shell script for examining installed Perl modules, and can even create a tarball from an installed module

json_pp

Converts data between certain input and output formats

libnetcfg

Can be used to configure the libnet Perl module

perl

Combines some of the best features of C, sed, awk and sh into a single swiss-army language

perl5.20.2

A hard link to perl

perlbug

Used to generate bug reports about Perl, or the modules that come with it, and mail them

perldoc

Displays a piece of documentation in pod format that is embedded in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script

perlivp

The Perl Installation Verification Procedure; it can be used to verify that Perl and its libraries have been installed correctly

perlthanks

Used to generate thank you messages to mail to the Perl developers

piconv

A Perl version of the character encoding converter iconv

pl2pm

A rough tool for converting Perl4 .pl files to Perl5 .pm modules

pod2html

Converts files from pod format to HTML format

pod2latex

Converts files from pod format to LaTeX format

pod2man

Converts pod data to formatted *roff input

pod2text

Converts pod data to formatted ASCII text

pod2usage

Prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files

podchecker

Checks the syntax of pod format documentation files

podselect

Displays selected sections of pod documentation

prove

Command line tool for running tests against the Test::Harness module

psed

A Perl version of the stream editor sed

pstruct

Dumps C structures as generated from cc -g -S stabs

ptar

A tar-like program written in Perl

ptardiff

A Perl program that compares an extracted archive with an unextracted one

ptargrep

A Perl program that applies pattern matching to the contents of files in a tar archive

s2p

Translates sed scripts to Perl

shasum

Prints or checks SHA checksums

splain

Is used to force verbose warning diagnostics in Perl

xsubpp

Converts Perl XS code into C code

zipdetails

Displays details about the internal structure of a Zip file

6.43. XML::Parser-2.44

The XML::Parser module is a Perl interface to James Clark's XML parser, Expat.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 2.4 MB

6.43.1. Installation of XML::Parser

Prepare XML::Parser for compilation:

perl Makefile.PL

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make test

Install the package:

make install

6.43.2. Contents of XML::Parser

Installed module: Expat.so

Short Descriptions

Expat

provides the Perl Expat interface

6.44. Autoconf-2.69

The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that can automatically configure source code.

Approximate build time: 3.6 SBU

Required disk space: 20 MB

6.44.1. Installation of Autoconf

Prepare Autoconf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

This takes a long time, about 4.7 SBUs. In addition, 6 tests are skipped that use Automake. For full test coverage, Autoconf can be re-tested after Automake has been installed. In addition, one test fails due to changes in libtool-2.4.3 and later.

Install the package:

make install

6.44.2. Contents of Autoconf

Installed programs: autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate, and ifnames

Installed directory: /usr/share/autoconf

Short Descriptions

autoconf

Produces shell scripts that automatically configure software source code packages to adapt to many kinds of Unix-like systems; the configuration scripts it produces are independent—running them does not require the autoconf program

autoheader

A tool for creating template files of C #define statements for configure to use

autom4te

A wrapper for the M4 macro processor

autoreconf

Automatically runs autoconf, autoheader, aclocal, automake, gettextize, and libtoolize in the correct order to save time when changes are made to autoconf and automake template files

autoscan

Helps to create a configure.in file for a software package; it examines the source files in a directory tree, searching them for common portability issues, and creates a configure.scan file that serves as as a preliminary configure.in file for the package

autoupdate

Modifies a configure.in file that still calls autoconf macros by their old names to use the current macro names

ifnames

Helps when writing configure.in files for a software package; it prints the identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor conditionals [If a package has already been set up to have some portability, this program can help determine what configure needs to check for. It can also fill in gaps in a configure.in file generated by autoscan.]

6.45. Automake-1.15

The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU (about 8.4 SBU with tests)

Required disk space: 109 MB

6.45.1. Installation of Automake

Prepare Automake for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/automake-1.15

Compile the package:

make

There are a couple of tests that incorrectly link to the wrong version of the flex library, so we temporarily work around the problem. Also, using the -j4 make option speeds up the tests, even on systems with only one processor, due to internal delays in individual tests. To test the results, issue:

sed -i "s:./configure:LEXLIB=/usr/lib/libfl.a &:" t/lex-{clean,depend}-cxx.sh
make -j4 check

Install the package:

make install

6.45.2. Contents of Automake

Installed programs: aclocal, aclocal-1.15, automake, automake-1.15, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, and ylwrap

Installed directories: /usr/share/aclocal-1.15, /usr/share/automake-1.15, and /usr/share/doc/automake-1.15

Short Descriptions

aclocal

Generates aclocal.m4 files based on the contents of configure.in files

aclocal-1.15

A hard link to aclocal

automake

A tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files from Makefile.am files [To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run this program in the top-level directory. By scanning the configure.in file, it automatically finds each appropriate Makefile.am file and generates the corresponding Makefile.in file.]

automake-1.15

A hard link to automake

compile

A wrapper for compilers

config.guess

A script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture

config.sub

A configuration validation subroutine script

depcomp

A script for compiling a program so that dependency information is generated in addition to the desired output

install-sh

A script that installs a program, script, or data file

mdate-sh

A script that prints the modification time of a file or directory

missing

A script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during an installation

mkinstalldirs

A script that creates a directory tree

py-compile

Compiles a Python program

ylwrap

A wrapper for lex and yacc

6.46. Diffutils-3.3

The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 30 MB

6.46.1. Installation of Diffutils

First fix a file so locale files are installed:

sed -i 's:= @mkdir_p@:= /bin/mkdir -p:' po/Makefile.in.in

Prepare Diffutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.46.2. Contents of Diffutils

Installed programs: cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff

Short Descriptions

cmp

Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ

diff

Compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ

diff3

Compares three files line by line

sdiff

Merges two files and interactively outputs the results

6.47. Gawk-4.1.1

The Gawk package contains programs for manipulating text files.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU

Required disk space: 39 MB

6.47.1. Installation of Gawk

Prepare Gawk for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

If desired, install the documentation:

mkdir -v /usr/share/doc/gawk-4.1.1
cp    -v doc/{awkforai.txt,*.{eps,pdf,jpg}} /usr/share/doc/gawk-4.1.1

6.47.2. Contents of Gawk

Installed programs: awk (link to gawk), gawk, gawk-4.1.1, and igawk

Installed libraries: filefuncs.so, fnmatch.so, fork.so, inplace.so, ordchr.so, readdir.so, readfile.so, revoutput.so, revtwoway.so, rwarray.so, testext.so, and time.so

Installed directories: /usr/lib/gawk, /usr/libexec/awk, /usr/share/awk, and /usr/share/doc/gawk-4.1.1

Short Descriptions

awk

A link to gawk

gawk

A program for manipulating text files; it is the GNU implementation of awk

gawk-4.1.1

A hard link to gawk

igawk

Gives gawk the ability to include files

6.48. Findutils-4.4.2

The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive find, but unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 32 MB

6.48.1. Installation of Findutils

Prepare Findutils for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate

The meaning of the configure options:

--localstatedir

This option changes the location of the locate database to be in /var/lib/locate, which is FHS-compliant.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Some of the scripts in the LFS-Bootscripts package depend on find. As /usr may not be available during the early stages of booting, this program needs to be on the root partition. The updatedb script also needs to be modified to correct an explicit path:

mv -v /usr/bin/find /bin
sed -i 's|find:=${BINDIR}|find:=/bin|' /usr/bin/updatedb

6.48.2. Contents of Findutils

Installed programs: bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, oldfind, updatedb, and xargs

Short Descriptions

bigram

Was formerly used to produce locate databases

code

Was formerly used to produce locate databases; it is the ancestor of frcode

find

Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria

frcode

Is called by updatedb to compress the list of file names; it uses front-compression, reducing the database size by a factor of four to five

locate

Searches through a database of file names and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern

oldfind

Older version of find, using a different algorithm

updatedb

Updates the locate database; it scans the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into the database

xargs

Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files

6.49. Gettext-0.19.4

The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and localization. These allow programs to be compiled with NLS (Native Language Support), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.

Approximate build time: 4.9 SBU

Required disk space: 229 MB

6.49.1. Installation of Gettext

Prepare Gettext for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gettext-0.19.4

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (this takes a long time, around 3 SBUs), issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.49.2. Contents of Gettext

Installed programs: autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext, gettext.sh, gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, ngettext, recode-sr-latin, and xgettext

Installed libraries: libasprintf.{a,so}, libgettextlib.so, libgettextpo.{a,so}, libgettextsrc.so, and preloadable_libintl.so

Installed directories: /usr/lib/gettext, /usr/share/doc/gettext-0.19.4, and /usr/share/gettext

Short Descriptions

autopoint

Copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package

config.charset

Outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases

config.rpath

Outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable

envsubst

Substitutes environment variables in shell format strings

gettext

Translates a natural language message into the user's language by looking up the translation in a message catalog

gettext.sh

Primarily serves as a shell function library for gettext

gettextize

Copies all standard Gettext files into the given top-level directory of a package to begin internationalizing it

hostname

Displays a network hostname in various forms

msgattrib

Filters the messages of a translation catalog according to their attributes and manipulates the attributes

msgcat

Concatenates and merges the given .po files

msgcmp

Compares two .po files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings

msgcomm

Finds the messages that are common to to the given .po files

msgconv

Converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding

msgen

Creates an English translation catalog

msgexec

Applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog

msgfilter

Applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog

msgfmt

Generates a binary message catalog from a translation catalog

msggrep

Extracts all messages of a translation catalog that match a given pattern or belong to some given source files

msginit

Creates a new .po file, initializing the meta information with values from the user's environment

msgmerge

Combines two raw translations into a single file

msgunfmt

Decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text

msguniq

Unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog

ngettext

Displays native language translations of a textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number

recode-sr-latin

Recodes Serbian text from Cyrillic to Latin script

xgettext

Extracts the translatable message lines from the given source files to make the first translation template

libasprintf

defines the autosprintf class, which makes C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the <string> strings and the <iostream> streams

libgettextlib

a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use

libgettextpo

Used to write specialized programs that process .po files; this library is used when the standard applications shipped with Gettext (such as msgcomm, msgcmp, msgattrib, and msgen) will not suffice

libgettextsrc

A private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext programs; these are not intended for general use

preloadable_libintl

A library, intended to be used by LD_PRELOAD that assists libintl in logging untranslated messages

6.50. Intltool-0.50.2

The Intltool is an internationalization tool used for extracting translatable strings from source files.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 1.3 MB

6.50.1. Installation of Intltool

Prepare Intltool for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install
install -v -Dm644 doc/I18N-HOWTO /usr/share/doc/intltool-0.50.2/I18N-HOWTO

6.50.2. Contents of Intltool

Installed programs: intltool-extract, intltool-merge, intltool-prepare, intltool-update, and intltoolize

Installed directories: /usr/share/doc/intltool-0.50.2 and /usr/share/intltool

Short Descriptions

intltoolize

Prepares a package to use intltool

intltool-extract

Generates header files that can be read by gettext

intltool-merge

Merges translated strings into various file types

intltool-prepare

Updates pot files and merges them with translation files

intltool-update

Updates the po template files and merges them with the translations

6.51. Gperf-3.0.4

Gperf generates a perfect hash function from a key set.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 6.0 MB

6.51.1. Installation of Gperf

Prepare Gperf for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gperf-3.0.4

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.51.2. Contents of Gperf

Installed program: gperf

Short Descriptions

gperf

Generates a perfect hash from a key set

6.52. Groff-1.22.3

The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting text.

Approximate build time: 0.5 SBU

Required disk space: 111 MB

6.52.1. Installation of Groff

Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size. For users in the United States, PAGE=letter is appropriate. Elsewhere, PAGE=A4 may be more suitable. While the default paper size is configured during compilation, it can be overridden later by echoing either “A4” or “letter” to the /etc/papersize file.

Prepare Groff for compilation:

PAGE=<paper_size> ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

6.52.2. Contents of Groff

Installed programs: addftinfo, afmtodit, chem, eqn, eqn2graph, gdiffmk, geqn (link to eqn), grap2graph, grn, grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl (link to tbl), hpftodit, indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pdfroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml, preconv, pre-grohtml, refer, roff2dvi, roff2html, roff2pdf, roff2ps, roff2text, roff2x, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, and troff

Installed directories: /usr/lib/groff and /usr/share/doc/groff-1.22.3, /usr/share/groff

Short Descriptions

addftinfo

Reads a troff font file and adds some additional font-metric information that is used by the groff system

afmtodit

Creates a font file for use with groff and grops

chem

Groff preprocessor for producing chemical structure diagrams

eqn

Compiles descriptions of equations embedded within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff

eqn2graph

Converts a troff EQN (equation) into a cropped image

gdiffmk

Marks differences between groff/nroff/troff files

geqn

A link to eqn

grap2graph

Converts a grap diagram into a cropped bitmap image

grn

A groff preprocessor for gremlin files

grodvi

A driver for groff that produces TeX dvi format

groff

A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it runs the troff program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected device

groffer

Displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals

grog

Reads files and guesses which of the groff options -e, -man, -me, -mm, -ms, -p, -s, and -t are required for printing files, and reports the groff command including those options

grolbp

Is a groff driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers)

grolj4

Is a driver for groff that produces output in PCL5 format suitable for an HP LaserJet 4 printer

grops

Translates the output of GNU troff to PostScript

grotty

Translates the output of GNU troff into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices

gtbl

A link to tbl

hpftodit

Creates a font file for use with groff -Tlj4 from an HP-tagged font metric file

indxbib

Creates an inverted index for the bibliographic databases with a specified file for use with refer, lookbib, and lkbib

lkbib

Searches bibliographic databases for references that contain specified keys and reports any references found

lookbib

Prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads a line containing a set of keywords from the standard input, searches the bibliographic databases in a specified file for references containing those keywords, prints any references found on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input

mmroff

A simple preprocessor for groff

neqn

Formats equations for American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) output

nroff

A script that emulates the nroff command using groff

pdfroff

Creates pdf documents using groff

pfbtops

Translates a PostScript font in .pfb format to ASCII

pic

Compiles descriptions of pictures embedded within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or troff

pic2graph

Converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image

post-grohtml

Translates the output of GNU troff to HTML

preconv

Converts encoding of input files to something GNU troff understands

pre-grohtml

Translates the output of GNU troff to HTML

refer

Copies the contents of a file to the standard output, except that lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as citations, and lines between .R1 and .R2 are interpreted as commands for how citations are to be processed

roff2dvi

Transforms roff files into DVI format

roff2html

Transforms roff files into HTML format

roff2pdf

Transforms roff files into PDFs

roff2ps

Transforms roff files into ps files

roff2text

Transforms roff files into text files

roff2x

Transforms roff files into other formats

soelim

Reads files and replaces lines of the form .so file by the contents of the mentioned file

tbl

Compiles descriptions of tables embedded within troff input files into commands that are understood by troff

tfmtodit

Creates a font file for use with groff -Tdvi

troff

Is highly compatible with Unix troff; it should usually be invoked using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options

6.53. Xz-5.2.0

The Xz package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It provides capabilities for the lzma and the newer xz compression formats. Compressing text files with xz yields a better compression percentage than with the traditional gzip or bzip2 commands.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 22 MB

6.53.1. Installation of Xz

Prepare Xz for compilation with:

./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-5.2.0

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package and make sure that all essential files are in the correct directory:

make install
mv -v   /usr/bin/{lzma,unlzma,lzcat,xz,unxz,xzcat} /bin
mv -v /usr/lib/liblzma.so.* /lib
ln -svf ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/liblzma.so) /usr/lib/liblzma.so

6.53.2. Contents of Xz

Installed programs: lzcat (link to xz), lzcmp (link to xzdiff), lzdiff (link to xzdiff), lzegrep (link to xzgrep), lzfgrep (link to xzgrep), lzgrep (link to xzgrep), lzless (link to xzless), lzma (link to xz), lzmadec, lzmainfo, lzmore (link to xzmore), unlzma (link to xz), unxz, (link to xz), xz, xzcat (link to xz), xzcmp (link to xzdiff), xzdec, xzdiff, xzegrep (link to xzgrep), xzfgrep (link to xzgrep), xzgrep, xzless, and xzmore

Installed libraries: liblzma.{a,so}

Installed directories: /usr/include/lzma and /usr/share/doc/xz-5.2.0

Short Descriptions

lzcat

Decompresses to standard output

lzcmp

Runs cmp on LZMA compressed files

lzdiff

Runs diff on LZMA compressed files

lzegrep

Runs egrep on LZMA compressed files files

lzfgrep

Runs fgrep on LZMA compressed files

lzgrep

Runs grep on LZMA compressed files

lzless

Runs less on LZMA compressed files

lzma

Compresses or decompresses files using the LZMA format

lzmadec

A small and fast decoder for LZMA compressed files

lzmainfo

Shows information stored in the LZMA compressed file header

lzmore

Runs more on LZMA compressed files

unlzma

Decompresses files using the LZMA format

unxz

Decompresses files using the XZ format

xz

Compresses or decompresses files using the XZ format

xzcat

Decompresses to standard output

xzcmp

Runs cmp on XZ compressed files

xzdec

A small and fast decoder for XZ compressed files

xzdiff

Runs diff on XZ compressed files

xzegrep

Runs egrep on XZ compressed files files

xzfgrep

Runs fgrep on XZ compressed files

xzgrep

Runs grep on XZ compressed files

xzless

Runs less on XZ compressed files

xzmore

Runs more on XZ compressed files

liblzma

The library implementing lossless, block-sorting data compression, using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm

6.54. GRUB-2.02~beta2

The GRUB package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.

Approximate build time: 0.8 SBU

Required disk space: 170 MB

6.54.1. Installation of GRUB

Prepare GRUB for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr          \
--sbindir=/sbin        \
--sysconfdir=/etc      \
--disable-grub-emu-usb \
--disable-efiemu       \
--disable-werror

The meaning of the new configure options:

--disable-werror

This allows the build to complete with warnings introduced by more recent Flex versions.

--disable-grub-emu-usb --disable-efiemu

These options minimize what is built by disabling features and testing programs not needed for LFS.

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

Using GRUB to make your LFS system bootable will be discussed in Section 8.4, “Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process”.

6.54.2. Contents of GRUB

Installed programs: grub-bios-setup, grub-editenv, grub-fstest, grub-install, grub-kbdcomp, grub-menulst2cfg, grub-mkconfig, grub-mkimage, grub-mklayout, grub-mknetdir, grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2, grub-mkrelpath, grub-mkrescue, grub-mkstandalone, grub-ofpathname, grub-probe, grub-reboot, grub-script-check, grub-set-default, grub-sparc64-setup

Installed directories: /usr/lib/grub, /etc/grub.d, /usr/share/grub, /boot/grub

Short Descriptions

grub-bios-setup

Is a helper program for grub-install

grub-editenv

A tool to edit the environment block

grub-fstest

Tool to debug the filesystem driver

grub-install

Install GRUB on your drive

grub-kbdcomp

Script that converts an xkb layout into one recognized by GRUB

grub-menulst2cfg

Converts a GRUB Legacy menu.lst into a grub.cfg for use with GRUB 2

grub-mkconfig

Generate a grub config file

grub-mkimage

Make a bootable image of GRUB

grub-mklayout

Generates a GRUB keyboard layout file

grub-mknetdir

Prepares a GRUB netboot directory

grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2

Generates an encrypted PBKDF2 password for use in the boot menu

grub-mkrelpath

Makes a system pathname relative to its root

grub-mkrescue

Make a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk or CDROM/DVD

grub-mkstandalone

Generates a standalone image

grub-ofpathname

Is a helper program that prints the path of a GRUB device

grub-probe

Probe device information for a given path or device

grub-reboot

Sets the default boot entry for GRUB for the next boot only

grub-script-check

Checks GRUB configuration script for syntax errors

grub-set-default

Sets the default boot entry for GRUB

grub-sparc64-setup

Is a helper program for grub-setup

6.55. Less-458

The Less package contains a text file viewer.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 4.1 MB

6.55.1. Installation of Less

Prepare Less for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc

The meaning of the configure options:

--sysconfdir=/etc

This option tells the programs created by the package to look in /etc for the configuration files.

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make install

6.55.2. Contents of Less

Installed programs: less, lessecho, and lesskey

Short Descriptions

less

A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks

lessecho

Needed to expand meta-characters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems

lesskey

Used to specify the key bindings for less

6.56. Gzip-1.6

The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 20 MB

6.56.1. Installation of Gzip

Prepare Gzip for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Move some programs that do not need to be on the root filesystem:

mv -v /bin/{gzexe,uncompress,zcmp,zdiff,zegrep} /usr/bin
mv -v /bin/{zfgrep,zforce,zgrep,zless,zmore,znew} /usr/bin

6.56.2. Contents of Gzip

Installed programs: gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew

Short Descriptions

gunzip

Decompresses gzipped files

gzexe

Creates self-decompressing executable files

gzip

Compresses the given files using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding

uncompress

Decompresses compressed files

zcat

Decompresses the given gzipped files to standard output

zcmp

Runs cmp on gzipped files

zdiff

Runs diff on gzipped files

zegrep

Runs egrep on gzipped files

zfgrep

Runs fgrep on gzipped files

zforce

Forces a .gz extension on all given files that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again; this can be useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer

zgrep

Runs grep on gzipped files

zless

Runs less on gzipped files

zmore

Runs more on gzipped files

znew

Re-compresses files from compress format to gzip format—.Z to .gz

6.57. IPRoute2-3.19.0

The IPRoute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced IPV4-based networking.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 10.6 MB

6.57.1. Installation of IPRoute2

The arpd binary included in this package is dependent on Berkeley DB. Because arpd is not a very common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on Berkeley DB by applying the commands below. If the arpd binary is needed, instructions for compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/server/databases.html#db.

sed -i '/^TARGETS/s@arpd@@g' misc/Makefile
sed -i /ARPD/d Makefile
sed -i 's/arpd.8//' man/man8/Makefile

Compile the package:

make

This package comes with a test suite, but due to assumptions it makes, it is not possible to reliably run these tests from within the chroot environment. If you wish to run these tests after booting into your new LFS system, ensure you enable /proc/config.gz support in your kernel ("General setup" -> "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz" [CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC]), then run 'make alltests' from the testsuite/ subdirectory.

Install the package:

make DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2-3.19.0 install

6.57.2. Contents of IPRoute2

Installed programs: bridge, ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat, nstat, routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss, and tc

Installed directories: /etc/iproute2, /usr/lib/tc, /usr/share/doc/iproute2-3.19.0, and /usr/lib/tc

Short Descriptions

bridge

Configures network bridges

ctstat

Connection status utility

genl

ifcfg

A shell script wrapper for the ip command [Note that it requires the arping and rdisk programs from the iputils package found at http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/.]

ifstat

Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of transmitted and received packets by interface

ip

The main executable. It has several different functions:

ip link <device> allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes

ip addr allows users to look at addresses and their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones

ip neighbor allows users to look at neighbor bindings and their properties, add new neighbor entries, and delete old ones

ip rule allows users to look at the routing policies and change them

ip route allows users to look at the routing table and change routing table rules

ip tunnel allows users to look at the IP tunnels and their properties, and change them

ip maddr allows users to look at the multicast addresses and their properties, and change them

ip mroute allows users to set, change, or delete the multicast routing

ip monitor allows users to continuously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes

lnstat

Provides Linux network statistics; it is a generalized and more feature-complete replacement for the old rtstat program

nstat

Shows network statistics

routef

A component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing tables

routel

A component of ip route. This is for listing the routing tables

rtacct

Displays the contents of /proc/net/rt_acct

rtmon

Route monitoring utility

rtpr

Converts the output of ip -o back into a readable form

rtstat

Route status utility

ss

Similar to the netstat command; shows active connections

tc

Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations

tc qdisc allows users to setup the queueing discipline

tc class allows users to setup classes based on the queuing discipline scheduling

tc estimator allows users to estimate the network flow into a network

tc filter allows users to setup the QOS/COS packet filtering

tc policy allows users to setup the QOS/COS policies

6.58. Kbd-2.0.2

The Kbd package contains key-table files, console fonts, and keyboard utilities.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 34 MB

6.58.1. Installation of Kbd

The behaviour of the Backspace and Delete keys is not consistent across the keymaps in the Kbd package. The following patch fixes this issue for i386 keymaps:

patch -Np1 -i ../kbd-2.0.2-backspace-1.patch

After patching, the Backspace key generates the character with code 127, and the Delete key generates a well-known escape sequence.

Remove the redundant resizecons program (it requires the defunct svgalib to provide the video mode files - for normal use setfont sizes the console appropriately) together with its manpage.

sed -i 's/\(RESIZECONS_PROGS=\)yes/\1no/g' configure
sed -i 's/resizecons.8 //' docs/man/man8/Makefile.in

Prepare Kbd for compilation:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-vlock

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-vlock

This option prevents the vlock utility from being built, as it requires the PAM library, which isn't available in the chroot environment.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Note

For some languages (e.g., Belarusian) the Kbd package doesn't provide a useful keymap where the stock “by” keymap assumes the ISO-8859-5 encoding, and the CP1251 keymap is normally used. Users of such languages have to download working keymaps separately.

If desired, install the documentation:

mkdir -v       /usr/share/doc/kbd-2.0.2
cp -R -v docs/doc/* /usr/share/doc/kbd-2.0.2

6.58.2. Contents of Kbd

Installed programs: chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, fgconsole, getkeycodes, kbdinfo, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setmetamode, showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start, and unicode_stop

Installed directories: /usr/share/consolefonts, /usr/share/consoletrans, /usr/share/keymaps, and /usr/share/unimaps

Short Descriptions

chvt

Changes the foreground virtual terminal

deallocvt

Deallocates unused virtual terminals

dumpkeys

Dumps the keyboard translation tables

fgconsole

Prints the number of the active virtual terminal

getkeycodes

Prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table

kbdinfo

Obtains information about the status of a console

kbd_mode

Reports or sets the keyboard mode

kbdrate

Sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates

loadkeys

Loads the keyboard translation tables

loadunimap

Loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table

mapscrn

An obsolete program that used to load a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver; this is now done by setfont

openvt

Starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT)

psfaddtable

Adds a Unicode character table to a console font

psfgettable

Extracts the embedded Unicode character table from a console font

psfstriptable

Removes the embedded Unicode character table from a console font

psfxtable

Handles Unicode character tables for console fonts

setfont

Changes the Enhanced Graphic Adapter (EGA) and Video Graphics Array (VGA) fonts on the console

setkeycodes

Loads kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table entries; this is useful if there are unusual keys on the keyboard

setleds

Sets the keyboard flags and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

setmetamode

Defines the keyboard meta-key handling

showconsolefont

Shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font

showkey

Reports the scancodes, keycodes, and ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard

unicode_start

Puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode [Don't use this program unless your keymap file is in the ISO-8859-1 encoding. For other encodings, this utility produces incorrect results.]

unicode_stop

Reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode

6.59. Kmod-19

The Kmod package contains libraries and utilities for loading kernel modules

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 37 MB

6.59.1. Installation of Kmod

Prepare Kmod for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr          \
--bindir=/bin          \
--sysconfdir=/etc      \
--with-rootlibdir=/lib \
--with-xz              \
--with-zlib

The meaning of the configure options:

--with-xz, --with-zlib

These options enable Kmod to handle compressed kernel modules.

--with-rootlibdir=/lib

This option ensures different library related files are placed in the correct directories.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package, and create symlinks for compatibility with Module-Init-Tools (the package that previously handled Linux kernel modules):

make install

for target in depmod insmod lsmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do
ln -sv ../bin/kmod /sbin/$target
done

ln -sv kmod /bin/lsmod

6.59.2. Contents of Kmod

Installed programs: depmod (link to kmod), insmod (link to kmod), kmod, lsmod (link to kmod), modinfo (link to kmod), modprobe (link to kmod), and rmmod (link to kmod)

Installed library: libkmod.so

Short Descriptions

depmod

Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by modprobe to automatically load the required modules

insmod

Installs a loadable module in the running kernel

kmod

Loads and unloads kernel modules

lsmod

Lists currently loaded modules

modinfo

Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean

modprobe

Uses a dependency file, created by depmod, to automatically load relevant modules

rmmod

Unloads modules from the running kernel

libkmod

This library is used by other programs to load and unload kernel modules

6.60. Libpipeline-1.4.0

The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 8.2 MB

6.60.1. Installation of Libpipeline

Prepare Libpipeline for compilation:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/tools/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --prefix=/usr

The meaning of the configure options:

PKG_CONFIG_PATH

Use pkg-config to obtain the location of the test library metadata built in Section 5.14, “Check-0.9.14”.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.60.2. Contents of Libpipeline

Installed library: libpipeline.so

Short Descriptions

libpipeline

This library is used to safely construct pipelines between subprocesses

6.61. Make-4.1

The Make package contains a program for compiling packages.

Approximate build time: 0.6 SBU

Required disk space: 14.2 MB

6.61.1. Installation of Make

Prepare Make for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.61.2. Contents of Make

Installed program: make

Short Descriptions

make

Automatically determines which pieces of a package need to be (re)compiled and then issues the relevant commands

6.62. Patch-2.7.4

The Patch package contains a program for modifying or creating files by applying a “patch” file typically created by the diff program.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 11.6 MB

6.62.1. Installation of Patch

Prepare Patch for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.62.2. Contents of Patch

Installed program: patch

Short Descriptions

patch

Modifies files according to a patch file [A patch file is normally a difference listing created with the diff program. By applying these differences to the original files, patch creates the patched versions.]

6.63. Sysklogd-1.5.1

The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 0.7 MB

6.63.1. Installation of Sysklogd

First, fix a problem that causes a segmentation fault under some conditions in klogd:

sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c

Compile the package:

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make BINDIR=/sbin install

6.63.2. Configuring Sysklogd

Create a new /etc/syslog.conf file by running the following:

cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/syslog.conf

auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
user.* -/var/log/user.log
*.emerg *

# End /etc/syslog.conf
EOF

6.63.3. Contents of Sysklogd

Installed programs: klogd and syslogd

Short Descriptions

klogd

A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages

syslogd

Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging [Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the logging daemon is told to bei.]

6.64. Sysvinit-2.88dsf

The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 1.4 MB

6.64.1. Installation of Sysvinit

First, apply a patch that removes several programs installed by other packages, clarifies a message, and fixes a compiler warning:

patch -Np1 -i ../sysvinit-2.88dsf-consolidated-1.patch

Compile the package:

make -C src

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

make -C src install

6.64.2. Contents of Sysvinit

Installed programs: bootlogd, fstab-decode, halt, init, killall5, poweroff (link to halt), reboot (link to halt), runlevel, shutdown, and telinit (link to init)

Short Descriptions

bootlogd

Logs boot messages to a log file

fstab-decode

Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments

halt

Normally invokes shutdown with the -h option, except when already in run-level 0, then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the file /var/log/wtmp that the system is being brought down

init

The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the proceses specified in its configuration file

killall5

Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own session so it will not kill its parent shell

poweroff

Tells the kernel to halt the system and switch off the computer (see halt)

reboot

Tells the kernel to reboot the system (see halt)

runlevel

Reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the last run-level record in /var/run/utmp

shutdown

Brings the system down in a secure way, signaling all processes and notifying all logged-in users

telinit

Tells init which run-level to change to

6.65. Tar-1.28

The Tar package contains an archiving program.

Approximate build time: 2.3 SBU

Required disk space: 46 MB

6.65.1. Installation of Tar

Prepare Tar for compilation:

FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1  \
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/bin

The meaning of the configure options:

FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1

This forces the test for mknod to be run as root. It is generally considered dangerous to run this test as the root user, but as it is being run on a system that has only been partially built, overriding it is OK.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results (about 1 SBU), issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install
make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-1.28

6.65.2. Contents of Tar

Installed programs: rmt and tar

Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/tar-1.28

Short Descriptions

rmt

Remotely manipulates a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess communication connection

tar

Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives, also known as tarballs

6.66. Texinfo-5.2

The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and converting info pages.

Approximate build time: 0.5 SBU

Required disk space: 109 MB

6.66.1. Installation of Texinfo

Prepare Texinfo for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Optionally, install the components belonging in a TeX installation:

make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex

The meaning of the make parameter:

TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf

The TEXMF makefile variable holds the location of the root of the TeX tree if, for example, a TeX package will be installed later.

The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of menu entries. The file is located at /usr/share/info/dir. Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, it can sometimes get out of sync with the info pages installed on the system. If the /usr/share/info/dir file ever needs to be recreated, the following optional commands will accomplish the task:

pushd /usr/share/info
rm -v dir
for f in *
do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null
done
popd

6.66.2. Contents of Texinfo

Installed programs: info, infokey, install-info, makeinfo (link to texi2any), pdftexi2dvi, pod2texi, texi2any, texi2dvi, texi2pdf, and texindex

Installed directory: /usr/share/texinfo

Short Descriptions

info

Used to read info pages which are similar to man pages, but often go much deeper than just explaining all the available command line options [For example, compare man bison and info bison.]

infokey

Compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a binary format

install-info

Used to install info pages; it updates entries in the info index file

makeinfo

Translates the given Texinfo source documents into info pages, plain text, or HTML

pdftexi2dvi

Used to format the given Texinfo document into a Portable Document Format (PDF) file

pod2texi

Converts Pod to Texinfo format

texi2any

Translate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats

texi2dvi

Used to format the given Texinfo document into a device-independent file that can be printed

texi2pdf

Used to format the given Texinfo document into a Portable Document Format (PDF) file

texindex

Used to sort Texinfo index files

6.67. Eudev-2.1.1

The Eudev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device nodes.

Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU

Required disk space: 95 MB

6.67.1. Installation of Eudev

First, fix a test script:

sed -r -i 's|/usr(/bin/test)|\1|' test/udev-test.pl

Prepare Eudev for compilation:

BLKID_CFLAGS=-I/tools/include       \
BLKID_LIBS='-L/tools/lib -lblkid'   \
./configure --prefix=/usr           \
--bindir=/sbin          \
--sbindir=/sbin         \
--libdir=/usr/lib       \
--sysconfdir=/etc       \
--libexecdir=/lib       \
--with-rootprefix=      \
--with-rootlibdir=/lib  \
--enable-split-usr      \
--enable-libkmod        \
--enable-rule_generator \
--enable-keymap         \
--disable-introspection \
--disable-gudev         \
--disable-gtk-doc-html

Compile the package:

make

Create some directories now that are needed for tests, but will also be used as a part of installation:

mkdir -pv /lib/udev/rules.d
mkdir -pv /etc/udev/rules.d

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Now, install the man pages:

tar -xvf ../eudev-2.1.1-manpages.tar.bz2 -C /usr/share

Finally, install some custom rules and support files useful in an LFS environment:

tar -xvf ../udev-lfs-20140408.tar.bz2
make -f udev-lfs-20140408/Makefile.lfs install

6.67.2. Configuring Eudev

Information about hardware devices is maintained in the /etc/udev/hwdb.d and /usr/lib/udev/hwdb.d directories. Eudev needs that information to be compiled into a binary database /etc/udev/hwdb.bin. Create the initial database:

udevadm hwdb --update

This command needs to be run each time the hardware information is updated.

6.67.3. Contents of Eudev

Installed programs: udevadm and udevd

Installed libraries: libudev.so

Installed directories: /etc/udev, /lib/udev, and /lib/firmware

Short Descriptions

udevadm

Generic udev administration tool: controls the udevd daemon, provides info from the Udev database, monitors uevents, waits for uevents to finish, tests Udev configuration, and triggers uevents for a given device

udevd

A daemon that listens for uevents on the netlink socket, creates devices and runs the configured external programs in response to these uevents

libudev

A library interface to udev device information

/etc/udev

Contains Udev configuration files, device permissions, and rules for device naming

6.68. Util-linux-2.26

The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and messages.

Approximate build time: 1.3 SBU

Required disk space: 137 MB

6.68.1. FHS compliance notes

The FHS recommends using the /var/lib/hwclock directory instead of the usual /etc directory as the location for the adjtime file. First create a directory to enable storage for the hwclock program:

mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock

6.68.2. Installation of Util-linux

Prepare Util-linux for compilation:

./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime     \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.26 \
--disable-chfn-chsh  \
--disable-login      \
--disable-nologin    \
--disable-su         \
--disable-setpriv    \
--disable-runuser    \
--disable-pylibmount \
--without-python     \
--without-systemd    \
--without-systemdsystemunitdir

The --disable and --without options prevent warnings about building components that require packages not in LFS or are inconsistent with programs installed by other packages.

Compile the package:

make

If desired, run the test suite as a non-root user:

Warning

Running the test suite as the root user can be harmful to your system. To run it, the CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG option for the kernel must be available in the currently running system, and must be built as a module. Building it into the kernel will prevent booting. For complete coverage, other BLFS packages must be installed. If desired, this test can be run after rebooting into the completed LFS system and running:

bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD

chown -Rv nobody .
su nobody -s /bin/bash -c "PATH=$PATH make -k check"

Note

One test above, tests/ts/ipcs/limits2, will fail when the host is using a recent kernel. The failure can safely be ignored.

Install the package:

make install

6.68.3. Contents of Util-linux

Installed programs: addpart, agetty, blkdiscard, blkid, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chcpu, chrt, col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, delpart, dmesg, eject, fallocate, fdformat, fdisk, findfs, findmnt, flock, fsck, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, fsfreeze, fstrim, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, i386, ionice, ipcmk, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, kill, last, lastb (link to last), ldattach, linux32, linux64, logger, look, losetup, lsblk, lscpu, lslocks, lslogins, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, mountpoint, namei, partx, pg, pivot_root, prlimit, raw, readprofile, rename, renice, resizepart, rev, rtcwake, script, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk, sulogin, swaplabel, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, switch_root, tailf, taskset, ul, umount, unshare, utmpdump, uuidd, uuidgen, wall, wdctl, whereis, wipefs, x86_64, and zramctl

Installed libraries: libblkid.{a,so}, libfdisk.{a,so}, libmount.{a,so}, libsmartcols.{a,so}, and libuuid.{a,so}

Installed directories: /etc/terminal-colors.d, /usr/include/blkid, /usr/include/libmount, /usr/include/uuid, /usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.26/getopt, and /var/lib/hwclock

Short Descriptions

addpart

Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions

agetty

Opens a tty port, prompts for a login name, and then invokes the login program

blkdiscard

Discards sectors on a device

blkid

A command line utility to locate and print block device attributes

blockdev

Allows users to call block device ioctls from the command line

cal

Displays a simple calendar

cfdisk

Manipulates the partition table of the given device

chcpu

Modifies the state of CPUs

chrt

Manipulates real-time attributes of a process

col

Filters out reverse line feeds

colcrt

Filters nroff output for terminals that lack some capabilities, such as overstriking and half-lines

colrm

Filters out the given columns

column

Formats a given file into multiple columns

ctrlaltdel

Sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a hard or a soft reset

delpart

Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition

dmesg

Dumps the kernel boot messages

eject

Ejects removable media

fallocate

Preallocates space to a file

fdformat

Low-level formats a floppy disk

fdisk

Manipulates the paritition table of the given device

findfs

Finds a file system by label or Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)

findmnt

Is a command line interface to the libmount library for work with mountinfo, fstab and mtab files

flock

Acquires a file lock and then executes a command with the lock held

fsck

Is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems

fsck.cramfs

Performs a consistency check on the Cramfs file system on the given device

fsck.minix

Performs a consistency check on the Minix file system on the given device

fsfreeze

Is a very simple wrapper around FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl kernel driver operations

fstrim

Discards unused blocks on a mounted filesystem

getopt

Parses options in the given command line

hexdump

Dumps the given file in hexadecimal or in another given format

hwclock

Reads or sets the system's hardware clock, also called the Real-Time Clock (RTC) or Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) clock

i386

A symbolic link to setarch

ionice

Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program

ipcmk

Creates various IPC resources

ipcrm

Removes the given Inter-Process Communication (IPC) resource

ipcs

Provides IPC status information

isosize

Reports the size of an iso9660 file system

kill

Sends signals to processes

last

Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back through the /var/log/wtmp file; it also shows system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes

lastb

Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in /var/log/btmp

ldattach

Attaches a line discipline to a serial line

linux32

A symbolic link to setarch

linux64

A symbolic link to setarch

logger

Enters the given message into the system log

look

Displays lines that begin with the given string

losetup

Sets up and controls loop devices

lsblk

Lists information about all or selected block devices in a tree-like format

lscpu

Prints CPU architecture information

lslocks

Lists local system locks

lslogins

Lists information about users, groups and system accounts

mcookie

Generates magic cookies (128-bit random hexadecimal numbers) for xauth

mesg

Controls whether other users can send messages to the current user's terminal

mkfs

Builds a file system on a device (usually a hard disk partition)

mkfs.bfs

Creates a Santa Cruz Operations (SCO) bfs file system

mkfs.cramfs

Creates a cramfs file system

mkfs.minix

Creates a Minix file system

mkswap

Initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area

more

A filter for paging through text one screen at a time

mount

Attaches the file system on the given device to a specified directory in the file-system tree

mountpoint

Checks if the directory is a mountpoint

namei

Shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames

nsenter

Runs a program with namespaces of other processes

partx

Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk partitions

pg

Displays a text file one screen full at a time

pivot_root

Makes the given file system the new root file system of the current process

prlimit

Get and set a process' resource limits

raw

Bind a Linux raw character device to a block device

readprofile

Reads kernel profiling information

rename

Renames the given files, replacing a given string with another

renice

Alters the priority of running processes

resizepart

Asks the Linux kernel to resize a partition

rev

Reverses the lines of a given file

rtcwake

Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup time

script

Makes a typescript of a terminal session

scriptreplay

Plays back typescripts using timing information

setarch

Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and sets personality flags

setsid

Runs the given program in a new session

setterm

Sets terminal attributes

sfdisk

A disk partition table manipulator

sulogin

Allows root to log in; it is normally invoked by init when the system goes into single user mode

swaplabel

Allows to change swaparea UUID and label

swapoff

Disables devices and files for paging and swapping

swapon

Enables devices and files for paging and swapping and lists the devices and files currently in use

switch_root

Switches to another filesystem as the root of the mount tree

tailf

Tracks the growth of a log file; displays the last 10 lines of a log file, then continues displaying any new entries in the log file as they are created

taskset

Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity

ul

A filter for translating underscores into escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use

umount

Disconnects a file system from the system's file tree

unshare

Runs a program with some namespaces unshared from parent

utmpdump

Displays the content of the given login file in a more user-friendly format

uuidd

A daemon used by the UUID library to generate time-based UUIDs in a secure and guranteed-unique fashion

uuidgen

Creates new UUIDs. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the past and in the future

wall

Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users

wdctl

Shows hardware watchdog status

whereis

Reports the location of the binary, source, and man page for the given command

wipefs

Wipes a filesystem signature from a device

x86_64

A symbolic link to setarch

zramctl

A program to set up and control zram (compressed ram disk) devices

libblkid

Contains routines for device identification and token extraction

libfdisk

Contains routines for manipulating partition tables

libmount

Contains routines for block device mounting and unmounting

libsmartcols

Contains routines for aiding screen output in tabular form

libuuid

Contains routines for generating unique identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system

6.69. Man-DB-2.7.1

The Man-DB package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 33 MB

6.69.1. Installation of Man-DB

Prepare Man-DB for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr                          \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/man-db-2.7.1 \
--sysconfdir=/etc                      \
--disable-setuid                       \
--with-browser=/usr/bin/lynx           \
--with-vgrind=/usr/bin/vgrind          \
--with-grap=/usr/bin/grap

The meaning of the configure options:

--disable-setuid

This disables making the man program setuid to user man.

--with-...

These three parameters are used to set some default programs. lynx is a text-based web browser (see BLFS for installation instructions), vgrind converts program sources to Groff input, and grap is useful for typesetting graphs in Groff documents. The vgrind and grap programs are not normally needed for viewing manual pages. They are not part of LFS or BLFS, but you should be able to install them yourself after finishing LFS if you wish to do so.

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

6.69.2. Non-English Manual Pages in LFS

The following table shows the character set that Man-DB assumes manual pages installed under /usr/share/man/<ll> will be encoded with. In addition to this, Man-DB correctly determines if manual pages installed in that directory are UTF-8 encoded.

Table 6.1. Expected character encoding of legacy 8-bit manual pages

Language (code)

Encoding

Language (code)

Encoding

Danish (da)

ISO-8859-1

Croatian (hr)

ISO-8859-2

German (de)

ISO-8859-1

Hungarian (hu)

ISO-8859-2

English (en)

ISO-8859-1

Japanese (ja)

EUC-JP

Spanish (es)

ISO-8859-1

Korean (ko)

EUC-KR

Estonian (et)

ISO-8859-1

Lithuanian (lt)

ISO-8859-13

Finnish (fi)

ISO-8859-1

Latvian (lv)

ISO-8859-13

French (fr)

ISO-8859-1

Macedonian (mk)

ISO-8859-5

Irish (ga)

ISO-8859-1

Polish (pl)

ISO-8859-2

Galician (gl)

ISO-8859-1

Romanian (ro)

ISO-8859-2

Indonesian (id)

ISO-8859-1

Russian (ru)

KOI8-R

Icelandic (is)

ISO-8859-1

Slovak (sk)

ISO-8859-2

Italian (it)

ISO-8859-1

Slovenian (sl)

ISO-8859-2

Norwegian Bokmal (nb)

ISO-8859-1

Serbian Latin (sr@latin)

ISO-8859-2

Dutch (nl)

ISO-8859-1

Serbian (sr)

ISO-8859-5

Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)

ISO-8859-1

Turkish (tr)

ISO-8859-9

Norwegian (no)

ISO-8859-1

Ukrainian (uk)

KOI8-U

Portuguese (pt)

ISO-8859-1

Vietnamese (vi)

TCVN5712-1

Swedish (sv)

ISO-8859-1

Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)

GBK

Belarusian (be)

CP1251

Simplified Chinese, Singapore (zh_SG)

GBK

Bulgarian (bg)

CP1251

Traditional Chinese, Hong Kong (zh_HK)

BIG5HKSCS

Czech (cs)

ISO-8859-2

Traditional Chinese (zh_TW)

BIG5

Greek (el)

ISO-8859-7

Note

Manual pages in languages not in the list are not supported.

6.69.3. Contents of Man-DB

Installed programs: accessdb, apropos (link to whatis), catman, lexgrog, man, mandb, manpath, whatis, and zsoelim

Installed libraries: libman.so and libmandb.so

Installed directories: /usr/lib/man-db, /usr/libexec/man-db, and /usr/share/doc/man-db-2.7.1

Short Descriptions

accessdb

Dumps the whatis database contents in human-readable form

apropos

Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given string

catman

Creates or updates the pre-formatted manual pages

lexgrog

Displays one-line summary information about a given manual page

man

Formats and displays the requested manual page

mandb

Creates or updates the whatis database

manpath

Displays the contents of $MANPATH or (if $MANPATH is not set) a suitable search path based on the settings in man.conf and the user's environment

whatis

Searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions of system commands that contain the given keyword as a separate word

zsoelim

Reads files and replaces lines of the form .so file by the contents of the mentioned file

libman

Contains run-time support for man

libmandb

Contains run-time support for man

6.70. Vim-7.4

The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.

Approximate build time: 1.0 SBU

Required disk space: 139 MB

Alternatives to Vim

If you prefer another editor—such as Emacs, Joe, or Nano—please refer to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/postlfs/editors.html for suggested installation instructions.

6.70.1. Installation of Vim

First, change the default location of the vimrc configuration file to /etc:

echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h

Prepare Vim for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make -j1 test

However, this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the screen, which can cause issues with the settings of the current terminal. This can be resolved by redirecting the output to a log file. A successful test will result in the words "ALL DONE" at completion.

Install the package:

make install

Many users are used to using vi instead of vim. To allow execution of vim when users habitually enter vi, create a symlink for both the binary and the man page in the provided languages:

ln -sv vim /usr/bin/vi
for L in  /usr/share/man/{,*/}man1/vim.1; do
ln -sv vim.1 $(dirname $L)/vi.1
done

By default, Vim's documentation is installed in /usr/share/vim. The following symlink allows the documentation to be accessed via /usr/share/doc/vim-7.4, making it consistent with the location of documentation for other packages:

ln -sv ../vim/vim74/doc /usr/share/doc/vim-7.4

If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some additional libraries to be installed. For more information on this process, refer to the Vim documentation and the Vim installation page in the BLFS book at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/postlfs/vim.html.

6.70.2. Configuring Vim

By default, vim runs in vi-incompatible mode. This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The “nocompatible” setting is included below to highlight the fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would change to “compatible” mode that it should be the first setting in the configuration file. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and overrides must come after this setting. Create a default vim configuration file by running the following:

cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF"
" Begin /etc/vimrc

set nocompatible
set backspace=2
syntax on
if (&term == "iterm") || (&term == "putty")
set background=dark
endif

" End /etc/vimrc
EOF

The set nocompatible setting makes vim behave in a more useful way (the default) than the vi-compatible manner. Remove the “no” to keep the old vi behavior. The set backspace=2 setting allows backspacing over line breaks, autoindents, and the start of insert. The syntax on parameter enables vim's syntax highlighting. Finally, the if statement with the set background=dark setting corrects vim's guess about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the highlighting a better color scheme for use on the black background of these programs.

Documentation for other available options can be obtained by running the following command:

vim -c ':options'

Note

By default, Vim only installs spell files for the English language. To install spell files for your preferred language, download the *.spl and optionally, the *.sug files for your language and character encoding from ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/runtime/spell/ and save them to /usr/share/vim/vim74/spell/.

To use these spell files, some configuration in /etc/vimrc is needed, e.g.:

set spelllang=en,ru
set spell

For more information, see the appropriate README file located at the URL above.

6.70.3. Contents of Vim

Installed programs: ex (link to vim), rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), vi (link to vim), view (link to vim), vim, vimdiff (link to vim), vimtutor, and xxd

Installed directory: /usr/share/vim

Short Descriptions

ex

Starts vim in ex mode

rview

Is a restricted version of view; no shell commands can be started and view cannot be suspended

rvim

Is a restricted version of vim; no shell commands can be started and vim cannot be suspended

vi

Link to vim

view

Starts vim in read-only mode

vim

Is the editor

vimdiff

Edits two or three versions of a file with vim and show differences

vimtutor

Teaches the basic keys and commands of vim

xxd

Creates a hex dump of the given file; it can also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching

6.71. About Debugging Symbols

Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with debugging symbols included (with gcc's -g option). This means that when debugging a program or library that was compiled with debugging information included, the debugger can provide not only memory addresses, but also the names of the routines and variables.

However, the inclusion of these debugging symbols enlarges a program or library significantly. The following is an example of the amount of space these symbols occupy:

- A bash binary with debugging symbols: 1200 KB

- A bash binary without debugging symbols: 480 KB

- Glibc and GCC files (/lib and /usr/lib) with debugging symbols: 87 MB

- Glibc and GCC files without debugging symbols: 16 MB

Sizes may vary depending on which compiler and C library were used, but when comparing programs with and without debugging symbols, the difference will usually be a factor between two and five.

Because most users will never use a debugger on their system software, a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols. The next section shows how to strip all debugging symbols from the programs and libraries.

6.72. Stripping Again

If the intended user is not a programmer and does not plan to do any debugging on the system software, the system size can be decreased by about 90 MB by removing the debugging symbols from binaries and libraries. This causes no inconvenience other than not being able to debug the software fully anymore.

Most people who use the command mentioned below do not experience any difficulties. However, it is easy to make a typo and render the new system unusable, so before running the strip command, it is a good idea to make a backup of the LFS system in its current state.

Before performing the stripping, take special care to ensure that none of the binaries that are about to be stripped are running. If unsure whether the user entered chroot with the command given in Section 6.4, “Entering the Chroot Environment,” first exit from chroot:

logout

Then reenter it with:

chroot $LFS /tools/bin/env -i            \
HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin   \
/tools/bin/bash --login

Now the binaries and libraries can be safely stripped:

/tools/bin/find /{,usr/}{bin,lib,sbin} -type f \
-exec /tools/bin/strip --strip-debug '{}' ';'

A large number of files will be reported as having their file format not recognized. These warnings can be safely ignored. These warnings indicate that those files are scripts instead of binaries.

6.73. Cleaning Up

Finally, clean up some extra files left around from running tests:

rm -rf /tmp/*

From now on, when reentering the chroot environment after exiting, use the following modified chroot command:

chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i              \
HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin     \
/bin/bash --login

The reason for this is that the programs in /tools are no longer needed. Since they are no longer needed you can delete the /tools directory if so desired.

Note

Removing /tools will also remove the temporary copies of Tcl, Expect, and DejaGNU which were used for running the toolchain tests. If you need these programs later on, they will need to be recompiled and re-installed. The BLFS book has instructions for this (see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/).

rm -rf /tools

If the virtual kernel file systems have been unmounted, either manually or through a reboot, ensure that the virtual kernel file systems are mounted when reentering the chroot. This process was explained in Section 6.2.2, “Mounting and Populating /dev” and Section 6.2.3, “Mounting Virtual Kernel File Systems”.

Chapter 7. System Configuration and Bootscripts

7.1. Introduction

Booting a Linux system involves several tasks. The process must mount both virtual and real file systems, initialize devices, activate swap, check file systems for integrity, mount any swap partitions or files, set the system clock, bring up networking, start any daemons required by the system, and accomplish any other custom tasks needed by the user. This process must be organized to ensure the tasks are performed in the correct order but, at the same time, be executed as fast as possible.

7.1.1. System V

System V is the classic boot process that has been used in Unix and Unix-like systems such as Linux since about 1983. It consists of a small program, init, that sets up basic programs such as login (via getty) and runs a script. This script, usually named rc, controls the execution of a set of additional scripts that perform the tasks required to initialize the system.

The init program is controlled by the /etc/inittab file and is organized into run levels that can be run by the user:

0 — halt
1 — Single user mode
2 — Multiuser, without networking
3 — Full multiuser mode
4 — User definable
5 — Full multiuser mode with display manager
6 — reboot

The usual default run level is 3 or 5.

Advantages

- Established, well understood system.

- Easy to customize.

Disadvantages

- Slower to boot. A medium speed base LFS system takes 8-12 seconds where the boot time is measured from the first kernel message to the login prompt. Network connectivity is typically established about 2 seconds after the login prompt.

- Serial processing of boot tasks. This is related to the previous point. A delay in any process such as a file system check, will delay the entire boot process.

- Does not directly support advanced features like control groups (cgroups), and per-user fair share scheduling.

- Adding scripts requires manual, static sequencing decisions.

7.2. LFS-Bootscripts-20150222

The LFS-Bootscripts package contains a set of scripts to start/stop the LFS system at bootup/shutdown. The configuration files and procedures needed to customize the boot process are described in the following sections.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 240 KB

7.2.1. Installation of LFS-Bootscripts

Install the package:

make install

7.2.2. Contents of LFS-Bootscripts

Installed scripts: checkfs, cleanfs, console, functions, halt, ifdown, ifup, localnet, modules, mountfs, mountvirtfs, network, rc, reboot, sendsignals, setclock, ipv4-static, swap, sysctl, sysklogd, template, udev, and udev_retry

Installed directories: /etc/rc.d, /etc/init.d (symbolic link), /etc/sysconfig, /lib/services, /lib/lsb (symbolic link)

Short Descriptions

checkfs

Checks the integrity of the file systems before they are mounted (with the exception of journal and network based file systems)

cleanfs

Removes files that should not be preserved between reboots, such as those in /var/run/ and /var/lock/; it re-creates /var/run/utmp and removes the possibly present /etc/nologin, /fastboot, and /forcefsck files

console

Loads the correct keymap table for the desired keyboard layout; it also sets the screen font

functions

Contains common functions, such as error and status checking, that are used by several bootscripts

halt

Halts the system

ifdown

Stops a network device

ifup

Initializes a network device

localnet

Sets up the system's hostname and local loopback device

modules

Loads kernel modules listed in /etc/sysconfig/modules, using arguments that are also given there

mountfs

Mounts all file systems, except ones that are marked noauto or are network based

mountvirtfs

Mounts virtual kernel file systems, such as proc

network

Sets up network interfaces, such as network cards, and sets up the default gateway (where applicable)

rc

The master run-level control script; it is responsible for running all the other bootscripts one-by-one, in a sequence determined by the name of the symbolic links being processed

reboot

Reboots the system

sendsignals

Makes sure every process is terminated before the system reboots or halts

setclock

Resets the kernel clock to local time in case the hardware clock is not set to UTC time

ipv4-static

Provides the functionality needed to assign a static Internet Protocol (IP) address to a network interface

swap

Enables and disables swap files and partitions

sysctl

Loads system configuration values from /etc/sysctl.conf, if that file exists, into the running kernel

sysklogd

Starts and stops the system and kernel log daemons

template

A template to create custom bootscripts for other daemons

udev

Prepares the /dev directory and starts Udev

udev_retry

Retries failed udev uevents, and copies generated rules files from /run/udev to /etc/udev/rules.d if required

7.3. Overview of Device and Module Handling

In Chapter 6, we installed the Udev package when eudev was built. Before we go into the details regarding how this works, a brief history of previous methods of handling devices is in order.

Linux systems in general traditionally used a static device creation method, whereby a great many device nodes were created under /dev (sometimes literally thousands of nodes), regardless of whether the corresponding hardware devices actually existed. This was typically done via a MAKEDEV script, which contains a number of calls to the mknod program with the relevant major and minor device numbers for every possible device that might exist in the world.

Using the Udev method, only those devices which are detected by the kernel get device nodes created for them. Because these device nodes will be created each time the system boots, they will be stored on a devtmpfs file system (a virtual file system that resides entirely in system memory). Device nodes do not require much space, so the memory that is used is negligible.

7.3.1. History

In February 2000, a new filesystem called devfs was merged into the 2.3.46 kernel and was made available during the 2.4 series of stable kernels. Although it was present in the kernel source itself, this method of creating devices dynamically never received overwhelming support from the core kernel developers.

The main problem with the approach adopted by devfs was the way it handled device detection, creation, and naming. The latter issue, that of device node naming, was perhaps the most critical. It is generally accepted that if device names are allowed to be configurable, then the device naming policy should be up to a system administrator, not imposed on them by any particular developer(s). The devfs file system also suffered from race conditions that were inherent in its design and could not be fixed without a substantial revision to the kernel. It was marked as deprecated for a long period – due to a lack of maintenance – and was finally removed from the kernel in June, 2006.

With the development of the unstable 2.5 kernel tree, later released as the 2.6 series of stable kernels, a new virtual filesystem called sysfs came to be. The job of sysfs is to export a view of the system's hardware configuration to userspace processes. With this userspace-visible representation, the possibility of developing a userspace replacement for devfs became much more realistic.

7.3.2. Udev Implementation

7.3.2.1. Sysfs

The sysfs filesystem was mentioned briefly above. One may wonder how sysfs knows about the devices present on a system and what device numbers should be used for them. Drivers that have been compiled into the kernel directly register their objects with a sysfs (devtmpfs internally) as they are detected by the kernel. For drivers compiled as modules, this registration will happen when the module is loaded. Once the sysfs filesystem is mounted (on /sys), data which the drivers register with sysfs are available to userspace processes and to udevd for processing (including modifications to device nodes).

7.3.2.2. Device Node Creation

Device files are created by the kernel by the devtmpfs filesystem. Any driver that wishes to register a device node will go through the devtmpfs (via the driver core) to do it. When a devtmpfs instance is mounted on /dev, the device node will initially be created with a fixed name, permissions, and owner.

A short time later, the kernel will send a uevent to udevd. Based on the rules specified in the files within the /etc/udev/rules.d, /lib/udev/rules.d, and /run/udev/rules.d directories, udevd will create additional symlinks to the device node, or change its permissions, owner, or group, or modify the internal udevd database entry (name) for that object.

The rules in these three directories are numbered and all three directories are merged together. If udevd can't find a rule for the device it is creating, it will leave the permissions and ownership at whatever devtmpfs used initially.

7.3.2.3. Module Loading

Device drivers compiled as modules may have aliases built into them. Aliases are visible in the output of the modinfo program and are usually related to the bus-specific identifiers of devices supported by a module. For example, the snd-fm801 driver supports PCI devices with vendor ID 0x1319 and device ID 0x0801, and has an alias of “pci:v00001319d00000801sv*sd*bc04sc01i*”. For most devices, the bus driver exports the alias of the driver that would handle the device via sysfs. E.g., the /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:0d.0/modalias file might contain the string “pci:v00001319d00000801sv00001319sd00001319bc04sc01i00”. The default rules provided with Udev will cause udevd to call out to /sbin/modprobe with the contents of the MODALIAS uevent environment variable (which should be the same as the contents of the modalias file in sysfs), thus loading all modules whose aliases match this string after wildcard expansion.

In this example, this means that, in addition to snd-fm801, the obsolete (and unwanted) forte driver will be loaded if it is available. See below for ways in which the loading of unwanted drivers can be prevented.

The kernel itself is also able to load modules for network protocols, filesystems and NLS support on demand.

7.3.2.4. Handling Hotpluggable/Dynamic Devices

When you plug in a device, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) MP3 player, the kernel recognizes that the device is now connected and generates a uevent. This uevent is then handled by udevd as described above.

7.3.3. Problems with Loading Modules and Creating Devices

There are a few possible problems when it comes to automatically creating device nodes.

7.3.3.1. A kernel module is not loaded automatically

Udev will only load a module if it has a bus-specific alias and the bus driver properly exports the necessary aliases to sysfs. In other cases, one should arrange module loading by other means. With Linux-3.19, Udev is known to load properly-written drivers for INPUT, IDE, PCI, USB, SCSI, SERIO, and FireWire devices.

To determine if the device driver you require has the necessary support for Udev, run modinfo with the module name as the argument. Now try locating the device directory under /sys/bus and check whether there is a modalias file there.

If the modalias file exists in sysfs, the driver supports the device and can talk to it directly, but doesn't have the alias, it is a bug in the driver. Load the driver without the help from Udev and expect the issue to be fixed later.

If there is no modalias file in the relevant directory under /sys/bus, this means that the kernel developers have not yet added modalias support to this bus type. With Linux-3.19, this is the case with ISA busses. Expect this issue to be fixed in later kernel versions.

Udev is not intended to load “wrapper” drivers such as snd-pcm-oss and non-hardware drivers such as loop at all.

7.3.3.2. A kernel module is not loaded automatically, and Udev is not intended to load it

If the “wrapper” module only enhances the functionality provided by some other module (e.g., snd-pcm-oss enhances the functionality of snd-pcm by making the sound cards available to OSS applications), configure modprobe to load the wrapper after Udev loads the wrapped module. To do this, add a “softdep” line in any /etc/modprobe.d/<filename>.conf file. For example:

softdep snd-pcm post: snd-pcm-oss

Note that the “softdep” command also allows pre: dependencies, or a mixture of both pre: and post:. See the modprobe.d(5) manual page for more information on “softdep” syntax and capabilities.

If the module in question is not a wrapper and is useful by itself, configure the modules bootscript to load this module on system boot. To do this, add the module name to the /etc/sysconfig/modules file on a separate line. This works for wrapper modules too, but is suboptimal in that case.

7.3.3.3. Udev loads some unwanted module

Either don't build the module, or blacklist it in a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf file as done with the forte module in the example below:

blacklist forte

Blacklisted modules can still be loaded manually with the explicit modprobe command.

7.3.3.4. Udev creates a device incorrectly, or makes a wrong symlink

This usually happens if a rule unexpectedly matches a device. For example, a poorly-writen rule can match both a SCSI disk (as desired) and the corresponding SCSI generic device (incorrectly) by vendor. Find the offending rule and make it more specific, with the help of the udevadm info command.

7.3.3.5. Udev rule works unreliably

This may be another manifestation of the previous problem. If not, and your rule uses sysfs attributes, it may be a kernel timing issue, to be fixed in later kernels. For now, you can work around it by creating a rule that waits for the used sysfs attribute and appending it to the /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wait_for_sysfs.rules file (create this file if it does not exist). Please notify the LFS Development list if you do so and it helps.

7.3.3.6. Device naming order changes randomly after rebooting

This is due to the fact that Udev, by design, handles uevents and loads modules in parallel, and thus in an unpredictable order. This will never be “fixed”. You should not rely upon the kernel device names being stable. Instead, create your own rules that make symlinks with stable names based on some stable attributes of the device, such as a serial number or the output of various *_id utilities installed by Udev. See Section 7.4, “Managing Devices” and Section 7.5, “General Network Configuration” for examples.

7.3.4. Useful Reading

Additional helpful documentation is available at the following sites:

- A Userspace Implementation of devfs http://www.kroah.com/linux/talks/ols_2003_udev_paper/Reprint-Kroah-Hartman-OLS2003.pdf

- The sysfs Filesystem http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mochel/doc/papers/ols-2005/mochel.pdf

7.4. Managing Devices

7.4.1. Network Devices

Udev, by default, names network devices according to Firmware/BIOS data or physical characteristics like the bus, slot, or MAC address. The purpose of this naming convention is to ensure that network devices are named consistently and not based on the time the network card was discovered. For example, on a computer having two network cards made by Intel and Realtek, the network card manufactured by Intel may become eth0 and the Realtek card becomes eth1. In some cases, after a reboot the cards get renumbered the other way around.

In the new naming scheme, typical network device names would then be something like enp5s0 or wlp3s0. If this naming convention is not desired, the traditional naming scheme or a custom scheme can be implemented.

7.4.1.1. Disabling Persistent Naming on the Kernel Command Line

The traditional naming scheme using eth0, eth1, etc can be restored by adding net.ifnames=0 on the kernel command line. This is most appropriate for those systems that have only one ethernet device of the same type. Laptops often have multiple ethernet connections that are named eth0 and wlan0 and are also candidates for this method. The command line is passed in the GRUB configuration file. See Section 8.4.4, “Creating the GRUB Configuration File”.

7.4.1.2. Creating Custom Udev Rules

The naming scheme can be customized by creating custom Udev rules. A script has been included that generates the initial rules. Generate these rules by running:

bash /lib/udev/init-net-rules.sh

Now, inspect the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules file, to find out which name was assigned to which network device:

cat /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

Note

In some cases such as when MAC addresess have been assigned to a network card manually or in a virtual environment such as Qemu or Xen, the network rules file may not have been generated because addresses are not consistently assigned. In these cases, this method cannot be used.

The file begins with a comment block followed by two lines for each NIC. The first line for each NIC is a commented description showing its hardware IDs (e.g. its PCI vendor and device IDs, if it's a PCI card), along with its driver in parentheses, if the driver can be found. Neither the hardware ID nor the driver is used to determine which name to give an interface; this information is only for reference. The second line is the Udev rule that matches this NIC and actually assigns it a name.

All Udev rules are made up of several keys, separated by commas and optional whitespace. This rule's keys and an explanation of each of them are as follows:

- SUBSYSTEM=="net" - This tells Udev to ignore devices that are not network cards.

- ACTION=="add" - This tells Udev to ignore this rule for a uevent that isn't an add ("remove" and "change" uevents also happen, but don't need to rename network interfaces).

- DRIVERS=="?*" - This exists so that Udev will ignore VLAN or bridge sub-interfaces (because these sub-interfaces do not have drivers). These sub-interfaces are skipped because the name that would be assigned would collide with their parent devices.

- ATTR{address} - The value of this key is the NIC's MAC address.

- ATTR{type}=="1" - This ensures the rule only matches the primary interface in the case of certain wireless drivers, which create multiple virtual interfaces. The secondary interfaces are skipped for the same reason that VLAN and bridge sub-interfaces are skipped: there would be a name collision otherwise.

- NAME - The value of this key is the name that Udev will assign to this interface.

The value of NAME is the important part. Make sure you know which name has been assigned to each of your network cards before proceeding, and be sure to use that NAME value when creating your configuration files below.

7.4.2. CD-ROM symlinks

Some software that you may want to install later (e.g., various media players) expect the /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd symlinks to exist, and to point to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM device. Also, it may be convenient to put references to those symlinks into /etc/fstab. Udev comes with a script that will generate rules files to create these symlinks for you, depending on the capabilities of each device, but you need to decide which of two modes of operation you wish to have the script use.

First, the script can operate in “by-path” mode (used by default for USB and FireWire devices), where the rules it creates depend on the physical path to the CD or DVD device. Second, it can operate in “by-id” mode (default for IDE and SCSI devices), where the rules it creates depend on identification strings stored in the CD or DVD device itself. The path is determined by Udev's path_id script, and the identification strings are read from the hardware by its ata_id or scsi_id programs, depending on which type of device you have.

There are advantages to each approach; the correct approach to use will depend on what kinds of device changes may happen. If you expect the physical path to the device (that is, the ports and/or slots that it plugs into) to change, for example because you plan on moving the drive to a different IDE port or a different USB connector, then you should use the “by-id” mode. On the other hand, if you expect the device's identification to change, for example because it may die, and you would replace it with a different device with the same capabilities and which is plugged into the same connectors, then you should use the “by-path” mode.

If either type of change is possible with your drive, then choose a mode based on the type of change you expect to happen more often.

Important

External devices (for example, a USB-connected CD drive) should not use by-path persistence, because each time the device is plugged into a new external port, its physical path will change. All externally-connected devices will have this problem if you write Udev rules to recognize them by their physical path; the problem is not limited to CD and DVD drives.

If you wish to see the values that the Udev scripts will use, then for the appropriate CD-ROM device, find the corresponding directory under /sys (e.g., this can be /sys/block/hdd) and run a command similar to the following:

udevadm test /sys/block/hdd

Look at the lines containing the output of various *_id programs. The “by-id” mode will use the ID_SERIAL value if it exists and is not empty, otherwise it will use a combination of ID_MODEL and ID_REVISION. The “by-path” mode will use the ID_PATH value.

If the default mode is not suitable for your situation, then the following modification can be made to the /etc/udev/rules.d/83-cdrom-symlinks.rules file, as follows (where mode is one of “by-id” or “by-path”):

sed -i -e 's/"write_cd_rules"/"write_cd_rules mode"/' \
/etc/udev/rules.d/83-cdrom-symlinks.rules

Note that it is not necessary to create the rules files or symlinks at this time, because you have bind-mounted the host's /dev directory into the LFS system, and we assume the symlinks exist on the host. The rules and symlinks will be created the first time you boot your LFS system.

However, if you have multiple CD-ROM devices, then the symlinks generated at that time may point to different devices than they point to on your host, because devices are not discovered in a predictable order. The assignments created when you first boot the LFS system will be stable, so this is only an issue if you need the symlinks on both systems to point to the same device. If you need that, then inspect (and possibly edit) the generated /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules file after booting, to make sure the assigned symlinks match what you need.

7.4.3. Dealing with duplicate devices

As explained in Section 7.3, “Overview of Device and Module Handling”, the order in which devices with the same function appear in /dev is essentially random. E.g., if you have a USB web camera and a TV tuner, sometimes /dev/video0 refers to the camera and /dev/video1 refers to the tuner, and sometimes after a reboot the order changes to the opposite one. For all classes of hardware except sound cards and network cards, this is fixable by creating Udev rules for custom persistent symlinks. The case of network cards is covered separately in Section 7.5, “General Network Configuration”, and sound card configuration can be found in BLFS.

For each of your devices that is likely to have this problem (even if the problem doesn't exist in your current Linux distribution), find the corresponding directory under /sys/class or /sys/block. For video devices, this may be /sys/class/video4linux/videoX. Figure out the attributes that identify the device uniquely (usually, vendor and product IDs and/or serial numbers work):

udevadm info -a -p /sys/class/video4linux/video0

Then write rules that create the symlinks, e.g.:

cat > /etc/udev/rules.d/83-duplicate_devs.rules << "EOF"

# Persistent symlinks for webcam and tuner
KERNEL=="video*", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1910", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0d81", \
SYMLINK+="webcam"
KERNEL=="video*", ATTRS{device}=="0x036f", ATTRS{vendor}=="0x109e", \
SYMLINK+="tvtuner"

EOF

The result is that /dev/video0 and /dev/video1 devices still refer randomly to the tuner and the web camera (and thus should never be used directly), but there are symlinks /dev/tvtuner and /dev/webcam that always point to the correct device.

7.5. General Network Configuration

This section only applies if a network card is to be configured.

If a network card will not be used, there is likely no need to create any configuration files relating to network cards. If that is the case, you will need to remove the network symlinks from all run-level directories (/etc/rc.d/rc*.d) after the bootscripts are installed in Section 7.2, “LFS-Bootscripts-20150222”.

7.5.1. Creating Network Interface Configuration Files

Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script usually depends on the files in /etc/sysconfig/. This directory should contain a file for each interface to be configured, such as ifconfig.xyz, where “xyz” is required to be a Network Card Interface name (e.g. eth0). Inside this file are attributes to this interface, such as its IP address(es), subnet masks, and so forth. It is necessary that the stem of the filename be ifconfig.

Note

If the procedure in the previous section was not used, Udev will assign network card interface names based on system physical characteristics such as enp2s1. If you are not sure what your interface name is, you can always run ip link after you have booted your system. Again, it is important that ifconfig.xyz is named after correct network card interface name (e.g. ifconfig.enp2s1 or ifconfig.eth0) or your network interface will not be initialized during the boot process.

The following command creates a sample file for the eth0 device with a static IP address:

cd /etc/sysconfig/
cat > ifconfig.eth0 << "EOF"
ONBOOT=yes
IFACE=eth0
SERVICE=ipv4-static
IP=192.168.1.2
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
PREFIX=24
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
EOF

The values of these variables must be changed in every file to match the proper setup.

If the ONBOOT variable is set to “yes” the System V network script will bring up the Network Interface Card (NIC) during booting of the system. If set to anything but “yes” the NIC will be ignored by the network script and not be automatically brought up. The interface can be manually started or stopped with the ifup and ifdown commands.

The IFACE variable defines the interface name, for example, eth0. It is required for all network device configuration files.

The SERVICE variable defines the method used for obtaining the IP address. The LFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP assignment format, and creating additional files in the /lib/services/ directory allows other IP assignment methods. This is commonly used for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which is addressed in the BLFS book.

The GATEWAY variable should contain the default gateway IP address, if one is present. If not, then comment out the variable entirely.

The PREFIX variable contains the number of bits used in the subnet. Each octet in an IP address is 8 bits. If the subnet's netmask is 255.255.255.0, then it is using the first three octets (24 bits) to specify the network number. If the netmask is 255.255.255.240, it would be using the first 28 bits. Prefixes longer than 24 bits are commonly used by DSL and cable-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In this example (PREFIX=24), the netmask is 255.255.255.0. Adjust the PREFIX variable according to your specific subnet. If omitted, the PREFIX defaults to 24.

For more information see the ifup man page.

7.5.2. Creating the /etc/resolv.conf File

If the system is going to be connected to the Internet, it will need some means of Domain Name Service (DNS) name resolution to resolve Internet domain names to IP addresses, and vice versa. This is best achieved by placing the IP address of the DNS server, available from the ISP or network administrator, into /etc/resolv.conf. Create the file by running the following:

cat > /etc/resolv.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/resolv.conf

domain <Your Domain Name>
nameserver <IP address of your primary nameserver>
nameserver <IP address of your secondary nameserver>

# End /etc/resolv.conf
EOF

The domain statement can be omitted or replaced with a search statement. See the man page for resolv.conf for more details.

Replace <IP address of the nameserver> with the IP address of the DNS most appropriate for the setup. There will often be more than one entry (requirements demand secondary servers for fallback capability). If you only need or want one DNS server, remove the second nameserver line from the file. The IP address may also be a router on the local network.

Note

The Google Public IPv4 DNS addresses are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

7.5.3. Configuring the system hostname

During the boot process, the file /etc/hostname is used for establishing the system's hostname.

Create the /etc/hostname file and enter a hostname by running:

echo "<lfs>" > /etc/hostname

<lfs> needs to be replaced with the name given to the computer. Do not enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) here. That information is put in the /etc/hosts file.

7.5.4. Customizing the /etc/hosts File

Decide on the IP address, fully-qualified domain name (FQDN), and possible aliases for use in the /etc/hosts file. The syntax is:

IP_address myhost.example.org aliases

Unless the computer is to be visible to the Internet (i.e., there is a registered domain and a valid block of assigned IP addresses—most users do not have this), make sure that the IP address is in the private network IP address range. Valid ranges are:

Private Network Address Range      Normal Prefix
10.0.0.1 - 10.255.255.254           8
172.x.0.1 - 172.x.255.254           16
192.168.y.1 - 192.168.y.254         24

x can be any number in the range 16-31. y can be any number in the range 0-255.

A valid private IP address could be 192.168.1.1. A valid FQDN for this IP could be lfs.example.org.

Even if not using a network card, a valid FQDN is still required. This is necessary for certain programs to operate correctly.

Create the /etc/hosts file by running:

cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/hosts (network card version)

127.0.0.1 localhost
<192.168.1.1> <HOSTNAME.example.org> [alias1] [alias2 ...]

# End /etc/hosts (network card version)
EOF

The <192.168.1.1> and <HOSTNAME.example.org> values need to be changed for specific uses or requirements (if assigned an IP address by a network/system administrator and the machine will be connected to an existing network). The optional alias name(s) can be omitted.

If a network card is not going to be configured, create the /etc/hosts file by running:

cat > /etc/hosts << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/hosts (no network card version)

127.0.0.1 <HOSTNAME.example.org> <HOSTNAME> localhost

# End /etc/hosts (no network card version)
EOF

7.6. System V Bootscript Usage and Configuration

7.6.1. How Do the System V Bootscripts Work?

Linux uses a special booting facility named SysVinit that is based on a concept of run-levels. It can be quite different from one system to another, so it cannot be assumed that because things worked in one particular Linux distribution, they should work the same in LFS too. LFS has its own way of doing things, but it respects generally accepted standards.

SysVinit (which will be referred to as “init” from now on) works using a run-levels scheme. There are seven (numbered 0 to 6) run-levels (actually, there are more run-levels, but they are for special cases and are generally not used. See init(8) for more details), and each one of those corresponds to the actions the computer is supposed to perform when it starts up. The default run-level is 3. Here are the descriptions of the different run-levels as they are implemented:

0: halt the computer
1: single-user mode
2: multi-user mode without networking
3: multi-user mode with networking
4: reserved for customization, otherwise does the same as 3
5: same as 4, it is usually used for GUI login (like X's xdm or KDE's kdm)
6: reboot the computer

7.6.2. Configuring Sysvinit

During the kernel initialization, the first program that is run is either specified on the command line or, by default init. This program reads the initialization file /etc/inittab. Create this file with:

cat > /etc/inittab << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/inittab

id:3:initdefault:

si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc S

l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 0
l1:S1:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 1
l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 2
l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 3
l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 4
l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 5
l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc 6

ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now

su:S016:once:/sbin/sulogin

1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty --noclear tty1 9600
2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty2 9600
3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty3 9600
4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty4 9600
5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty5 9600
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty tty6 9600

# End /etc/inittab
EOF

An explanation of this initialization file is in the man page for inittab. For LFS, the key command that is run is rc. The intialization file above will instruct rc to run all the scripts starting with an S in the /etc/rc.d/rcS.d directory followed by all the scripts starting with an S in the /etc/rc.d/rc?.d directory where the question mark is specified by the initdefault value.

As a convenience, the rc script reads a library of functions in /lib/lsb/init-functions. This library also reads an optional configuration file, /etc/sysconfig/rc.site. Any of the system configuration file parameters described in subsequent sections can be alternatively placed in this file allowing consolidation of all system parameters in this one file.

As a debugging convenience, the functions script also logs all output to /run/var/bootlog. Since the /run directory is a tmpfs, this file is not persistent across boots, however it is appended to the more permanent file /var/log/boot.log at the end of the boot process.

7.6.2.1. Changing Run Levels

Changing run-levels is done with init <runlevel>, where <runlevel> is the target run-level. For example, to reboot the computer, a user could issue the init 6 command, which is an alias for the reboot command. Likewise, init 0 is an alias for the halt command.

There are a number of directories under /etc/rc.d that look like rc?.d (where ? is the number of the run-level) and rcsysinit.d, all containing a number of symbolic links. Some begin with a K, the others begin with an S, and all of them have two numbers following the initial letter. The K means to stop (kill) a service and the S means to start a service. The numbers determine the order in which the scripts are run, from 00 to 99—the lower the number the earlier it gets executed. When init switches to another run-level, the appropriate services are either started or stopped, depending on the runlevel chosen.

The real scripts are in /etc/rc.d/init.d. They do the actual work, and the symlinks all point to them. K links and S links point to the same script in /etc/rc.d/init.d. This is because the scripts can be called with different parameters like start, stop, restart, reload, and status. When a K link is encountered, the appropriate script is run with the stop argument. When an S link is encountered, the appropriate script is run with the start argument.

There is one exception to this explanation. Links that start with an S in the rc0.d and rc6.d directories will not cause anything to be started. They will be called with the parameter stop to stop something. The logic behind this is that when a user is going to reboot or halt the system, nothing needs to be started. The system only needs to be stopped.

These are descriptions of what the arguments make the scripts do:

start

The service is started.

stop

The service is stopped.

restart

The service is stopped and then started again.

reload

The configuration of the service is updated. This is used after the configuration file of a service was modified, when the service does not need to be restarted.

status

Tells if the service is running and with which PIDs.

Feel free to modify the way the boot process works (after all, it is your own LFS system). The files given here are an example of how it can be done.

7.6.3. Udev Bootscripts

The /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev initscript starts udevd, triggers any "coldplug" devices that have already been created by the kernel and waits for any rules to complete. The script also unsets the uevent handler from the default of /sbin/hotplug . This is done because the kernel no longer needs to call out to an external binary. Instead udevd will listen on a netlink socket for uevents that the kernel raises.

The /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry initscript takes care of re-triggering events for subsystems whose rules may rely on filesystems that are not mounted until the mountfs script is run (in particular, /usr and /var may cause this). This script runs after the mountfs script, so those rules (if re-triggered) should succeed the second time around. It is configured from the /etc/sysconfig/udev_retry file; any words in this file other than comments are considered subsystem names to trigger at retry time. To find the subsystem of a device, use udevadm info --attribute-walk <device> where <device> is an absolute path in /dev or /sys such as /dev/sr0 or /sys/class/rtc.

7.6.3.1. Module Loading

Device drivers compiled as modules may have aliases built into them. Aliases are visible in the output of the modinfo program and are usually related to the bus-specific identifiers of devices supported by a module. For example, the snd-fm801 driver supports PCI devices with vendor ID 0x1319 and device ID 0x0801, and has an alias of “pci:v00001319d00000801sv*sd*bc04sc01i*”. For most devices, the bus driver exports the alias of the driver that would handle the device via sysfs. E.g., the /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:0d.0/modalias file might contain the string “pci:v00001319d00000801sv00001319sd00001319bc04sc01i00”. The default rules provided with Udev will cause udevd to call out to /sbin/modprobe with the contents of the MODALIAS uevent environment variable (which should be the same as the contents of the modalias file in sysfs), thus loading all modules whose aliases match this string after wildcard expansion.

In this example, this means that, in addition to snd-fm801, the obsolete (and unwanted) forte driver will be loaded if it is available. See below for ways in which the loading of unwanted drivers can be prevented.

The kernel itself is also able to load modules for network protocols, filesystems and NLS support on demand.

7.6.3.2. Handling Hotpluggable/Dynamic Devices

When you plug in a device, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) MP3 player, the kernel recognizes that the device is now connected and generates a uevent. This uevent is then handled by udevd as described above.

7.6.4. Configuring the System Clock

The setclock script reads the time from the hardware clock, also known as the BIOS or the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) clock. If the hardware clock is set to UTC, this script will convert the hardware clock's time to the local time using the /etc/localtime file (which tells the hwclock program which timezone the user is in). There is no way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, so this needs to be configured manually.

The setclock is run via udev when the kernel detects the hardware capability upon boot. It can also be run manually with the stop parameter to store the system time to the CMOS clock.

If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, find out by running the hwclock --localtime --show command. This will display what the current time is according to the hardware clock. If this time matches whatever your watch says, then the hardware clock is set to local time. If the output from hwclock is not local time, chances are it is set to UTC time. Verify this by adding or subtracting the proper amount of hours for the timezone to the time shown by hwclock. For example, if you are currently in the MST timezone, which is also known as GMT -0700, add seven hours to the local time.

Change the value of the UTC variable below to a value of 0 (zero) if the hardware clock is not set to UTC time.

Create a new file /etc/sysconfig/clock by running the following:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/clock << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/clock

UTC=1

# Set this to any options you might need to give to hwclock,
# such as machine hardware clock type for Alphas.
CLOCKPARAMS=

# End /etc/sysconfig/clock
EOF

A good hint explaining how to deal with time on LFS is available at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/time.txt. It explains issues such as time zones, UTC, and the TZ environment variable.

Note

The CLOCKPARAMS and UTC paramaters may be alternatively set in the /etc/sysconfig/rc.site file.

7.6.5. Configuring the Linux Console

This section discusses how to configure the console bootscript that sets up the keyboard map, console font and console kernel log level. If non-ASCII characters (e.g., the copyright sign, the British pound sign and Euro symbol) will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, much of this section can be skipped. Without the configuration file, (or equivalent settings in rc.site), the console bootscript will do nothing.

The console script reads the /etc/sysconfig/console file for configuration information. Decide which keymap and screen font will be used. Various language-specific HOWTOs can also help with this, see http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/other-lang.html. If still in doubt, look in the /usr/share/keymaps and /usr/share/consolefonts directories for valid keymaps and screen fonts. Read loadkeys(1) and setfont(8) manual pages to determine the correct arguments for these programs.

The /etc/sysconfig/console file should contain lines of the form: VARIABLE="value". The following variables are recognized:

LOGLEVEL

This variable specifies the log level for kernel messages sent to the console as set by dmesg. Valid levels are from "1" (no messages) to "8". The default level is "7".

KEYMAP

This variable specifies the arguments for the loadkeys program, typically, the name of keymap to load, e.g., “it”. If this variable is not set, the bootscript will not run the loadkeys program, and the default kernel keymap will be used. Note that a few keymaps have multiple versions with the same name (cz and its variants in qwerty/ and qwertz/, es in olpc/ and qwerty/, and trf in fgGIod/ and qwerty/). In these cases the parent directory should also be specified (e.g. qwerty/es) to ensure the proper keymap is loaded.

KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS

This (rarely used) variable specifies the arguments for the second call to the loadkeys program. This is useful if the stock keymap is not completely satisfactory and a small adjustment has to be made. E.g., to include the Euro sign into a keymap that normally doesn't have it, set this variable to “euro2”.

FONT

This variable specifies the arguments for the setfont program. Typically, this includes the font name, “-m”, and the name of the application character map to load. E.g., in order to load the “lat1-16” font together with the “8859-1” application character map (as it is appropriate in the USA), set this variable to “lat1-16 -m 8859-1”. In UTF-8 mode, the kernel uses the application character map for conversion of composed 8-bit key codes in the keymap to UTF-8, and thus the argument of the "-m" parameter should be set to the encoding of the composed key codes in the keymap.

UNICODE

Set this variable to “1”, “yes” or “true” in order to put the console into UTF-8 mode. This is useful in UTF-8 based locales and harmful otherwise.

LEGACY_CHARSET

For many keyboard layouts, there is no stock Unicode keymap in the Kbd package. The console bootscript will convert an available keymap to UTF-8 on the fly if this variable is set to the encoding of the available non-UTF-8 keymap.

Some examples:

- For a non-Unicode setup, only the KEYMAP and FONT variables are generally needed. E.g., for a Polish setup, one would use:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/console << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

KEYMAP="pl2"
FONT="lat2a-16 -m 8859-2"

# End /etc/sysconfig/console
EOF

- As mentioned above, it is sometimes necessary to adjust a stock keymap slightly. The following example adds the Euro symbol to the German keymap:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/console << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

KEYMAP="de-latin1"
KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="euro2"
FONT="lat0-16 -m 8859-15"

# End /etc/sysconfig/console
EOF

- The following is a Unicode-enabled example for Bulgarian, where a stock UTF-8 keymap exists:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/console << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

UNICODE="1"
KEYMAP="bg_bds-utf8"
FONT="LatArCyrHeb-16"

# End /etc/sysconfig/console
EOF

- Due to the use of a 512-glyph LatArCyrHeb-16 font in the previous example, bright colors are no longer available on the Linux console unless a framebuffer is used. If one wants to have bright colors without framebuffer and can live without characters not belonging to his language, it is still possible to use a language-specific 256-glyph font, as illustrated below:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/console << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

UNICODE="1"
KEYMAP="bg_bds-utf8"
FONT="cyr-sun16"

# End /etc/sysconfig/console
EOF

- The following example illustrates keymap autoconversion from ISO-8859-15 to UTF-8 and enabling dead keys in Unicode mode:

cat > /etc/sysconfig/console << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/console

UNICODE="1"
KEYMAP="de-latin1"
KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="euro2"
LEGACY_CHARSET="iso-8859-15"
FONT="LatArCyrHeb-16 -m 8859-15"

# End /etc/sysconfig/console
EOF

- Some keymaps have dead keys (i.e., keys that don't produce a character by themselves, but put an accent on the character produced by the next key) or define composition rules (such as: “press Ctrl+. A E to get Æ” in the default keymap). Linux-3.19 interprets dead keys and composition rules in the keymap correctly only when the source characters to be composed together are not multibyte. This deficiency doesn't affect keymaps for European languages, because there accents are added to unaccented ASCII characters, or two ASCII characters are composed together. However, in UTF-8 mode it is a problem, e.g., for the Greek language, where one sometimes needs to put an accent on the letter “alpha”. The solution is either to avoid the use of UTF-8, or to install the X window system that doesn't have this limitation in its input handling.

- For Chinese, Japanese, Korean and some other languages, the Linux console cannot be configured to display the needed characters. Users who need such languages should install the X Window System, fonts that cover the necessary character ranges, and the proper input method (e.g., SCIM, it supports a wide variety of languages).

Note

The /etc/sysconfig/console file only controls the Linux text console localization. It has nothing to do with setting the proper keyboard layout and terminal fonts in the X Window System, with ssh sessions or with a serial console. In such situations, limitations mentioned in the last two list items above do not apply.

7.6.6. Creating Files at Boot

At times, it is desired to create files at boot time. For instance, the /tmp/.ICE-unix directory may be desired. This can be done by creating an entry in the /etc/sysconfig/createfiles configuration script. The format of this file is embedded in the comments of the default configuration file.

7.6.7. Configuring the sysklogd Script

The sysklogd script invokes the syslogd program as a part of System V initialization. The -m 0 option turns off the periodic timestamp mark that syslogd writes to the log files every 20 minutes by default. If you want to turn on this periodic timestamp mark, edit /etc/sysconfig/rc.site and define the variable SYSKLOGD_PARMS to the desired value. For instance, to remove all parameters, set the variable to a null value:

SYSKLOGD_PARMS=

See man syslogd for more options.

7.6.8. The rc.site File

The optional /etc/sysconfig/rc.site file contains settings that are automatically set for each SystemV boot script. It can alternatively set the values specified in the hostname, console, and clock files in the /etc/sysconfig/ directory. If the associated variables are present in both these separate files and rc.site, the values in the script specific files have precedence.

rc.site also contains parameters that can customize other aspects of the boot process. Setting the IPROMPT variable will enable selective running of bootscripts. Other options are described in the file comments. The default version of the file is as follows:

# rc.site
# Optional parameters for boot scripts.

# Distro Information
# These values, if specified here, override the defaults
#DISTRO="Linux From Scratch" # The distro name
#DISTRO_CONTACT="lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org" # Bug report address
#DISTRO_MINI="LFS" # Short name used in filenames for distro config

# Define custom colors used in messages printed to the screen

# Please consult `man console_codes` for more information
# under the "ECMA-48 Set Graphics Rendition" section
#
# Warning: when switching from a 8bit to a 9bit font,
# the linux console will reinterpret the bold (1;) to
# the top 256 glyphs of the 9bit font.  This does
# not affect framebuffer consoles

# These values, if specified here, override the defaults
#BRACKET="\\033[1;34m" # Blue
#FAILURE="\\033[1;31m" # Red
#INFO="\\033[1;36m"    # Cyan
#NORMAL="\\033[0;39m"  # Grey
#SUCCESS="\\033[1;32m" # Green
#WARNING="\\033[1;33m" # Yellow

# Use a colored prefix
# These values, if specified here, override the defaults
#BMPREFIX="     "
#SUCCESS_PREFIX="${SUCCESS}  *  ${NORMAL}"
#FAILURE_PREFIX="${FAILURE}*****${NORMAL}"
#WARNING_PREFIX="${WARNING} *** ${NORMAL}"

# Manually seet the right edge of message output (characters)
# Useful when resetting console font during boot to override
# automatic screen width detection
#COLUMNS=120

# Interactive startup
#IPROMPT="yes" # Whether to display the interactive boot prompt
#itime="3"    # The amount of time (in seconds) to display the prompt

# The total length of the distro welcome string, without escape codes
#wlen=$(echo "Welcome to ${DISTRO}" | wc -c )
#welcome_message="Welcome to ${INFO}${DISTRO}${NORMAL}"

# The total length of the interactive string, without escape codes
#ilen=$(echo "Press 'I' to enter interactive startup" | wc -c )
#i_message="Press '${FAILURE}I${NORMAL}' to enter interactive startup"

# Set scripts to skip the file system check on reboot
#FASTBOOT=yes

# Skip reading from the console
#HEADLESS=yes

# Write out fsck progress if yes
#VERBOSE_FSCK=no

# Speed up boot without waiting for settle in udev
#OMIT_UDEV_SETTLE=y

# Speed up boot without waiting for settle in udev_retry
#OMIT_UDEV_RETRY_SETTLE=yes

# Skip cleaning /tmp if yes
#SKIPTMPCLEAN=no

# For setclock
#UTC=1
#CLOCKPARAMS=

# For consolelog
#LOGLEVEL=5

# For network
#HOSTNAME=mylfs

# Delay between TERM and KILL signals at shutdown
#KILLDELAY=3

# Optional sysklogd parameters
#SYSKLOGD_PARMS="-m 0"

# Console parameters
#UNICODE=1
#KEYMAP="de-latin1"
#KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="euro2"
#FONT="lat0-16 -m 8859-15"
#LEGACY_CHARSET=

7.6.8.1. Customizing the Boot and Shutdown Scripts

The LFS boot scripts boot and shut down a system in a fairly efficient manner, but there are a few tweaks that you can make in the rc.site file to improve speed even more and to adjust messages according to your preferences. To do this, adjust the settings in the /etc/sysconfig/rc.site file above.

- During the boot script udev, there is a call to udev settle that requires some time to complete. This time may or may not be required depending on devices present in the system. If you only have simple partitions and a single ethernet card, the boot process will probably not need to wait for this command. To skip it, set the variable OMIT_UDEV_SETTLE=y.

- The boot script udev_retry also runs udev settle by default. This command is only needed by default if the /var directory is separately mounted. This is because the clock needs the file /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime. Other customizations may also need to wait for udev to complete, but in many installations it is not needed. Skip the command by setting the variable OMIT_UDEV_RETRY_SETTLE=y.

- By default, the file system checks are silent. This can appear to be a delay during the bootup process. To turn on the fsck output, set the variable VERBOSE_FSCK=y.

- When rebooting, you may want to skip the filesystem check, fsck, completely. To do this, either create the file /fastboot or reboot the system with the command /sbin/shutdown -f -r now. On the other hand, you can force all file systems to be checked by creating /forcefsck or running shutdown with the -F parameter instead of -f.

Setting the variable FASTBOOT=y will disable fsck during the boot process until it is removed. This is not recommended on a permanent basis.

- Normally, all files in the /tmp directory are deleted at boot time. Depending on the number of files or directories present, this can cause a noticeable delay in the boot process. To skip removing these files set the variable SKIPTMPCLEAN=y.

- During shutdown, the init program sends a TERM signal to each program it has started (e.g. agetty), waits for a set time (default 3 seconds), and sends each process a KILL signal and waits again. This process is repeated in the sendsignals script for any processes that are not shut down by their own scripts. The delay for init can be set by passing a parameter. For example to remove the delay in init, pass the -t0 parameter when shutting down or rebooting (e.g. /sbin/shutdown -t0 -r now). The delay for the sendsignals script can be skipped by setting the parameter KILLDELAY=0.

7.7. The Bash Shell Startup Files

The shell program /bin/bash (hereafter referred to as “the shell”) uses a collection of startup files to help create an environment to run in. Each file has a specific use and may affect login and interactive environments differently. The files in the /etc directory provide global settings. If an equivalent file exists in the home directory, it may override the global settings.

An interactive login shell is started after a successful login, using /bin/login, by reading the /etc/passwd file. An interactive non-login shell is started at the command-line (e.g., [prompt]$/bin/bash). A non-interactive shell is usually present when a shell script is running. It is non-interactive because it is processing a script and not waiting for user input between commands.

For more information, see info bash under the Bash Startup Files and Interactive Shells section.

The files /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile are read when the shell is invoked as an interactive login shell.

The base /etc/profile below sets some environment variables necessary for native language support. Setting them properly results in:

- The output of programs translated into the native language

- Correct classification of characters into letters, digits and other classes. This is necessary for bash to properly accept non-ASCII characters in command lines in non-English locales

- The correct alphabetical sorting order for the country

- Appropriate default paper size

- Correct formatting of monetary, time, and date values

Replace <ll> below with the two-letter code for the desired language (e.g., “en”) and <CC> with the two-letter code for the appropriate country (e.g., “GB”). <charmap> should be replaced with the canonical charmap for your chosen locale. Optional modifiers such as “@euro” may also be present.

The list of all locales supported by Glibc can be obtained by running the following command:

locale -a

Charmaps can have a number of aliases, e.g., “ISO-8859-1” is also referred to as “iso8859-1” and “iso88591”. Some applications cannot handle the various synonyms correctly (e.g., require that “UTF-8” is written as “UTF-8”, not “utf8”), so it is safest in most cases to choose the canonical name for a particular locale. To determine the canonical name, run the following command, where <locale name> is the output given by locale -a for your preferred locale (“en_GB.iso88591” in our example).

LC_ALL=<locale name> locale charmap

For the “en_GB.iso88591” locale, the above command will print:

ISO-8859-1

This results in a final locale setting of “en_GB.ISO-8859-1”. It is important that the locale found using the heuristic above is tested prior to it being added to the Bash startup files:

LC_ALL=<locale name> locale language
LC_ALL=<locale name> locale charmap
LC_ALL=<locale name> locale int_curr_symbol
LC_ALL=<locale name> locale int_prefix

The above commands should print the language name, the character encoding used by the locale, the local currency, and the prefix to dial before the telephone number in order to get into the country. If any of the commands above fail with a message similar to the one shown below, this means that your locale was either not installed in Chapter 6 or is not supported by the default installation of Glibc.

locale: Cannot set LC_* to default locale: No such file or directory

If this happens, you should either install the desired locale using the localedef command, or consider choosing a different locale. Further instructions assume that there are no such error messages from Glibc.

Some packages beyond LFS may also lack support for your chosen locale. One example is the X library (part of the X Window System), which outputs the following error message if the locale does not exactly match one of the character map names in its internal files:

Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C

In several cases Xlib expects that the character map will be listed in uppercase notation with canonical dashes. For instance, "ISO-8859-1" rather than "iso88591". It is also possible to find an appropriate specification by removing the charmap part of the locale specification. This can be checked by running the locale charmap command in both locales. For example, one would have to change "de_DE.ISO-8859-15@euro" to "de_DE@euro" in order to get this locale recognized by Xlib.

Other packages can also function incorrectly (but may not necessarily display any error messages) if the locale name does not meet their expectations. In those cases, investigating how other Linux distributions support your locale might provide some useful information.

Once the proper locale settings have been determined, create the /etc/profile file:

cat > /etc/profile << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/profile

export LANG=<ll>_<CC>.<charmap><@modifiers>

# End /etc/profile
EOF

The “C” (default) and “en_US” (the recommended one for United States English users) locales are different. “C” uses the US-ASCII 7-bit character set, and treats bytes with the high bit set as invalid characters. That's why, e.g., the ls command substitutes them with question marks in that locale. Also, an attempt to send mail with such characters from Mutt or Pine results in non-RFC-conforming messages being sent (the charset in the outgoing mail is indicated as “unknown 8-bit”). So you can use the “C” locale only if you are sure that you will never need 8-bit characters.

UTF-8 based locales are not supported well by some programs. Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/introduction/locale-issues.html.

7.8. Creating the /etc/inputrc File

The inputrc file handles keyboard mapping for specific situations. This file is the startup file used by Readline — the input-related library — used by Bash and most other shells.

Most people do not need user-specific keyboard mappings so the command below creates a global /etc/inputrc used by everyone who logs in. If you later decide you need to override the defaults on a per-user basis, you can create a .inputrc file in the user's home directory with the modified mappings.

For more information on how to edit the inputrc file, see info bash under the Readline Init File section. info readline is also a good source of information.

Below is a generic global inputrc along with comments to explain what the various options do. Note that comments cannot be on the same line as commands. Create the file using the following command:

cat > /etc/inputrc << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/inputrc
# Modified by Chris Lynn <roryo@roryo.dynup.net>

# Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
set horizontal-scroll-mode Off

# Enable 8bit input
set meta-flag On
set input-meta On

# Turns off 8th bit stripping
set convert-meta Off

# Keep the 8th bit for display
set output-meta On

# none, visible or audible
set bell-style none

# All of the following map the escape sequence of the value
# contained in the 1st argument to the readline specific functions
"\eOd": backward-word
"\eOc": forward-word

# for linux console
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
"\e[6~": end-of-history
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert

# for xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line

# for Konsole
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line

# End /etc/inputrc
EOF

7.9. Creating the /etc/shells File

The shells file contains a list of login shells on the system. Applications use this file to determine whether a shell is valid. For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to the root of the directory structure (/).

For example, this file is consulted by chsh to determine whether an unprivileged user may change the login shell for her own account. If the command name is not listed, the user will be denied of change.

It is a requirement for applications such as GDM which does not populate the face browser if it can't find /etc/shells, or FTP daemons which traditionally disallow access to users with shells not included in this file.

cat > /etc/shells << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/shells

/bin/sh
/bin/bash

# End /etc/shells
EOF

Last updated on 2007-04-04 14:42:53 -0500

Chapter 8. Making the LFS System Bootable

8.1. Introduction

It is time to make the LFS system bootable. This chapter discusses creating an fstab file, building a kernel for the new LFS system, and installing the GRUB boot loader so that the LFS system can be selected for booting at startup.

8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File

The /etc/fstab file is used by some programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, in which order, and which must be checked (for integrity errors) prior to mounting. Create a new file systems table like this:

cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/fstab

# file system  mount-point  type     options             dump  fsck
#                                                              order

/dev/<xxx>     /            <fff>    defaults            1     1
/dev/<yyy>     swap         swap     pri=1               0     0
proc           /proc        proc     nosuid,noexec,nodev 0     0
sysfs          /sys         sysfs    nosuid,noexec,nodev 0     0
devpts         /dev/pts     devpts   gid=5,mode=620      0     0
tmpfs          /run         tmpfs    defaults            0     0
devtmpfs       /dev         devtmpfs mode=0755,nosuid    0     0

# End /etc/fstab
EOF

Replace <xxx>, <yyy>, and <fff> with the values appropriate for the system, for example, sda2, sda5, and ext4. For details on the six fields in this file, see man 5 fstab.

Filesystems with MS-DOS or Windows origin (i.e.: vfat, ntfs, smbfs, cifs, iso9660, udf) need the “iocharset” mount option in order for non-ASCII characters in file names to be interpreted properly. The value of this option should be the same as the character set of your locale, adjusted in such a way that the kernel understands it. This works if the relevant character set definition (found under File systems -> Native Language Support) has been compiled into the kernel or built as a module. The “codepage” option is also needed for vfat and smbfs filesystems. It should be set to the codepage number used under MS-DOS in your country. E.g., in order to mount USB flash drives, a ru_RU.KOI8-R user would need the following in the options portion of its mount line in /etc/fstab:

noauto,user,quiet,showexec,iocharset=koi8r,codepage=866

The corresponding options fragment for ru_RU.UTF-8 users is:

noauto,user,quiet,showexec,iocharset=utf8,codepage=866

Note

In the latter case, the kernel emits the following message:

FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems,
filesystem will be case sensitive!

This negative recommendation should be ignored, since all other values of the “iocharset” option result in wrong display of filenames in UTF-8 locales.

It is also possible to specify default codepage and iocharset values for some filesystems during kernel configuration. The relevant parameters are named “Default NLS Option” (CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT), “Default Remote NLS Option” (CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT), “Default codepage for FAT” (CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE), and “Default iocharset for FAT” (CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET). There is no way to specify these settings for the ntfs filesystem at kernel compilation time.

It is possible to make the ext3 filesystem reliable across power failures for some hard disk types. To do this, add the barrier=1 mount option to the appropriate entry in /etc/fstab. To check if the disk drive supports this option, run hdparm on the applicable disk drive. For example, if:

hdparm -I /dev/sda | grep NCQ

returns non-empty output, the option is supported.

Note: Logical Volume Management (LVM) based partitions cannot use the barrier option.

8.3. Linux-3.19

The Linux package contains the Linux kernel.

Approximate build time: 3.0 - 49.0 SBU (typically about 6 SBU)

Required disk space: 700 - 6800 MB (typically about 800-900 MB)

8.3.1. Installation of the kernel

Building the kernel involves a few steps—configuration, compilation, and installation. Read the README file in the kernel source tree for alternative methods to the way this book configures the kernel.

Prepare for compilation by running the following command:

make mrproper

This ensures that the kernel tree is absolutely clean. The kernel team recommends that this command be issued prior to each kernel compilation. Do not rely on the source tree being clean after un-tarring.

Configure the kernel via a menu-driven interface. For general information on kernel configuration see http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/kernel-configuration.txt. BLFS has some information regarding particular kernel configuration requirements of packages outside of LFS at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/longindex.html#kernel-config-index. Additional information about configuring and building the kernel can be found at http://www.kroah.com/lkn/

Note

A good starting place for setting up the kernel configuration is to run make defconfig. This will set the base configuration to a good state that takes your current system architecture into account.

Be sure to configure the following features as shown:

Device Drivers  --->
Generic Driver Options  --->
[ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER]
[*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS]

There are several other options that may be desired depending on the requirements for the system. For a list of options needed for BLFS packages, see the BLFS Index of Kernel Settings (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/7.7/longindex.html#kernel-config-index).

The rationale for the above configuration items:

Support for uevent helper

Having this opion set may interfere with device management when using Udev/Eudev.

Maintain a devtmpfs

This will create automated device nodes which are populated by the kernel, even without Udev running. Udev then runs on top of this, managing permissions and adding symlinks. This configuration item is required for all users of Udev/Eudev.

make LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL= menuconfig

The meaning of the make parameters:

LANG=<host_LANG_value> LC_ALL=

This establishes the locale setting to the one used on the host. This is needed for a proper menuconfig ncurses interface line drawing on UTF-8 linux text console.

Be sure to replace <host_LANG_value> by the value of the $LANG variable from your host. If not set, you could use instead the host's value of $LC_ALL or $LC_CTYPE.

Alternatively, make oldconfig may be more appropriate in some situations. See the README file for more information.

If desired, skip kernel configuration by copying the kernel config file, .config, from the host system (assuming it is available) to the unpacked linux-3.19 directory. However, we do not recommend this option. It is often better to explore all the configuration menus and create the kernel configuration from scratch.

Compile the kernel image and modules:

make

If using kernel modules, module configuration in /etc/modprobe.d may be required. Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is located in Section 7.3, “Overview of Device and Module Handling” and in the kernel documentation in the linux-3.19/Documentation directory. Also, modprobe.d(5) may be of interest.

Install the modules, if the kernel configuration uses them:

make modules_install

After kernel compilation is complete, additional steps are required to complete the installation. Some files need to be copied to the /boot directory.

The path to the kernel image may vary depending on the platform being used. The filename below can be changed to suit your taste, but the stem of the filename should be vmlinuz to be compatible with the automatic setup of the boot process described in the next section. The following command assumes an x86 architecture:

cp -v arch/x86/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-3.19-lfs-7.7

System.map is a symbol file for the kernel. It maps the function entry points of every function in the kernel API, as well as the addresses of the kernel data structures for the running kernel. It is used as a resource when investigating kernel problems. Issue the following command to install the map file:

cp -v System.map /boot/System.map-3.19

The kernel configuration file .config produced by the make menuconfig step above contains all the configuration selections for the kernel that was just compiled. It is a good idea to keep this file for future reference:

cp -v .config /boot/config-3.19

Install the documentation for the Linux kernel:

install -d /usr/share/doc/linux-3.19
cp -r Documentation/* /usr/share/doc/linux-3.19

It is important to note that the files in the kernel source directory are not owned by root. Whenever a package is unpacked as user root (like we did inside chroot), the files have the user and group IDs of whatever they were on the packager's computer. This is usually not a problem for any other package to be installed because the source tree is removed after the installation. However, the Linux source tree is often retained for a long time. Because of this, there is a chance that whatever user ID the packager used will be assigned to somebody on the machine. That person would then have write access to the kernel source.

If the kernel source tree is going to be retained, run chown -R 0:0 on the linux-3.19 directory to ensure all files are owned by user root.

Warning

Some kernel documentation recommends creating a symlink from /usr/src/linux pointing to the kernel source directory. This is specific to kernels prior to the 2.6 series and must not be created on an LFS system as it can cause problems for packages you may wish to build once your base LFS system is complete.

Warning

The headers in the system's include directory (/usr/include) should always be the ones against which Glibc was compiled, that is, the sanitised headers installed in Section 6.7, “Linux-3.19 API Headers”. Therefore, they should never be replaced by either the raw kernel headers or any other kernel sanitized headers.

8.3.2. Configuring Linux Module Load Order

Most of the time Linux modules are loaded automatically, but sometimes it needs some specific direction. The program that loads modules, modprobe or insmod, uses /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf for this purpose. This file needs to be created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd) have been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct order; ehci_hcd needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order to avoid a warning being output at boot time.

Create a new file /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf by running the following:

install -v -m755 -d /etc/modprobe.d
cat > /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf

install ohci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i ohci_hcd ; true
install uhci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i uhci_hcd ; true

# End /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf
EOF

8.3.3. Contents of Linux

Installed files: config-3.19, vmlinuz-3.19-lfs-7.7, and System.map-3.19

Installed directories: /lib/modules, /usr/share/doc/linux-3.19

Short Descriptions

config-3.19

Contains all the configuration selections for the kernel

vmlinuz-3.19-lfs-7.7

The engine of the Linux system. When turning on the computer, the kernel is the first part of the operating system that gets loaded. It detects and initializes all components of the computer's hardware, then makes these components available as a tree of files to the software and turns a single CPU into a multitasking machine capable of running scores of programs seemingly at the same time

System.map-3.19

A list of addresses and symbols; it maps the entry points and addresses of all the functions and data structures in the kernel

8.4. Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process

8.4.1. Introduction

Warning

Configuring GRUB incorrectly can render your system inoperable without an alternate boot device such as a CD-ROM. This section is not required to boot your LFS system. You may just want to modify your current boot loader, e.g. Grub-Legacy, GRUB2, or LILO.

Ensure that an emergency boot disk is ready to “rescue” the computer if the computer becomes unusable (un-bootable). If you do not already have a boot device, you can create one. In order for the procedure below to work, you need to jump ahead to BLFS and install xorriso from the libisoburn package.

cd /tmp
grub-mkrescue --output=grub-img.iso
xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrw blank=as_needed grub-img.iso

8.4.2. GRUB Naming Conventions

GRUB uses its own naming structure for drives and partitions in the form of (hdn,m), where n is the hard drive number and m is the partition number. The hard drive number starts from zero, but the partition number starts from one for normal partitions and five for extended partitions. Note that this is different from earlier versions where both numbers started from zero. For example, partition sda1 is (hd0,1) to GRUB and sdb3 is (hd1,3). In contrast to Linux, GRUB does not consider CD-ROM drives to be hard drives. For example, if using a CD on hdb and a second hard drive on hdc, that second hard drive would still be (hd1).

8.4.3. Setting Up the Configuration

GRUB works by writing data to the first physical track of the hard disk. This area is not part of any file system. The programs there access GRUB modules in the boot partition. The default location is /boot/grub/.

The location of the boot partition is a choice of the user that affects the configuration. One recommendation is to have a separate small (suggested size is 100 MB) partition just for boot information. That way each build, whether LFS or some commercial distro, can access the same boot files and access can be made from any booted system. If you choose to do this, you will need to mount the separate partition, move all files in the current /boot directory (e.g. the linux kernel you just built in the previous section) to the new partition. You will then need to unmount the partition and remount it as /boot. If you do this, be sure to update /etc/fstab.

Using the current lfs partition will also work, but configuration for multiple systems is more difficult.

Using the above information, determine the appropriate designator for the root partition (or boot partition, if a separate one is used). For the following example, it is assumed that the root (or separate boot) partition is sda2.

Install the GRUB files into /boot/grub and set up the boot track:

Warning

The following command will overwrite the current boot loader. Do not run the command if this is not desired, for example, if using a third party boot manager to manage the Master Boot Record (MBR).

grub-install /dev/sda

8.4.4. Creating the GRUB Configuration File

Generate /boot/grub/grub.cfg:

cat > /boot/grub/grub.cfg << "EOF"
# Begin /boot/grub/grub.cfg
set default=0
set timeout=5

insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,2)

menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 3.19-lfs-7.7" {
linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.19-lfs-7.7 root=/dev/sda2 ro
}
EOF

Note

From GRUB's perspective, the kernel files are relative to the partition used. If you used a separate /boot partition, remove /boot from the above linux line. You will also need to change the set root line to point to the boot partition.

GRUB is an extremely powerful program and it provides a tremendous number of options for booting from a wide variety of devices, operating systems, and partition types. There are also many options for customization such as graphical splash screens, playing sounds, mouse input, etc. The details of these options are beyond the scope of this introduction.

Caution

There is a command, grub-mkconfig, that can write a configuration file automatically. It uses a set of scripts in /etc/grub.d/ and will destroy any customizations that you make. These scripts are designed primarily for non-source distributions and are not recommended for LFS. If you install a commercial Linux distribution, there is a good chance that this program will be run. Be sure to back up your grub.cfg file.

Chapter 9. The End

9.1. The End

Well done! The new LFS system is installed! We wish you much success with your shiny new custom-built Linux system.

It may be a good idea to create an /etc/lfs-release file. By having this file, it is very easy for you (and for us if you need to ask for help at some point) to find out which LFS version is installed on the system. Create this file by running:

echo 7.7 > /etc/lfs-release

It is also a good idea to create a file to show the status of your new system with respect to the Linux Standards Base (LSB). To create this file, run:

cat > /etc/lsb-release << "EOF"
DISTRIB_ID="Linux From Scratch"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="7.7"
DISTRIB_CODENAME="<your name here>"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux From Scratch"
EOF

Be sure to put some sort of customization for the field 'DISTRIB_CODENAME' to make the system uniquely yours.

9.2. Get Counted

Now that you have finished the book, do you want to be counted as an LFS user? Head over to http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/cgi-bin/lfscounter.php and register as an LFS user by entering your name and the first LFS version you have used.

Let's reboot into LFS now.

9.3. Rebooting the System

Now that all of the software has been installed, it is time to reboot your computer. However, you should be aware of a few things. The system you have created in this book is quite minimal, and most likely will not have the functionality you would need to be able to continue forward. By installing a few extra packages from the BLFS book while still in our current chroot environment, you can leave yourself in a much better position to continue on once you reboot into your new LFS installation. Here are some suggestions:

- A text mode browser such as Lynx will allow you to easily view the BLFS book in one virtual terminal, while building packages in another.

- The GPM package will allow you to perform copy/paste actions in your virtual terminals.

- If you are in a situation where static IP configuration does not meet your networking requirements, installing a package such as dhcpcd or the client portion of dhcp may be useful.

- Installing sudo may be useful for building packages as a non-root user and easily installing the resulting packages in your new system.

- If you want to access your new system from a remote system within a comfortable GUI environment, install openssh and its prerequsite, openssl.

- To make fetching files over the internet easier, install wget.

- If one or more of your disk drives have a GUID partition table (GPT), either gptfdisk or parted will be useful.

- Finally, a review of the following configuration files is also appropriate at this point.

- /etc/bashrc

- /etc/dircolors

- /etc/fstab

- /etc/hosts

- /etc/inputrc

- /etc/profile

- /etc/resolv.conf

- /etc/vimrc

- /root/.bash_profile

- /root/.bashrc

- /etc/sysconfig/network

- /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0

Now that we have said that, let's move on to booting our shiny new LFS installation for the first time! First exit from the chroot environment:

logout

Then unmount the virtual file systems:

umount -v $LFS/dev/pts
umount -v $LFS/dev
umount -v $LFS/run
umount -v $LFS/proc
umount -v $LFS/sys

Unmount the LFS file system itself:

umount -v $LFS

If multiple partitions were created, unmount the other partitions before unmounting the main one, like this:

umount -v $LFS/usr
umount -v $LFS/home
umount -v $LFS

Now, reboot the system with:

shutdown -r now

Assuming the GRUB boot loader was set up as outlined earlier, the menu is set to boot LFS 7.7 automatically.

When the reboot is complete, the LFS system is ready for use and more software may be added to suit your needs.

9.4. What Now?

Thank you for reading this LFS book. We hope that you have found this book helpful and have learned more about the system creation process.

Now that the LFS system is installed, you may be wondering “What next?” To answer that question, we have compiled a list of resources for you.

- Maintenance

Bugs and security notices are reported regularly for all software. Since an LFS system is compiled from source, it is up to you to keep abreast of such reports. There are several online resources that track such reports, some of which are shown below:

- CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team)

CERT has a mailing list that publishes security alerts concerning various operating systems and applications. Subscription information is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/signup.html.

- Bugtraq

Bugtraq is a full-disclosure computer security mailing list. It publishes newly discovered security issues, and occasionally potential fixes for them. Subscription information is available at http://www.securityfocus.com/archive.

- Beyond Linux From Scratch

The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation procedures for a wide range of software beyond the scope of the LFS Book. The BLFS project is located at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/.

- LFS Hints

The LFS Hints are a collection of educational documents submitted by volunteers in the LFS community. The hints are available at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/list.html.

- Mailing lists

There are several LFS mailing lists you may subscribe to if you are in need of help, want to stay current with the latest developments, want to contribute to the project, and more. See Chapter 1 - Mailing Lists for more information.

- The Linux Documentation Project

The goal of The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is to collaborate on all of the issues of Linux documentation. The TLDP features a large collection of HOWTOs, guides, and man pages. It is located at http://www.tldp.org/.

Part IV. Appendices

Appendix A. Acronyms and Terms

ABI

Application Binary Interface

ALFS

Automated Linux From Scratch

API

Application Programming Interface

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

BIOS

Basic Input/Output System

BLFS

Beyond Linux From Scratch

BSD

Berkeley Software Distribution

chroot

change root

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

COS

Class Of Service

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

CVS

Concurrent Versions System

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DNS

Domain Name Service

EGA

Enhanced Graphics Adapter

ELF

Executable and Linkable Format

EOF

End of File

EQN

equation

ext2

second extended file system

ext3

third extended file system

ext4

fourth extended file system

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FHS

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

FIFO

First-In, First Out

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GB

Gigabytes

GCC

GNU Compiler Collection

GID

Group Identifier

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

IO

Input/Output

IP

Internet Protocol

IPC

Inter-Process Communication

IRC

Internet Relay Chat

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

Internet Service Provider

KB

Kilobytes

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LFS

Linux From Scratch

LSB

Linux Standard Base

MB

Megabytes

MBR

Master Boot Record

MD5

Message Digest 5

NIC

Network Interface Card

NLS

Native Language Support

NNTP

Network News Transport Protocol

NPTL

Native POSIX Threading Library

OSS

Open Sound System

PCH

Pre-Compiled Headers

PCRE

Perl Compatible Regular Expression

PID

Process Identifier

PTY

pseudo terminal

QOS

Quality Of Service

RAM

Random Access Memory

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RTC

Real Time Clock

SBU

Standard Build Unit

SCO

The Santa Cruz Operation

SHA1

Secure-Hash Algorithm 1

TLDP

The Linux Documentation Project

TFTP

Trivial File Transfer Protocol

TLS

Thread-Local Storage

UID

User Identifier

umask

user file-creation mask

USB

Universal Serial Bus

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier

VC

Virtual Console

VGA

Video Graphics Array

VT

Virtual Terminal

Appendix B. Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.

- Gerard Beekmans <gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Creator, LFS Project Leader

- Matthew Burgess <matthew AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Project Leader, LFS Technical Writer/Editor

- Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Release Manager, LFS Technical Writer/Editor

- Jim Gifford <jim AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – CLFS Project Co-Leader

- Bryan Kadzban <bryan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Technical Writer

- Randy McMurchy <randy AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – BLFS Project Leader, LFS Editor

- DJ Lucas <dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS and BLFS Editor

- Ken Moffat <ken AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS and CLFS Editor

- Ryan Oliver <ryan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – CLFS Project Co-Leader

- Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS mailing lists who helped make this book possible by giving their suggestions, testing the book, and submitting bug reports, instructions, and their experiences with installing various packages.

Translators

- Manuel Canales Esparcia <macana AT macana-es D0T com> – Spanish LFS translation project

- Johan Lenglet <johan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – French LFS translation project until 2008

- Jean-Philippe Mengual <jmengual AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – French LFS translation project 2008-present

- Anderson Lizardo <lizardo AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – Portuguese LFS translation project

- Thomas Reitelbach <tr AT erdfunkstelle D0T de> – German LFS translation project

Mirror Maintainers

North American Mirrors

- Scott Kveton <scott AT osuosl D0T org> – lfs.oregonstate.edu mirror

- William Astle <lost AT l-w D0T net> – ca.linuxfromscratch.org mirror

- Eujon Sellers <jpolen@rackspace.com> – lfs.introspeed.com mirror

- Justin Knierim <tim@idge.net> – lfs-matrix.net mirror

South American Mirrors

- Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – lfsmirror.lfs-es.info mirror

- Luis Falcon <Luis Falcon> – torredehanoi.org mirror

European Mirrors

- Guido Passet <guido AT primerelay D0T net> – nl.linuxfromscratch.org mirror

- Bastiaan Jacques <baafie AT planet D0T nl> – lfs.pagefault.net mirror

- Sven Cranshoff <sven D0T cranshoff AT lineo D0T be> – lfs.lineo.be mirror

- Scarlet Belgium – lfs.scarlet.be mirror

- Sebastian Faulborn <info AT aliensoft D0T org> – lfs.aliensoft.org mirror

- Stuart Fox <stuart AT dontuse D0T ms> – lfs.dontuse.ms mirror

- Ralf Uhlemann <admin AT realhost D0T de> – lfs.oss-mirror.org mirror

- Antonin Sprinzl <Antonin D0T Sprinzl AT tuwien D0T ac D0T at> – at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror

- Fredrik Danerklint <fredan-lfs AT fredan D0T org> – se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror

- Franck <franck AT linuxpourtous D0T com> – lfs.linuxpourtous.com mirror

- Philippe Baqué <baque AT cict D0T fr> – lfs.cict.fr mirror

- Vitaly Chekasin <gyouja AT pilgrims D0T ru> – lfs.pilgrims.ru mirror

- Benjamin Heil <kontakt AT wankoo D0T org> – lfs.wankoo.org mirror

Asian Mirrors

- Satit Phermsawang <satit AT wbac D0T ac D0T th> – lfs.phayoune.org mirror

- Shizunet Co.,Ltd. <info AT shizu-net D0T jp> – lfs.mirror.shizu-net.jp mirror

- Init World <http://www.initworld.com/> – lfs.initworld.com mirror

Australian Mirrors

- Jason Andrade <jason AT dstc D0T edu D0T au> – au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror

Former Project Team Members

- Christine Barczak <theladyskye AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Book Editor

- Archaic <archaic@linuxfromscratch.org> – LFS Technical Writer/Editor, HLFS Project Leader, BLFS Editor, Hints and Patches Project Maintainer

- Nathan Coulson <nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer

- Timothy Bauscher

- Robert Briggs

- Ian Chilton

- Jeroen Coumans <jeroen AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – Website Developer, FAQ Maintainer

- Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS/BLFS/HLFS XML and XSL Maintainer

- Alex Groenewoud – LFS Technical Writer

- Marc Heerdink

- Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Technical Writer, LFS LiveCD Maintainer

- Mark Hymers

- Seth W. Klein – FAQ maintainer

- Nicholas Leippe <nicholas AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – Wiki Maintainer

- Anderson Lizardo <lizardo AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – Website Backend-Scripts Maintainer

- Dan Nicholson <dnicholson AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS and BLFS Editor

- Alexander E. Patrakov <alexander AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Technical Writer, LFS Internationalization Editor, LFS Live CD Maintainer

- Simon Perreault

- Scot Mc Pherson <scot AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS NNTP Gateway Maintainer

- Greg Schafer <gschafer AT zip D0T com D0T au> – LFS Technical Writer and Architect of the Next Generation 64-bit-enabling Build Method

- Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee – LFS Technical Writer

- James Robertson <jwrober AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – Bugzilla Maintainer

- Tushar Teredesai <tushar AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – BLFS Book Editor, Hints and Patches Project Leader

- Jeremy Utley <jeremy AT linuxfromscratch D0T org> – LFS Technical Writer, Bugzilla Maintainer, LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer

- Zack Winkles <zwinkles AT gmail D0T com> – LFS Technical Writer

Appendix C. Dependencies

Every package built in LFS relies on one or more other packages in order to build and install properly. Some packages even participate in circular dependencies, that is, the first package depends on the second which in turn depends on the first. Because of these dependencies, the order in which packages are built in LFS is very important. The purpose of this page is to document the dependencies of each package built in LFS.

For each package we build, we have listed three, and sometimes four, types of dependencies. The first lists what other packages need to be available in order to compile and install the package in question. The second lists what packages, in addition to those on the first list, need to be available in order to run the test suites. The third list of dependencies are packages that require this package to be built and installed in its final location before they are built and installed. In most cases, this is because these packages will hardcode paths to binaries within their scripts. If not built in a certain order, this could result in paths of /tools/bin/[binary] being placed inside scripts installed to the final system. This is obviously not desirable.

The last list of dependencies are optional packages that are not addressed in LFS, but could be useful to the user. These packages may have additional mandatory or optional dependencies of their own. For these dependencies, the recommeded practice is to install them after completion of the LFS book and then go back an rebuild the LFS package. In several cases, reinstallation is addressed in BLFS.

acl

Installation depends on: Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Automake, Diffutils, Findutils, and Libtool

Must be installed before: Coreutils, Sed, Tar, Vim

Optional dependencies: None

attr

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Automake, Diffutils, Findutils, and Libtool

Must be installed before: Acl, Libcap

Optional dependencies: None

Autoconf

Installation depends on: Bash, Coreutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Automake, Diffutils, Findutils, GCC, and Libtool

Must be installed before: Automake

Optional dependencies: Emacs

Automake

Installation depends on: Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils, Gettext, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Binutils, Bison, Bzip2, DejaGNU, Diffutils, Expect, Findutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Gzip, Libtool, and Tar.

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Bash

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Patch, Readline, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Shadow

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: Xorg

Bc

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Readline

Test suite depends on: Gawk

Must be installed before: Linux Kernel

Optional dependencies: None

Binutils

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, File, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, Texinfo and Zlib

Test suite depends on: DejaGNU and Expect

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Bison

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, and Sed

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, Findutils, and Flex

Must be installed before: Kbd and Tar

Optional dependencies: Doxygen (test suite)

Bzip2

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Patch

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Check

Installation depends on: GCC, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Coreutils

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, GMP, Grep, Make, Patch, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, E2fsprogs, Findutils, Shadow, and Util-linux

Must be installed before: Bash, Diffutils, Findutils, Man-DB, and Udev

Optional dependencies: Perl Expect and IO:Tty modules (for test suite)

DejaGNU

Installation depends on: Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Diffutils

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, Perl

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Eudev

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Expat

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: XML::Parser

Optional dependencies: None

Expect

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Sed, and Tcl

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

E2fsprogs

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, Make, Sed, Texinfo, and Util-linux

Test suite depends on: Procps-ng,Psmisc

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

File

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Zlib

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Findutils

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: DejaGNU, Diffutils, and Expect

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Flex

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Patch, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Bison (suppressed) and Gawk

Must be installed before: IPRoute2, Kbd, and Man-DB

Optional dependencies: None

Gawk

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Sed and, Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Gcc

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Findutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, GMP, Grep, M4, Make, MPC, MPFR, Patch, Perl, Sed, Tar, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: DejaGNU and Expect

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: CLooG-PPL, GNAT and PPL

GDBM

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Gettext

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, Perl, and Tcl

Must be installed before: Automake

Optional dependencies: None

Glibc

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep, Gzip, Linux API Headers, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: File

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

GMP

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: MPFR, GCC

Optional dependencies: None

Gperf

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, Expect

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Grep

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Gawk

Must be installed before: Man-DB

Optional dependencies: Pcre, Xorg, and CUPS

Groff

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Man-DB and Perl

Optional dependencies: GPL Ghostscript

GRUB

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed, Texinfo, and Xz

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Gzip

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils, Less

Must be installed before: Man-DB

Optional dependencies: None

Iana-Etc

Installation depends on: Coreutils, Gawk, and Make

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Perl

Optional dependencies: None

Inetutils

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Patch, Sed, Texinfo, and Zlib

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Tar

Optional dependencies: None

Intltool

Installation depends on: Bash, Gawk, Glibc, Make, Perl, Sed, and XML::Parser

Test suite depends on: Perl

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

IProute2

Installation depends on: Bash, Bison, Coreutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Linux API Headers

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Kbd

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Check, Coreutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Gzip, Make, Patch, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Kmod

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Gzip, Make, Sed, Xz-Utils, Zlib

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Udev

Optional dependencies: None

Less

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Gzip

Optional dependencies: Pcre

Libcap

Installation depends on: Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Perl, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: Linux-PAM

Libpipeline

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Check

Must be installed before: Man-DB

Optional dependencies: None

Libtool

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Autoconf, Automake, Findutils

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Linux Kernel

Installation depends on: Bash, Bc, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Findutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, Kmod, Make, Ncurses, Perl, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

M4

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils

Must be installed before: Autoconf and Bison

Optional dependencies: libsigsegv

Make

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Perl and Procps-ng

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Man-DB

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bzip2, Coreutils, Flex, GCC, GDBM, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Groff, Gzip, Less, Libpipeline, Make, Sed, and Xz

Test suite depends on: Util-linux

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Man-Pages

Installation depends on: Bash, Coreutils, and Make

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

MPC

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, GMP, Make, MPFR, Sed and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: GCC

Optional dependencies: None

MPFR

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, GMP, Make, Sed and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: GCC

Optional dependencies: None

Ncurses

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Patch, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Bash, GRUB, Inetutils, Less, Procps-ng, Psmisc, Readline, Texinfo, Util-linux, and Vim

Optional dependencies: None

Patch

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: Diffutils

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: Ed

Perl

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, GDBM, Glibc, Grep, Groff, Make, Sed, and Zlib

Test suite depends on: Iana-Etc and Procps-ng

Must be installed before: Autoconf

Optional dependencies: None

Pkg-config

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Popt, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: Kmod

Optional dependencies: None

Popt

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make

Test suite depends on: Diffutils and Sed

Must be installed before: Pkg-config

Optional dependencies: None

Procps-ng

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Ncurses

Test suite depends on: DejaGNU

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Psmisc

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Readline

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Patch, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Bash

Optional dependencies: None

Sed

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Diffutils and Gawk

Must be installed before: E2fsprogs, File, Libtool, and Shadow

Optional dependencies: Cracklib

Shadow

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Findutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: Coreutils

Optional dependencies: Acl, Attr, Cracklib, PAM

Sysklogd

Installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Patch

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Sysvinit

Installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: No test suite available

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Tar

Installation depends on: Acl, Attr, Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Inetutils, Make, Sed, and Texinfo

Test suite depends on: Autoconf, Diffutils, Findutils, Gawk, and Gzip

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Tcl

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Texinfo

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Patch, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: None

Util-linux

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Findutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed, Udev, and Zlib

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: libcap-ng

Vim

Installation depends on: Acl, Attr, Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: None

Optional dependencies: Xorg, GTK+2, LessTif, Python, Tcl, Ruby, and GPM

XML::Parser

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Expat, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Perl

Test suite depends on: Perl

Must be installed before: Intltool

Optional dependencies: None

Xz

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, and Make.

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: GRUB, Kmod, Man-DB, Udev

Optional dependencies: None

Zlib

Installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Sed

Test suite depends on: None

Must be installed before: File, Kmod, Perl, and Util-linux

Optional dependencies: None

Appendix D. Boot and sysconfig scripts version-20150222

The scripts in this appendix are listed by the directory where they normally reside. The order is /etc/rc.d/init.d, /etc/sysconfig, /etc/sysconfig/network-devices, and /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services. Within each section, the files are listed in the order they are normally called.

D.1. /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc

The rc script is the first script called by init and initiates the boot process.

#!/bin/bash
########################################################################
# Begin rc
#
# Description : Main Run Level Control Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans  - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#             : DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

print_error_msg()
{
log_failure_msg
# $i is set when called
MSG="FAILURE:\n\nYou should not be reading this error message.\n\n"
MSG="${MSG}It means that an unforeseen error took place in\n"
MSG="${MSG}${i},\n"
MSG="${MSG}which exited with a return value of ${error_value}.\n"

MSG="${MSG}If you're able to track this error down to a bug in one of\n"
MSG="${MSG}the files provided by the ${DISTRO_MINI} book,\n"
MSG="${MSG}please be so kind to inform us at ${DISTRO_CONTACT}.\n"
log_failure_msg "${MSG}"

log_info_msg "Press Enter to continue..."
wait_for_user
}

check_script_status()
{
# $i is set when called
if [ ! -f ${i} ]; then
log_warning_msg "${i} is not a valid symlink."
continue
fi

if [ ! -x ${i} ]; then
log_warning_msg "${i} is not executable, skipping."
continue
fi
}

run()
{
if [ -z $interactive ]; then
${1} ${2}
return $?
fi

while true; do
read -p "Run ${1} ${2} (Yes/no/continue)? " -n 1 runit
echo

case ${runit} in
c | C)
interactive=""
${i} ${2}
ret=${?}
break;
;;

n | N)
return 0
;;

y | Y)
${i} ${2}
ret=${?}
break
;;
esac
done

return $ret
}

# Read any local settings/overrides
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/rc.site ] && source /etc/sysconfig/rc.site

DISTRO=${DISTRO:-"Linux From Scratch"}
DISTRO_CONTACT=${DISTRO_CONTACT:-"lfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org (Registration required)"}
DISTRO_MINI=${DISTRO_MINI:-"LFS"}
IPROMPT=${IPROMPT:-"no"}

# These 3 signals will not cause our script to exit
trap "" INT QUIT TSTP

[ "${1}" != "" ] && runlevel=${1}

if [ "${runlevel}" == "" ]; then
echo "Usage: ${0} <runlevel>" >&2
exit 1
fi

previous=${PREVLEVEL}
[ "${previous}" == "" ] && previous=N

if [ ! -d /etc/rc.d/rc${runlevel}.d ]; then
log_info_msg "/etc/rc.d/rc${runlevel}.d does not exist.\n"
exit 1
fi

if [ "$runlevel" == "6" -o "$runlevel" == "0" ]; then IPROMPT="no"; fi

# Note: In ${LOGLEVEL:-7}, it is ':' 'dash' '7', not minus 7
if [ "$runlevel" == "S" ]; then
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/console ] && source /etc/sysconfig/console
dmesg -n "${LOGLEVEL:-7}"
fi

if [ "${IPROMPT}" == "yes" -a "${runlevel}" == "S" ]; then
# The total length of the distro welcome string, without escape codes
wlen=${wlen:-$(echo "Welcome to ${DISTRO}" | wc -c )}
welcome_message=${welcome_message:-"Welcome to ${INFO}${DISTRO}${NORMAL}"}

# The total length of the interactive string, without escape codes
ilen=${ilen:-$(echo "Press 'I' to enter interactive startup" | wc -c )}
i_message=${i_message:-"Press '${FAILURE}I${NORMAL}' to enter interactive startup"}

# dcol and icol are spaces before the message to center the message
# on screen. itime is the amount of wait time for the user to press a key
wcol=$(( ( ${COLUMNS} - ${wlen} ) / 2 ))
icol=$(( ( ${COLUMNS} - ${ilen} ) / 2 ))
itime=${itime:-"3"}

echo -e "\n\n"
echo -e "\\033[${wcol}G${welcome_message}"
echo -e "\\033[${icol}G${i_message}${NORMAL}"
echo ""
read -t "${itime}" -n 1 interactive 2>&1 > /dev/null
fi

# Make lower case
[ "${interactive}" == "I" ] && interactive="i"
[ "${interactive}" != "i" ] && interactive=""

# Read the state file if it exists from runlevel S
[ -r /var/run/interactive ] && source /var/run/interactive

# Attempt to stop all services started by the previous runlevel,
# and killed in this runlevel
if [ "${previous}" != "N" ]; then
for i in $(ls -v /etc/rc.d/rc${runlevel}.d/K* 2> /dev/null)
do
check_script_status

suffix=${i#/etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/K[0-9][0-9]}
prev_start=/etc/rc.d/rc$previous.d/S[0-9][0-9]$suffix
sysinit_start=/etc/rc.d/rcS.d/S[0-9][0-9]$suffix

if [ "${runlevel}" != "0" -a "${runlevel}" != "6" ]; then
if [ ! -f ${prev_start} -a  ! -f ${sysinit_start} ]; then
MSG="WARNING:\n\n${i} can't be "
MSG="${MSG}executed because it was not "
MSG="${MSG}not started in the previous "
MSG="${MSG}runlevel (${previous})."
log_warning_msg "$MSG"
continue
fi
fi

run ${i} stop
error_value=${?}

if [ "${error_value}" != "0" ]; then print_error_msg; fi
done
fi

if [ "${previous}" == "N" ]; then export IN_BOOT=1; fi

if [ "$runlevel" == "6" -a -n "${FASTBOOT}" ]; then
touch /fastboot
fi

# Start all functions in this runlevel
for i in $( ls -v /etc/rc.d/rc${runlevel}.d/S* 2> /dev/null)
do
if [ "${previous}" != "N" ]; then
suffix=${i#/etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/S[0-9][0-9]}
stop=/etc/rc.d/rc$runlevel.d/K[0-9][0-9]$suffix
prev_start=/etc/rc.d/rc$previous.d/S[0-9][0-9]$suffix

[ -f ${prev_start} -a ! -f ${stop} ] && continue
fi

check_script_status

case ${runlevel} in
0|6)
run ${i} stop
;;
*)
run ${i} start
;;
esac

error_value=${?}

if [ "${error_value}" != "0" ]; then print_error_msg; fi
done

# Store interactive variable on switch from runlevel S and remove if not
if [ "${runlevel}" == "S" -a "${interactive}" == "i" ]; then
echo "interactive=\"i\"" > /var/run/interactive
else
rm -f /var/run/interactive 2> /dev/null
fi

# Copy the boot log on initial boot only
if [ "${previous}" == "N" -a  "${runlevel}" != "S" ]; then
cat $BOOTLOG >> /var/log/boot.log

# Mark the end of boot
echo "--------" >> /var/log/boot.log

# Remove the temporary file
rm -f $BOOTLOG 2> /dev/null
fi

# End rc

D.2. /lib/lsb/init-functions

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
#
# Begin /lib/lsb/init-funtions
#
# Description : Run Level Control Functions
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#             : DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
# Notes       : With code based on Matthias Benkmann's simpleinit-msb
#               http://winterdrache.de/linux/newboot/index.html
#
#               The file should be located in /lib/lsb
#
########################################################################

## Environmental setup
# Setup default values for environment
umask 022
export PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin"

## Set color commands, used via echo
# Please consult `man console_codes for more information
# under the "ECMA-48 Set Graphics Rendition" section
#
# Warning: when switching from a 8bit to a 9bit font,
# the linux console will reinterpret the bold (1;) to
# the top 256 glyphs of the 9bit font.  This does
# not affect framebuffer consoles

NORMAL="\\033[0;39m"         # Standard console grey
SUCCESS="\\033[1;32m"        # Success is green
WARNING="\\033[1;33m"        # Warnings are yellow
FAILURE="\\033[1;31m"        # Failures are red
INFO="\\033[1;36m"           # Information is light cyan
BRACKET="\\033[1;34m"        # Brackets are blue

# Use a colored prefix
BMPREFIX="     "
SUCCESS_PREFIX="${SUCCESS}  *  ${NORMAL}"
FAILURE_PREFIX="${FAILURE}*****${NORMAL}"
WARNING_PREFIX="${WARNING} *** ${NORMAL}"
SKIP_PREFIX="${INFO}  S  ${NORMAL}"

SUCCESS_SUFFIX="${BRACKET}[${SUCCESS}  OK  ${BRACKET}]${NORMAL}"
FAILURE_SUFFIX="${BRACKET}[${FAILURE} FAIL ${BRACKET}]${NORMAL}"
WARNING_SUFFIX="${BRACKET}[${WARNING} WARN ${BRACKET}]${NORMAL}"
SKIP_SUFFIX="${BRACKET}[${INFO} SKIP ${BRACKET}]${NORMAL}"

BOOTLOG=/run/bootlog
KILLDELAY=3

# Set any user specified environment variables e.g. HEADLESS
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/rc.site ]  && . /etc/sysconfig/rc.site

## Screen Dimensions
# Find current screen size
if [ -z "${COLUMNS}" ]; then
COLUMNS=$(stty size)
COLUMNS=${COLUMNS##* }
fi

# When using remote connections, such as a serial port, stty size returns 0
if [ "${COLUMNS}" = "0" ]; then
COLUMNS=80
fi

## Measurements for positioning result messages
COL=$((${COLUMNS} - 8))
WCOL=$((${COL} - 2))

## Set Cursor Position Commands, used via echo
SET_COL="\\033[${COL}G"      # at the $COL char
SET_WCOL="\\033[${WCOL}G"    # at the $WCOL char
CURS_UP="\\033[1A\\033[0G"   # Up one line, at the 0'th char
CURS_ZERO="\\033[0G"

################################################################################
# start_daemon()                                                               #
# Usage: start_daemon [-f] [-n nicelevel] [-p pidfile] pathname [args...]      #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: This runs the specified program as a daemon                         #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: -f: (force) run the program even if it is already running.           #
#         -n nicelevel: specify a nice level. See 'man nice(1)'.               #
#         -p pidfile: use the specified file to determine PIDs.                #
#         pathname: the complete path to the specified program                 #
#         args: additional arguments passed to the program (pathname)          #
#                                                                              #
# Return values (as defined by LSB exit codes):                                #
#       0 - program is running or service is OK                                #
#       1 - generic or unspecified error                                       #
#       2 - invalid or excessive argument(s)                                   #
#       5 - program is not installed                                           #
################################################################################
start_daemon()
{
local force=""
local nice="0"
local pidfile=""
local pidlist=""
local retval=""

# Process arguments
while true
do
case "${1}" in

-f)
force="1"
shift 1
;;

-n)
nice="${2}"
shift 2
;;

-p)
pidfile="${2}"
shift 2
;;

-*)
return 2
;;

*)
program="${1}"
break
;;
esac
done

# Check for a valid program
if [ ! -e "${program}" ]; then return 5; fi

# Execute
if [ -z "${force}" ]; then
if [ -z "${pidfile}" ]; then
# Determine the pid by discovery
pidlist=`pidofproc "${1}"`
retval="${?}"
else
# The PID file contains the needed PIDs
# Note that by LSB requirement, the path must be given to pidofproc,
# however, it is not used by the current implementation or standard.
pidlist=`pidofproc -p "${pidfile}" "${1}"`
retval="${?}"
fi

# Return a value ONLY
# It is the init script's (or distribution's functions) responsibilty
# to log messages!
case "${retval}" in

0)
# Program is already running correctly, this is a
# successful start.
return 0
;;

1)
# Program is not running, but an invalid pid file exists
# remove the pid file and continue
rm -f "${pidfile}"
;;

3)
# Program is not running and no pidfile exists
# do nothing here, let start_deamon continue.
;;

*)
# Others as returned by status values shall not be interpreted
# and returned as an unspecified error.
return 1
;;
esac
fi

# Do the start!
nice -n "${nice}" "${@}"
}

################################################################################
# killproc()                                                                   #
# Usage: killproc [-p pidfile] pathname [signal]                               #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Send control signals to running processes                           #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: -p pidfile, uses the specified pidfile                               #
#         pathname, pathname to the specified program                          #
#         signal, send this signal to pathname                                 #
#                                                                              #
# Return values (as defined by LSB exit codes):                                #
#       0 - program (pathname) has stopped/is already stopped or a             #
#           running program has been sent specified signal and stopped         #
#           successfully                                                       #
#       1 - generic or unspecified error                                       #
#       2 - invalid or excessive argument(s)                                   #
#       5 - program is not installed                                           #
#       7 - program is not running and a signal was supplied                   #
################################################################################
killproc()
{
local pidfile
local program
local prefix
local progname
local signal="-TERM"
local fallback="-KILL"
local nosig
local pidlist
local retval
local pid
local delay="30"
local piddead
local dtime

# Process arguments
while true; do
case "${1}" in
-p)
pidfile="${2}"
shift 2
;;

*)
program="${1}"
if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
signal="${2}"
fallback=""
else
nosig=1
fi

# Error on additional arguments
if [ -n "${3}" ]; then
return 2
else
break
fi
;;
esac
done

# Check for a valid program
if [ ! -e "${program}" ]; then return 5; fi

# Check for a valid signal
check_signal "${signal}"
if [ "${?}" -ne "0" ]; then return 2; fi

# Get a list of pids
if [ -z "${pidfile}" ]; then
# determine the pid by discovery
pidlist=`pidofproc "${1}"`
retval="${?}"
else
# The PID file contains the needed PIDs
# Note that by LSB requirement, the path must be given to pidofproc,
# however, it is not used by the current implementation or standard.
pidlist=`pidofproc -p "${pidfile}" "${1}"`
retval="${?}"
fi

# Return a value ONLY
# It is the init script's (or distribution's functions) responsibilty
# to log messages!
case "${retval}" in

0)
# Program is running correctly
# Do nothing here, let killproc continue.
;;

1)
# Program is not running, but an invalid pid file exists
# Remove the pid file.
rm -f "${pidfile}"

# This is only a success if no signal was passed.
if [ -n "${nosig}" ]; then
return 0
else
return 7
fi
;;

3)
# Program is not running and no pidfile exists
# This is only a success if no signal was passed.
if [ -n "${nosig}" ]; then
return 0
else
return 7
fi
;;

*)
# Others as returned by status values shall not be interpreted
# and returned as an unspecified error.
return 1
;;
esac

# Perform different actions for exit signals and control signals
check_sig_type "${signal}"

if [ "${?}" -eq "0" ]; then # Signal is used to terminate the program

# Account for empty pidlist (pid file still exists and no
# signal was given)
if [ "${pidlist}" != "" ]; then

# Kill the list of pids
for pid in ${pidlist}; do

kill -0 "${pid}" 2> /dev/null

if [ "${?}" -ne "0" ]; then
# Process is dead, continue to next and assume all is well
continue
else
kill "${signal}" "${pid}" 2> /dev/null

# Wait up to ${delay}/10 seconds to for "${pid}" to
# terminate in 10ths of a second

while [ "${delay}" -ne "0" ]; do
kill -0 "${pid}" 2> /dev/null || piddead="1"
if [ "${piddead}" = "1" ]; then break; fi
sleep 0.1
delay="$(( ${delay} - 1 ))"
done

# If a fallback is set, and program is still running, then
# use the fallback
if [ -n "${fallback}" -a "${piddead}" != "1" ]; then
kill "${fallback}" "${pid}" 2> /dev/null
sleep 1
# Check again, and fail if still running
kill -0 "${pid}" 2> /dev/null && return 1
fi
fi
done
fi

# Check for and remove stale PID files.
if [ -z "${pidfile}" ]; then
# Find the basename of $program
prefix=`echo "${program}" | sed 's/[^/]*$//'`
progname=`echo "${program}" | sed "s@${prefix}@@"`

if [ -e "/var/run/${progname}.pid" ]; then
rm -f "/var/run/${progname}.pid" 2> /dev/null
fi
else
if [ -e "${pidfile}" ]; then rm -f "${pidfile}" 2> /dev/null; fi
fi

# For signals that do not expect a program to exit, simply
# let kill do its job, and evaluate kill's return for value

else # check_sig_type - signal is not used to terminate program
for pid in ${pidlist}; do
kill "${signal}" "${pid}"
if [ "${?}" -ne "0" ]; then return 1; fi
done
fi
}

################################################################################
# pidofproc()                                                                  #
# Usage: pidofproc [-p pidfile] pathname                                       #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: This function returns one or more pid(s) for a particular daemon    #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: -p pidfile, use the specified pidfile instead of pidof               #
#         pathname, path to the specified program                              #
#                                                                              #
# Return values (as defined by LSB status codes):                              #
#       0 - Success (PIDs to stdout)                                           #
#       1 - Program is dead, PID file still exists (remaining PIDs output)     #
#       3 - Program is not running (no output)                                 #
################################################################################
pidofproc()
{
local pidfile
local program
local prefix
local progname
local pidlist
local lpids
local exitstatus="0"

# Process arguments
while true; do
case "${1}" in

-p)
pidfile="${2}"
shift 2
;;

*)
program="${1}"
if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
# Too many arguments
# Since this is status, return unknown
return 4
else
break
fi
;;
esac
done

# If a PID file is not specified, try and find one.
if [ -z "${pidfile}" ]; then
# Get the program's basename
prefix=`echo "${program}" | sed 's/[^/]*$//'`

if [ -z "${prefix}" ]; then
progname="${program}"
else
progname=`echo "${program}" | sed "s@${prefix}@@"`
fi

# If a PID file exists with that name, assume that is it.
if [ -e "/var/run/${progname}.pid" ]; then
pidfile="/var/run/${progname}.pid"
fi
fi

# If a PID file is set and exists, use it.
if [ -n "${pidfile}" -a -e "${pidfile}" ]; then

# Use the value in the first line of the pidfile
pidlist=`/bin/head -n1 "${pidfile}"`
# This can optionally be written as 'sed 1q' to repalce 'head -n1'
# should LFS move /bin/head to /usr/bin/head
else
# Use pidof
pidlist=`pidof "${program}"`
fi

# Figure out if all listed PIDs are running.
for pid in ${pidlist}; do
kill -0 ${pid} 2> /dev/null

if [ "${?}" -eq "0" ]; then
lpids="${lpids}${pid} "
else
exitstatus="1"
fi
done

if [ -z "${lpids}" -a ! -f "${pidfile}" ]; then
return 3
else
echo "${lpids}"
return "${exitstatus}"
fi
}

################################################################################
# statusproc()                                                                 #
# Usage: statusproc [-p pidfile] pathname                                      #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: This function prints the status of a particular daemon to stdout    #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: -p pidfile, use the specified pidfile instead of pidof               #
#         pathname, path to the specified program                              #
#                                                                              #
# Return values:                                                               #
#       0 - Status printed                                                     #
#       1 - Input error. The daemon to check was not specified.                #
################################################################################
statusproc()
{
local pidfile
local pidlist

if [ "${#}" = "0" ]; then
echo "Usage: statusproc [-p pidfle] {program}"
exit 1
fi

# Process arguments
while true; do
case "${1}" in

-p)
pidfile="${2}"
shift 2
;;

*)
if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
echo "Too many arguments"
return 1
else
break
fi
;;
esac
done

if [ -n "${pidfile}" ]; then
pidlist=`pidofproc -p "${pidfile}" $@`
else
pidlist=`pidofproc $@`
fi

# Trim trailing blanks
pidlist=`echo "${pidlist}" | sed -r 's/ +$//'`

base="${1##*/}"

if [ -n "${pidlist}" ]; then
/bin/echo -e "${INFO}${base} is running with Process" \
"ID(s) ${pidlist}.${NORMAL}"
else
if [ -n "${base}" -a -e "/var/run/${base}.pid" ]; then
/bin/echo -e "${WARNING}${1} is not running but" \
"/var/run/${base}.pid exists.${NORMAL}"
else
if [ -n "${pidfile}" -a -e "${pidfile}" ]; then
/bin/echo -e "${WARNING}${1} is not running" \
"but ${pidfile} exists.${NORMAL}"
else
/bin/echo -e "${INFO}${1} is not running.${NORMAL}"
fi
fi
fi
}

################################################################################
# timespec()                                                                   #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: An internal utility function to format a timestamp                  #
#          a boot log file.  Sets the STAMP variable.                          #
#                                                                              #
# Return value: Not used                                                       #
################################################################################
timespec()
{
STAMP="$(echo `date +"%b %d %T %:z"` `hostname`) "
return 0
}

################################################################################
# log_success_msg()                                                            #
# Usage: log_success_msg ["message"]                                           #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Print a successful status message to the screen and                 #
#          a boot log file.                                                    #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: $@ - Message                                                         #
#                                                                              #
# Return values: Not used                                                      #
################################################################################
log_success_msg()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${SUCCESS_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${SUCCESS_SUFFIX}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`

timespec
/bin/echo -e "${STAMP} ${logmessage} OK" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

log_success_msg2()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${SUCCESS_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${SUCCESS_SUFFIX}"

echo " OK" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

################################################################################
# log_failure_msg()                                                            #
# Usage: log_failure_msg ["message"]                                           #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Print a failure status message to the screen and                    #
#          a boot log file.                                                    #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: $@ - Message                                                         #
#                                                                              #
# Return values: Not used                                                      #
################################################################################
log_failure_msg()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${FAILURE_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${FAILURE_SUFFIX}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file

timespec
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`
/bin/echo -e "${STAMP} ${logmessage} FAIL" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

log_failure_msg2()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${FAILURE_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${FAILURE_SUFFIX}"

echo "FAIL" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

################################################################################
# log_warning_msg()                                                            #
# Usage: log_warning_msg ["message"]                                           #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Print a warning status message to the screen and                    #
#          a boot log file.                                                    #
#                                                                              #
# Return values: Not used                                                      #
################################################################################
log_warning_msg()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${WARNING_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${WARNING_SUFFIX}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`
timespec
/bin/echo -e "${STAMP} ${logmessage} WARN" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

log_skip_msg()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"
/bin/echo -e "${CURS_ZERO}${SKIP_PREFIX}${SET_COL}${SKIP_SUFFIX}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`
/bin/echo "SKIP" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

################################################################################
# log_info_msg()                                                               #
# Usage: log_info_msg message                                                  #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Print an information message to the screen and                      #
#          a boot log file.  Does not print a trailing newline character.      #
#                                                                              #
# Return values: Not used                                                      #
################################################################################
log_info_msg()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${BMPREFIX}${@}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`
timespec
/bin/echo -n -e "${STAMP} ${logmessage}" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

log_info_msg2()
{
/bin/echo -n -e "${@}"

# Strip non-printable characters from log file
logmessage=`echo "${@}" | sed 's/\\\033[^a-zA-Z]*.//g'`
/bin/echo -n -e "${logmessage}" >> ${BOOTLOG}

return 0
}

################################################################################
# evaluate_retval()                                                            #
# Usage: Evaluate a return value and print success or failyure as appropriate  #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Convenience function to terminate an info message                   #
#                                                                              #
# Return values: Not used                                                      #
################################################################################
evaluate_retval()
{
local error_value="${?}"

if [ ${error_value} = 0 ]; then
log_success_msg2
else
log_failure_msg2
fi
}

################################################################################
# check_signal()                                                               #
# Usage: check_signal [ -{signal} | {signal} ]                                 #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Check for a valid signal.  This is not defined by any LSB draft,    #
#          however, it is required to check the signals to determine if the    #
#          signals chosen are invalid arguments to the other functions.        #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: Accepts a single string value in the form or -{signal} or {signal}   #
#                                                                              #
# Return values:                                                               #
#       0 - Success (signal is valid                                           #
#       1 - Signal is not valid                                                #
################################################################################
check_signal()
{
local valsig

# Add error handling for invalid signals
valsig="-ALRM -HUP -INT -KILL -PIPE -POLL -PROF -TERM -USR1 -USR2"
valsig="${valsig} -VTALRM -STKFLT -PWR -WINCH -CHLD -URG -TSTP -TTIN"
valsig="${valsig} -TTOU -STOP -CONT -ABRT -FPE -ILL -QUIT -SEGV -TRAP"
valsig="${valsig} -SYS -EMT -BUS -XCPU -XFSZ -0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -8 -9"
valsig="${valsig} -11 -13 -14 -15"

echo "${valsig}" | grep -- " ${1} " > /dev/null

if [ "${?}" -eq "0" ]; then
return 0
else
return 1
fi
}

################################################################################
# check_sig_type()                                                             #
# Usage: check_signal [ -{signal} | {signal} ]                                 #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Check if signal is a program termination signal or a control signal #
#          This is not defined by any LSB draft, however, it is required to    #
#          check the signals to determine if they are intended to end a        #
#          program or simply to control it.                                    #
#                                                                              #
# Inputs: Accepts a single string value in the form or -{signal} or {signal}   #
#                                                                              #
# Return values:                                                               #
#       0 - Signal is used for program termination                             #
#       1 - Signal is used for program control                                 #
################################################################################
check_sig_type()
{
local valsig

# The list of termination signals (limited to generally used items)
valsig="-ALRM -INT -KILL -TERM -PWR -STOP -ABRT -QUIT -2 -3 -6 -9 -14 -15"

echo "${valsig}" | grep -- " ${1} " > /dev/null

if [ "${?}" -eq "0" ]; then
return 0
else
return 1
fi
}

################################################################################
# wait_for_user()                                                              #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Wait for the user to respond if not a headless system               #
#                                                                              #
################################################################################
wait_for_user()
{
# Wait for the user by default
[ "${HEADLESS=0}" = "0" ] && read ENTER
return 0
}

################################################################################
# is_true()                                                                    #
#                                                                              #
# Purpose: Utility to test if a variable is true | yes | 1                     #
#                                                                              #
################################################################################
is_true()
{
[ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "yes" ] || [ "$1" = "true" ] ||  [ "$1" = "y" ] ||
[ "$1" = "t" ]
}

# End /lib/lsb/init-functions

D.3. /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountvirtfs

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin mountvirtfs
#
# Description : Mount proc, sysfs, and run
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            mountvirtfs
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
#                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
# Description:         Mounts /sys and /proc virtual (kernel) filesystems.
#                      Mounts /run (tmpfs) and /dev (devtmpfs).
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
# Make sure /run is available before logging any messages
if ! mountpoint /run >/dev/null; then
mount /run || failed=1
fi

mkdir -p /run/lock /run/shm
chmod 1777 /run/shm /run/lock

log_info_msg "Mounting virtual file systems: ${INFO}/run"

if ! mountpoint /proc >/dev/null; then
log_info_msg2 " ${INFO}/proc"
mount -o nosuid,noexec,nodev /proc || failed=1
fi

if ! mountpoint /sys >/dev/null; then
log_info_msg2 " ${INFO}/sys"
mount -o nosuid,noexec,nodev /sys || failed=1
fi

if ! mountpoint /dev >/dev/null; then
log_info_msg2 " ${INFO}/dev"
mount -o mode=0755,nosuid /dev  || failed=1
fi

ln -sfn /run/shm /dev/shm

(exit ${failed})
evaluate_retval
exit $failed
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End mountvirtfs

D.4. /etc/rc.d/init.d/modules

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin modules
#
# Description : Module auto-loading script
#
# Authors     : Zack Winkles
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            modules
# Required-Start:      mountvirtfs sysctl
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Loads required modules.
# Description:         Loads modules listed in /etc/sysconfig/modules.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

# Assure that the kernel has module support.
[ -e /proc/modules ] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
# Exit if there's no modules file or there are no
# valid entries
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/modules ]             || exit 0
egrep -qv '^($|#)' /etc/sysconfig/modules || exit 0

log_info_msg "Loading modules:"

# Only try to load modules if the user has actually given us
# some modules to load.

while read module args; do

# Ignore comments and blank lines.
case "$module" in
""|"#"*) continue ;;
esac

# Attempt to load the module, passing any arguments provided.
modprobe ${module} ${args} >/dev/null

# Print the module name if successful, otherwise take note.
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
log_info_msg2 " ${module}"
else
failedmod="${failedmod} ${module}"
fi
done < /etc/sysconfig/modules

# Print a message about successfully loaded modules on the correct line.
log_success_msg2

# Print a failure message with a list of any modules that
# may have failed to load.
if [ -n "${failedmod}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "Failed to load modules:${failedmod}"
exit 1
fi
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End modules

D.5. /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin udev
#
# Description : Udev cold-plugging script
#
# Authors     : Zack Winkles, Alexander E. Patrakov
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            udev $time
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:        modules
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Populates /dev with device nodes.
# Description:         Mounts a tempfs on /dev and starts the udevd daemon.
#                      Device nodes are created as defined by udev.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Populating /dev with device nodes... "
if ! grep -q '[[:space:]]sysfs' /proc/mounts; then
log_failure_msg2
msg="FAILURE:\n\nUnable to create "
msg="${msg}devices without a SysFS filesystem\n\n"
msg="${msg}After you press Enter, this system "
msg="${msg}will be halted and powered off.\n\n"
log_info_msg "$msg"
log_info_msg "Press Enter to continue..."
wait_for_user
/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt stop
fi

# Start the udev daemon to continually watch for, and act on,
# uevents
/sbin/udevd --daemon

# Now traverse /sys in order to "coldplug" devices that have
# already been discovered
/sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add    --type=subsystems
/sbin/udevadm trigger --action=add    --type=devices
/sbin/udevadm trigger --action=change --type=devices

# Now wait for udevd to process the uevents we triggered
if ! is_true "$OMIT_UDEV_SETTLE"; then
/sbin/udevadm settle
fi

# If any LVM based partitions are on the system, ensure they
# are activated so they can be used.
if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ]; then /sbin/vgchange -a y >/dev/null; fi

log_success_msg2
;;

*)
echo "Usage ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End udev

D.6. /etc/rc.d/init.d/swap

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin swap
#
# Description : Swap Control Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            swap
# Required-Start:      udev
# Should-Start:        modules
# Required-Stop:       localnet
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:        0 6
# Short-Description:   Mounts and unmounts swap partitions.
# Description:         Mounts and unmounts swap partitions defined in
#                      /etc/fstab.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Activating all swap files/partitions..."
swapon -a
evaluate_retval
;;

stop)
log_info_msg "Deactivating all swap files/partitions..."
swapoff -a
evaluate_retval
;;

restart)
${0} stop
sleep 1
${0} start
;;

status)
log_success_msg "Retrieving swap status."
swapon -s
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End swap

D.7. /etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin setclock
#
# Description : Setting Linux Clock
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:        modules
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:         $syslog
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Stores and restores time from the hardware clock
# Description:         On boot, system time is obtained from hwclock.  The
#                      hardware clock can also be set on shutdown.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS BLFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

[ -r /etc/sysconfig/clock ] && . /etc/sysconfig/clock

case "${UTC}" in
yes|true|1)
CLOCKPARAMS="${CLOCKPARAMS} --utc"
;;

no|false|0)
CLOCKPARAMS="${CLOCKPARAMS} --localtime"
;;

esac

case ${1} in
start)
hwclock --hctosys ${CLOCKPARAMS} >/dev/null
;;

stop)
log_info_msg "Setting hardware clock..."
hwclock --systohc ${CLOCKPARAMS} >/dev/null
evaluate_retval
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;

esac

exit 0

D.8. /etc/rc.d/init.d/checkfs

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin checkfs
#
# Description : File System Check
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               A. Luebke - luebke@users.sourceforge.net
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
# Based on checkfs script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
#
# From man fsck
# 0    - No errors
# 1    - File system errors corrected
# 2    - System should be rebooted
# 4    - File system errors left uncorrected
# 8    - Operational error
# 16   - Usage or syntax error
# 32   - Fsck canceled by user request
# 128  - Shared library error
#
#########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            checkfs
# Required-Start:      udev swap $time
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Checks local filesystems before mounting.
# Description:         Checks local filesystmes before mounting.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
if [ -f /fastboot ]; then
msg="/fastboot found, will omit "
msg="${msg} file system checks as requested.\n"
log_info_msg "${msg}"
exit 0
fi

log_info_msg "Mounting root file system in read-only mode... "
mount -n -o remount,ro / >/dev/null

if [ ${?} != 0 ]; then
log_failure_msg2
msg="\n\nCannot check root "
msg="${msg}filesystem because it could not be mounted "
msg="${msg}in read-only mode.\n\n"
msg="${msg}After you press Enter, this system will be "
msg="${msg}halted and powered off.\n\n"
log_failure_msg "${msg}"

log_info_msg "Press Enter to continue..."
wait_for_user
/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt stop
else
log_success_msg2
fi

if [ -f /forcefsck ]; then
msg="\n/forcefsck found, forcing file"
msg="${msg} system checks as requested."
log_success_msg "$msg"
options="-f"
else
options=""
fi

log_info_msg "Checking file systems..."
# Note: -a option used to be -p; but this fails e.g. on fsck.minix
if is_true "$VERBOSE_FSCK"; then
fsck ${options} -a -A -C -T
else
fsck ${options} -a -A -C -T >/dev/null
fi

error_value=${?}

if [ "${error_value}" = 0 ]; then
log_success_msg2
fi

if [ "${error_value}" = 1 ]; then
msg="\nWARNING:\n\nFile system errors "
msg="${msg}were found and have been corrected.\n"
msg="${msg}You may want to double-check that "
msg="${msg}everything was fixed properly."
log_warning_msg "$msg"
fi

if [ "${error_value}" = 2 -o "${error_value}" = 3 ]; then
msg="\nWARNING:\n\nFile system errors "
msg="${msg}were found and have been been "
msg="${msg}corrected, but the nature of the "
msg="${msg}errors require this system to be rebooted.\n\n"
msg="${msg}After you press enter, "
msg="${msg}this system will be rebooted\n\n"
log_failure_msg "$msg"

log_info_msg "Press Enter to continue..."
wait_for_user
reboot -f
fi

if [ "${error_value}" -gt 3 -a "${error_value}" -lt 16 ]; then
msg="\nFAILURE:\n\nFile system errors "
msg="${msg}were encountered that could not be "
msg="${msg}fixed automatically.  This system "
msg="${msg}cannot continue to boot and will "
msg="${msg}therefore be halted until those "
msg="${msg}errors are fixed manually by a "
msg="${msg}System Administrator.\n\n"
msg="${msg}After you press Enter, this system will be "
msg="${msg}halted and powered off.\n\n"
log_failure_msg "$msg"

log_info_msg "Press Enter to continue..."
wait_for_user
/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt stop
fi

if [ "${error_value}" -ge 16 ]; then
msg="\nFAILURE:\n\nUnexpected Failure "
msg="${msg}running fsck.  Exited with error "
msg="${msg} code: ${error_value}."
log_failure_msg $msg
exit ${error_value}
fi

exit 0
;;
*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End checkfs

D.9. /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin mountfs
#
# Description : File System Mount Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            $local_fs
# Required-Start:      udev checkfs
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:       swap
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:        0 6
# Short-Description:   Mounts/unmounts local filesystems defined in /etc/fstab.
# Description:         Remounts root filesystem read/write and mounts all
#                      remaining local filesystems defined in /etc/fstab on
#                      start.  Remounts root filesystem read-only and unmounts
#                      remaining filesystems on stop.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Remounting root file system in read-write mode..."
mount -o remount,rw / >/dev/null
evaluate_retval

# Remove fsck-related file system watermarks.
rm -f /fastboot /forcefsck

# Make sure /dev/pts exists
mkdir -p /dev/pts

# This will mount all filesystems that do not have _netdev in
# their option list.  _netdev denotes a network filesystem.

log_info_msg "Mounting remaining file systems..."
mount -a -O no_netdev >/dev/null
evaluate_retval
exit $failed
;;

stop)
# Don't unmount virtual file systems like /run
log_info_msg "Unmounting all other currently mounted file systems..."
umount -a -d -r -t notmpfs,nosysfs,nodevtmpfs,noproc,nodevpts >/dev/null
evaluate_retval

# Make sure / is mounted read only (umount bug)
mount -o remount,ro /

# Make all LVM volume groups unavailable, if appropriate
# This fails if swap or / are on an LVM partition
#if [ -x /sbin/vgchange ]; then /sbin/vgchange -an > /dev/null; fi
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End mountfs

D.10. /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin udev_retry
#
# Description : Udev cold-plugging script (retry)
#
# Authors     : Alexander E. Patrakov
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Bryan Kadzban -
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            udev_retry
# Required-Start:      udev
# Should-Start:        $local_fs
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Replays failed uevents and creates additional devices.
# Description:         Replays any failed uevents that were skipped due to
#                      slow hardware initialization, and creates those needed
#                      device nodes
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Retrying failed uevents, if any..."

# As of udev-186, the --run option is no longer valid
#rundir=$(/sbin/udevadm info --run)
rundir=/run/udev
# From Debian: "copy the rules generated before / was mounted
# read-write":

for file in ${rundir}/tmp-rules--*; do
dest=${file##*tmp-rules--}
[ "$dest" = '*' ] && break
cat $file >> /etc/udev/rules.d/$dest
rm -f $file
done

# Re-trigger the uevents that may have failed,
# in hope they will succeed now
/bin/sed -e 's/#.*$//' /etc/sysconfig/udev_retry | /bin/grep -v '^$' | \
while read line ; do
for subsystem in $line ; do
/sbin/udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=$subsystem --action=add
done
done

# Now wait for udevd to process the uevents we triggered
if ! is_true "$OMIT_UDEV_RETRY_SETTLE"; then
/sbin/udevadm settle
fi

evaluate_retval
;;

*)
echo "Usage ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End udev_retry

D.11. /etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin cleanfs
#
# Description : Clean file system
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            cleanfs
# Required-Start:      $local_fs
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Cleans temporary directories early in the boot process.
# Description:         Cleans temporary directories /var/run, /var/lock, and
#                      optionally, /tmp.  cleanfs also creates /var/run/utmp
#                      and any files defined in /etc/sysconfig/createfiles.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Function to create files/directory on boot.
create_files()
{
# Input to file descriptor 9 and output to stdin (redirection)
exec 9>&0 < /etc/sysconfig/createfiles

while read name type perm usr grp dtype maj min junk
do
# Ignore comments and blank lines.
case "${name}" in
""|\#*) continue ;;
esac

# Ignore existing files.
if [ ! -e "${name}" ]; then
# Create stuff based on its type.
case "${type}" in
dir)
mkdir "${name}"
;;
file)
:> "${name}"
;;
dev)
case "${dtype}" in
char)
mknod "${name}" c ${maj} ${min}
;;
block)
mknod "${name}" b ${maj} ${min}
;;
pipe)
mknod "${name}" p
;;
*)
log_warning_msg "\nUnknown device type: ${dtype}"
;;
esac
;;
*)
log_warning_msg "\nUnknown type: ${type}"
continue
;;
esac

# Set up the permissions, too.
chown ${usr}:${grp} "${name}"
chmod ${perm} "${name}"
fi
done

# Close file descriptor 9 (end redirection)
exec 0>&9 9>&-
return 0
}

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Cleaning file systems:"

if [ "${SKIPTMPCLEAN}" = "" ]; then
log_info_msg2 " /tmp"
cd /tmp &&
find . -xdev -mindepth 1 ! -name lost+found -delete || failed=1
fi

> /var/run/utmp

if grep -q '^utmp:' /etc/group ; then
chmod 664 /var/run/utmp
chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp
fi

(exit ${failed})
evaluate_retval

if egrep -qv '^(#|$)' /etc/sysconfig/createfiles 2>/dev/null; then
log_info_msg "Creating files and directories... "
create_files      # Always returns 0
evaluate_retval
fi

exit $failed
;;
*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End cleanfs

D.12. /etc/rc.d/init.d/console

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin console
#
# Description : Sets keymap and screen font
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Alexander E. Patrakov
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            console
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:        $local_fs
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Sets up a localised console.
# Description:         Sets up fonts and language settings for the user's
#                      local as defined by /etc/sysconfig/console.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

# Native English speakers probably don't have /etc/sysconfig/console at all
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/console ] && . /etc/sysconfig/console

is_true()
{
[ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "yes" ] || [ "$1" = "true" ]
}

failed=0

case "${1}" in
start)
# See if we need to do anything
if [ -z "${KEYMAP}"         ] && [ -z "${KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS}" ] &&
[ -z "${FONT}"           ] && [ -z "${LEGACY_CHARSET}"     ] &&
! is_true "${UNICODE}"; then
exit 0
fi

# There should be no bogus failures below this line!
log_info_msg "Setting up Linux console..."

# Figure out if a framebuffer console is used
[ -d /sys/class/graphics/fb0 ] && use_fb=1 || use_fb=0

# Figure out the command to set the console into the
# desired mode
is_true "${UNICODE}" &&
MODE_COMMAND="echo -en '\033%G' && kbd_mode -u" ||
MODE_COMMAND="echo -en '\033%@\033(K' && kbd_mode -a"

# On framebuffer consoles, font has to be set for each vt in
# UTF-8 mode. This doesn't hurt in non-UTF-8 mode also.

! is_true "${use_fb}" || [ -z "${FONT}" ] ||
MODE_COMMAND="${MODE_COMMAND} && setfont ${FONT}"

# Apply that command to all consoles mentioned in
# /etc/inittab. Important: in the UTF-8 mode this should
# happen before setfont, otherwise a kernel bug will
# show up and the unicode map of the font will not be
# used.

for TTY in `grep '^[^#].*respawn:/sbin/agetty' /etc/inittab |
grep -o '\btty[[:digit:]]*\b'`
do
openvt -f -w -c ${TTY#tty} -- \
/bin/sh -c "${MODE_COMMAND}" || failed=1
done

# Set the font (if not already set above) and the keymap
[ "${use_fb}" == "1" ] || [ -z "${FONT}" ] || setfont $FONT || failed=1

[ -z "${KEYMAP}" ] ||
loadkeys ${KEYMAP} >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
failed=1

[ -z "${KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS}" ] ||
loadkeys ${KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS} >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
failed=1

# Convert the keymap from $LEGACY_CHARSET to UTF-8
[ -z "$LEGACY_CHARSET" ] ||
dumpkeys -c "$LEGACY_CHARSET" | loadkeys -u >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
failed=1

# If any of the commands above failed, the trap at the
# top would set $failed to 1
( exit $failed )
evaluate_retval

exit $failed
;;

*)
echo "Usage:  ${0} {start}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End console

D.13. /etc/rc.d/init.d/localnet

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin localnet
#
# Description : Loopback device
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans  - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            localnet
# Required-Start:      $local_fs
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:        0 6
# Short-Description:   Starts the local network.
# Description:         Sets the hostname of the machine and starts the
#                      loopback interface.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/network ] && . /etc/sysconfig/network
[ -r /etc/hostname ] && HOSTNAME=`cat /etc/hostname`

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Bringing up the loopback interface..."
ip addr add 127.0.0.1/8 label lo dev lo
ip link set lo up
evaluate_retval

log_info_msg "Setting hostname to ${HOSTNAME}..."
hostname ${HOSTNAME}
evaluate_retval
;;

stop)
log_info_msg "Bringing down the loopback interface..."
ip link set lo down
evaluate_retval
;;

restart)
${0} stop
sleep 1
${0} start
;;

status)
echo "Hostname is: $(hostname)"
ip link show lo
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End localnet

D.14. /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysctl

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin sysctl
#
# Description : File uses /etc/sysctl.conf to set kernel runtime
#               parameters
#
# Authors     : Nathan Coulson (nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org)
#               Matthew Burgress (matthew AT linuxfromscratch D0T org)
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            sysctl
# Required-Start:      mountvirtfs
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Makes changes to the proc filesystem
# Description:         Makes changes to the proc filesystem as defined in
#                      /etc/sysctl.conf.  See 'man sysctl(8)'.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
if [ -f "/etc/sysctl.conf" ]; then
log_info_msg "Setting kernel runtime parameters..."
sysctl -q -p
evaluate_retval
fi
;;

status)
sysctl -a
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End sysctl

D.15. /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin sysklogd
#
# Description : Sysklogd loader
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            $syslog
# Required-Start:      localnet
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:       $local_fs sendsignals
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       3 4 5
# Default-Stop:        0 1 2 6
# Short-Description:   Starts kernel and system log daemons.
# Description:         Starts kernel and system log daemons.
#                      /etc/fstab.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

# Note: sysklogd is not started in runlevel 2 due to possible
# remote logging configurations

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Starting system log daemon..."
parms=${SYSKLOGD_PARMS-'-m 0'}
start_daemon /sbin/syslogd $parms
evaluate_retval

log_info_msg "Starting kernel log daemon..."
start_daemon /sbin/klogd
evaluate_retval
;;

stop)
log_info_msg "Stopping kernel log daemon..."
killproc /sbin/klogd
evaluate_retval

log_info_msg "Stopping system log daemon..."
killproc /sbin/syslogd
evaluate_retval
;;

reload)
log_info_msg "Reloading system log daemon config file..."
pid=`pidofproc syslogd`
kill -HUP "${pid}"
evaluate_retval
;;

restart)
${0} stop
sleep 1
${0} start
;;

status)
statusproc /sbin/syslogd
statusproc klogd
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End sysklogd

D.16. /etc/rc.d/init.d/network

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin network
#
# Description : Network Control Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Nathan Coulson - nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Kevin P. Fleming - kpfleming@linuxfromscratch.org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            $network
# Required-Start:      $local_fs swap localnet
# Should-Start:        $syslog
# Required-Stop:       $local_fs swap localnet
# Should-Stop:         $syslog
# Default-Start:       3 4 5
# Default-Stop:        0 1 2 6
# Short-Description:   Starts and configures network interfaces.
# Description:         Starts and configures network interfaces.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

case "${1}" in
start)
# Start all network interfaces
for file in /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*
do
interface=${file##*/ifconfig.}

# Skip if $file is * (because nothing was found)
if [ "${interface}" = "*" ]
then
continue
fi

/sbin/ifup ${interface}
done
;;

stop)
# Reverse list
net_files=""
for file in  /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.*
do
net_files="${file} ${net_files}"
done

# Stop all network interfaces
for file in ${net_files}
do
interface=${file##*/ifconfig.}

# Skip if $file is * (because nothing was found)
if [ "${interface}" = "*" ]
then
continue
fi

/sbin/ifdown ${interface}
done
;;

restart)
${0} stop
sleep 1
${0} start
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End network

D.17. /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendsignals

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin sendsignals
#
# Description : Sendsignals Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            sendsignals
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:       $local_fs swap localnet
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:
# Default-Stop:        0 6
# Short-Description:   Attempts to kill remaining processes.
# Description:         Attempts to kill remaining processes.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
stop)
log_info_msg "Sending all processes the TERM signal..."
killall5 -15
error_value=${?}

sleep ${KILLDELAY}

if [ "${error_value}" = 0 -o "${error_value}" = 2 ]; then
log_success_msg
else
log_failure_msg
fi

log_info_msg "Sending all processes the KILL signal..."
killall5 -9
error_value=${?}

sleep ${KILLDELAY}

if [ "${error_value}" = 0 -o "${error_value}" = 2 ]; then
log_success_msg
else
log_failure_msg
fi
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {stop}"
exit 1
;;

esac

exit 0

# End sendsignals

D.18. /etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin reboot
#
# Description : Reboot Scripts
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            reboot
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       6
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Reboots the system.
# Description:         Reboots the System.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
stop)
log_info_msg "Restarting system..."
reboot -d -f -i
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {stop}"
exit 1
;;

esac

# End reboot

D.19. /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin halt
#
# Description : Halt Script
#
# Authors     : Gerard Beekmans - gerard AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            halt
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:       0
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:   Halts the system.
# Description:         Halts the System.
# X-LFS-Provided-By:   LFS
### END INIT INFO

case "${1}" in
stop)
halt -d -f -i -p
;;

*)
echo "Usage: {stop}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End halt

D.20. /etc/rc.d/init.d/template

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin scriptname
#
# Description :
#
# Authors     :
#
# Version     : LFS x.x
#
# Notes       :
#
########################################################################

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:            template
# Required-Start:
# Should-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start:
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:
# Description:
# X-LFS-Provided-By:
### END INIT INFO

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

case "${1}" in
start)
log_info_msg "Starting..."
start_daemon fully_qualified_path
;;

stop)
log_info_msg "Stopping..."
killproc fully_qualified_path
;;

restart)
${0} stop
sleep 1
${0} start
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

# End scriptname

D.21. /etc/sysconfig/modules

########################################################################
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/modules
#
# Description : Module auto-loading configuration
#
# Authors     :
#
# Version     : 00.00
#
# Notes       : The syntax of this file is as follows:
#          <module> [<arg1> <arg2> ...]
#
# Each module should be on its own line, and any options that you want
# passed to the module should follow it.  The line deliminator is either
# a space or a tab.
########################################################################

# End /etc/sysconfig/modules

D.22. /etc/sysconfig/createfiles

########################################################################
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/createfiles
#
# Description : Createfiles script config file
#
# Authors     :
#
# Version     : 00.00
#
# Notes       : The syntax of this file is as follows:
#         if type is equal to "file" or "dir"
#          <filename> <type> <permissions> <user> <group>
#         if type is equal to "dev"
#          <filename> <type> <permissions> <user> <group> <devtype>
#             <major> <minor>
#
#         <filename> is the name of the file which is to be created
#         <type> is either file, dir, or dev.
#               file creates a new file
#               dir creates a new directory
#               dev creates a new device
#         <devtype> is either block, char or pipe
#               block creates a block device
#               char creates a character deivce
#               pipe creates a pipe, this will ignore the <major> and
#           <minor> fields
#         <major> and <minor> are the major and minor numbers used for
#     the device.
########################################################################

# End /etc/sysconfig/createfiles

D.23. /etc/sysconfig/udev-retry

########################################################################
# Begin /etc/sysconfig/udev_retry
#
# Description : udev_retry script configuration
#
# Authors     :
#
# Version     : 00.00
#
# Notes       : Each subsystem that may need to be re-triggered after mountfs
#               runs should be listed in this file.  Probable subsystems to be
#               listed here are rtc (due to /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime) and sound
#               (due to both /var/lib/alsa/asound.state and /usr/sbin/alsactl).
#               Entries are whitespace-separated.
########################################################################

rtc

# End /etc/sysconfig/udev_retry

D.24. /sbin/ifup

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin /sbin/ifup
#
# Description : Interface Up
#
# Authors     : Nathan Coulson - nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Kevin P. Fleming - kpfleming@linuxfromscratch.org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.7
#
# Notes       : The IFCONFIG variable is passed to the SERVICE script
#               in the /lib/services directory, to indicate what file the
#               service should source to get interface specifications.
#
########################################################################

up()
{
if ip link show $1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
link_status=`ip link show $1`

if [ -n "${link_status}" ]; then
if ! echo "${link_status}" | grep -q UP; then
ip link set $1 up
fi
fi

else
log_failure_msg "\nInterface ${IFACE} doesn't exist."
exit 1
fi
}

RELEASE="7.7"

USAGE="Usage: $0 [ -hV ] [--help] [--version] interface"
VERSTR="LFS ifup, version ${RELEASE}"

while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
--help | -h)     help="y"; break ;;

--version | -V)  echo "${VERSTR}"; exit 0 ;;

-*)              echo "ifup: ${1}: invalid option" >&2
echo "${USAGE}" >& 2
exit 2 ;;

*)               break ;;
esac
done

if [ -n "$help" ]; then
echo "${VERSTR}"
echo "${USAGE}"
echo
cat << HERE_EOF
ifup is used to bring up a network interface.  The interface
parameter, e.g. eth0 or eth0:2, must match the trailing part of the
interface specifications file, e.g. /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0:2.

HERE_EOF
exit 0
fi

file=/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.${1}

# Skip backup files
[ "${file}" = "${file%""~""}" ] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

log_info_msg "Bringing up the ${1} interface... "

if [ ! -r "${file}" ]; then
log_failure_msg2 "${file} is missing or cannot be accessed."
exit 1
fi

. $file

if [ "$IFACE" = "" ]; then
log_failure_msg2 "${file} does not define an interface [IFACE]."
exit 1
fi

# Do not process this service if started by boot, and ONBOOT
# is not set to yes
if [ "${IN_BOOT}" = "1" -a "${ONBOOT}" != "yes" ]; then
log_skip_msg
exit 0
fi

for S in ${SERVICE}; do
if [ ! -x "/lib/services/${S}" ]; then
MSG="\nUnable to process ${file}.  Either "
MSG="${MSG}the SERVICE '${S} was not present "
MSG="${MSG}or cannot be executed."
log_failure_msg "$MSG"
exit 1
fi
done

if [ "${SERVICE}" = "wpa" ]; then log_success_msg; fi

# Create/configure the interface
for S in ${SERVICE}; do
IFCONFIG=${file} /lib/services/${S} ${IFACE} up
done

# Bring up the interface and any components
for I in $IFACE $INTERFACE_COMPONENTS; do up $I; done

# Set MTU if requested. Check if MTU has a "good" value.
if test -n "${MTU}"; then
if [[ ${MTU} =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [[ $MTU -ge 68 ]] ; then
for I in $IFACE $INTERFACE_COMPONENTS; do
ip link set dev $I mtu $MTU;
done
else
log_info_msg2 "Invalid MTU $MTU"
fi
fi

# Set the route default gateway if requested
if [ -n "${GATEWAY}" ]; then
if ip route | grep -q default; then
log_skip_msg "\n     Gateway already setup; skipping."
else
log_info_msg "Setting up default gateway..."
ip route add default via ${GATEWAY} dev ${IFACE}
evaluate_retval
fi
fi

# End /sbin/ifup

D.25. /sbin/ifdown

#!/bin/bash
########################################################################
# Begin /sbin/ifdown
#
# Description : Interface Down
#
# Authors     : Nathan Coulson - nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Kevin P. Fleming - kpfleming@linuxfromscratch.org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
# Notes       : the IFCONFIG variable is passed to the scripts found
#               in the /lib/services directory, to indicate what file the
#               service should source to get interface specifications.
#
########################################################################

RELEASE="7.0"

USAGE="Usage: $0 [ -hV ] [--help] [--version] interface"
VERSTR="LFS ifdown, version ${RELEASE}"

while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
--help | -h)     help="y"; break ;;

--version | -V)  echo "${VERSTR}"; exit 0 ;;

-*)              echo "ifup: ${1}: invalid option" >&2
echo "${USAGE}" >& 2
exit 2 ;;

*)               break ;;
esac
done

if [ -n "$help" ]; then
echo "${VERSTR}"
echo "${USAGE}"
echo
cat << HERE_EOF
ifdown is used to bring down a network interface.  The interface
parameter, e.g. eth0 or eth0:2, must match the trailing part of the
interface specifications file, e.g. /etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.eth0:2.

HERE_EOF
exit 0
fi

file=/etc/sysconfig/ifconfig.${1}

# Skip backup files
[ "${file}" = "${file%""~""}" ] || exit 0

. /lib/lsb/init-functions

if [ ! -r "${file}" ]; then
log_warning_msg "${file} is missing or cannot be accessed."
exit 1
fi

. ${file}

if [ "$IFACE" = "" ]; then
log_failure_msg "${file} does not define an interface [IFACE]."
exit 1
fi

# We only need to first service to bring down the interface
S=`echo ${SERVICE} | cut -f1 -d" "`

if ip link show ${IFACE} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
if [ -n "${S}" -a -x "/lib/services/${S}" ]; then
IFCONFIG=${file} /lib/services/${S} ${IFACE} down
else
MSG="Unable to process ${file}.  Either "
MSG="${MSG}the SERVICE variable was not set "
MSG="${MSG}or the specified service cannot be executed."
log_failure_msg "$MSG"
exit 1
fi
else
log_warning_msg "Interface ${1} doesn't exist."
fi

# Leave the interface up if there are additional interfaces in the device
link_status=`ip link show ${IFACE} 2>/dev/null`

if [ -n "${link_status}" ]; then
if [ "$(echo "${link_status}" | grep UP)" != "" ]; then
if [ "$(ip addr show ${IFACE} | grep 'inet ')" == ""  ]; then
log_info_msg "Bringing down the ${IFACE} interface..."
ip link set ${IFACE} down
evaluate_retval
fi
fi
fi

# End /sbin/ifdown

D.26. /lib/services/ipv4-static

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin /lib/services/ipv4-static
#
# Description : IPV4 Static Boot Script
#
# Authors     : Nathan Coulson - nathan AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#               Kevin P. Fleming - kpfleming@linuxfromscratch.org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
. ${IFCONFIG}

if [ -z "${IP}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "\nIP variable missing from ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1
fi

if [ -z "${PREFIX}" -a -z "${PEER}" ]; then
log_warning_msg "\nPREFIX variable missing from ${IFCONFIG}, assuming 24."
PREFIX=24
args="${args} ${IP}/${PREFIX}"

elif [ -n "${PREFIX}" -a -n "${PEER}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "\nPREFIX and PEER both specified in ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1

elif [ -n "${PREFIX}" ]; then
args="${args} ${IP}/${PREFIX}"

elif [ -n "${PEER}" ]; then
args="${args} ${IP} peer ${PEER}"
fi

if [ -n "${LABEL}" ]; then
args="${args} label ${LABEL}"
fi

if [ -n "${BROADCAST}" ]; then
args="${args} broadcast ${BROADCAST}"
fi

case "${2}" in
up)
if [ "$(ip addr show ${1} 2>/dev/null | grep ${IP}/)" = "" ]; then

# Cosmetic output
if ! $(echo ${SERVICE} | grep -q " "); then
log_info_msg2 "\n" # Terminate the previous message
fi

log_info_msg "Adding IPv4 address ${IP} to the ${1} interface..."
ip addr add ${args} dev ${1}
evaluate_retval
else
log_warning_msg "Cannot add IPv4 address ${IP} to ${1}.  Already present."
fi
;;

down)
if [ "$(ip addr show ${1} 2>/dev/null | grep ${IP}/)" != "" ]; then
log_info_msg "Removing IPv4 address ${IP} from the ${1} interface..."
ip addr del ${args} dev ${1}
evaluate_retval
fi

if [ -n "${GATEWAY}" ]; then
# Only remove the gateway if there are no remaining ipv4 addresses
if [ "$(ip addr show ${1} 2>/dev/null | grep 'inet ')" != "" ]; then
log_info_msg "Removing default gateway..."
ip route del default
evaluate_retval
fi
fi
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} [interface] {up|down}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End /lib/services/ipv4-static

D.27. /lib/services/ipv4-static-route

#!/bin/sh
########################################################################
# Begin /lib/services/ipv4-static-route
#
# Description : IPV4 Static Route Script
#
# Authors     : Kevin P. Fleming - kpfleming@linuxfromscratch.org
#               DJ Lucas - dj AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
# Update      : Bruce Dubbs - bdubbs AT linuxfromscratch D0T org
#
# Version     : LFS 7.0
#
########################################################################

. /lib/lsb/init-functions
. ${IFCONFIG}

case "${TYPE}" in
("" | "network")
need_ip=1
need_gateway=1
;;

("default")
need_gateway=1
args="${args} default"
desc="default"
;;

("host")
need_ip=1
;;

("unreachable")
need_ip=1
args="${args} unreachable"
desc="unreachable "
;;

(*)
log_failure_msg "Unknown route type (${TYPE}) in ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1
;;
esac

if [ -n "${GATEWAY}" ]; then
MSG="The GATEWAY variable cannot be set in ${IFCONFIG} for static routes.\n"
log_failure_msg "$MSG Use STATIC_GATEWAY only, cannot continue"
exit 1
fi

if [ -n "${need_ip}" ]; then
if [ -z "${IP}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "IP variable missing from ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1
fi

if [ -z "${PREFIX}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "PREFIX variable missing from ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1
fi

args="${args} ${IP}/${PREFIX}"
desc="${desc}${IP}/${PREFIX}"
fi

if [ -n "${need_gateway}" ]; then
if [ -z "${STATIC_GATEWAY}" ]; then
log_failure_msg "STATIC_GATEWAY variable missing from ${IFCONFIG}, cannot continue."
exit 1
fi
args="${args} via ${STATIC_GATEWAY}"
fi

if [ -n "${SOURCE}" ]; then
args="${args} src ${SOURCE}"
fi

case "${2}" in
up)
log_info_msg "Adding '${desc}' route to the ${1} interface..."
ip route add ${args} dev ${1}
evaluate_retval
;;

down)
log_info_msg "Removing '${desc}' route from the ${1} interface..."
ip route del ${args} dev ${1}
evaluate_retval
;;

*)
echo "Usage: ${0} [interface] {up|down}"
exit 1
;;
esac

# End /lib/services/ipv4-static-route

Appendix E. Udev configuration rules

The rules in this appendix are listed for convenience. Installation is normally done via instructions in Section 6.67, “Eudev-2.1.1”.

E.1. 55-lfs.rules

# /etc/udev/rules.d/55-lfs.rules: Rule definitions for LFS.

# Core kernel devices

# This causes the system clock to be set as soon as /dev/rtc becomes available.
SUBSYSTEM=="rtc", ACTION=="add", MODE="0644", RUN+="/etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock start"
KERNEL=="rtc", ACTION=="add", MODE="0644", RUN+="/etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock start"

# Comms devices

KERNEL=="ippp[0-9]*",       GROUP="dialout"
KERNEL=="isdn[0-9]*",       GROUP="dialout"
KERNEL=="isdnctrl[0-9]*",   GROUP="dialout"
KERNEL=="dcbri[0-9]*",      GROUP="dialout"

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Index

Packages

- Acl:
Acl-2.2.52

- Attr:
Attr-2.4.47

- Autoconf:
Autoconf-2.69

- Automake:
Automake-1.15

- Bash:
Bash-4.3.30

- tools:
Bash-4.3.30

- Bc:
Bc-1.06.95

- Binutils:
Binutils-2.25

- tools, pass 1:
Binutils-2.25 - Pass 1

- tools, pass 2:
Binutils-2.25 - Pass 2

- Bison:
Bison-3.0.4

- Bootscripts:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222

- usage:
System V Bootscript Usage and Configuration

- Bzip2:
Bzip2-1.0.6

- tools:
Bzip2-1.0.6

- Check:
Check-0.9.14

- Coreutils:
Coreutils-8.23

- tools:
Coreutils-8.23

- DejaGNU:
DejaGNU-1.5.2

- Diffutils:
Diffutils-3.3

- tools:
Diffutils-3.3

- E2fsprogs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12

- Eudev:
Eudev-2.1.1

- configuring:
Configuring Eudev

- Expat:
Expat-2.1.0

- Expect:
Expect-5.45

- File:
File-5.22

- tools:
File-5.22

- Findutils:
Findutils-4.4.2

- tools:
Findutils-4.4.2

- Flex:
Flex-2.5.39

- Gawk:
Gawk-4.1.1

- tools:
Gawk-4.1.1

- GCC:
GCC-4.9.2

- tools, libstdc++:
Libstdc++-4.9.2

- tools, pass 1:
GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 1

- tools, pass 2:
GCC-4.9.2 - Pass 2

- GDBM:
GDBM-1.11

- Gettext:
Gettext-0.19.4

- tools:
Gettext-0.19.4

- Glibc:
Glibc-2.21

- tools:
Glibc-2.21

- GMP:
GMP-6.0.0a

- Gperf:
Gperf-3.0.4

- Grep:
Grep-2.21

- tools:
Grep-2.21

- Groff:
Groff-1.22.3

- GRUB:
GRUB-2.02~beta2

- Gzip:
Gzip-1.6

- tools:
Gzip-1.6

- Iana-Etc:
Iana-Etc-2.30

- Inetutils:
Inetutils-1.9.2

- Intltool:
Intltool-0.50.2

- IPRoute2:
IPRoute2-3.19.0

- Kbd:
Kbd-2.0.2

- Kmod:
Kmod-19

- Less:
Less-458

- Libcap:
Libcap-2.24

- Libpipeline:
Libpipeline-1.4.0

- Libtool:
Libtool-2.4.6

- Linux:
Linux-3.19

- API headers:
Linux-3.19 API Headers

- tools, API headers:
Linux-3.19 API Headers

- M4:
M4-1.4.17

- tools:
M4-1.4.17

- Make:
Make-4.1

- tools:
Make-4.1

- Man-DB:
Man-DB-2.7.1

- Man-pages:
Man-pages-3.79

- MPC:
MPC-1.0.2

- MPFR:
MPFR-3.1.2

- Ncurses:
Ncurses-5.9

- tools:
Ncurses-5.9

- Patch:
Patch-2.7.4

- tools:
Patch-2.7.4

- Perl:
Perl-5.20.2

- tools:
Perl-5.20.2

- Pkgconfig:
Pkg-config-0.28

- Procps-ng:
Procps-ng-3.3.10

- Psmisc:
Psmisc-22.21

- rc.site:
The rc.site File

- Readline:
Readline-6.3

- Sed:
Sed-4.2.2

- tools:
Sed-4.2.2

- Shadow:
Shadow-4.2.1

- configuring:
Configuring Shadow

- Sysklogd:
Sysklogd-1.5.1

- configuring:
Configuring Sysklogd

- Sysvinit:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf

- configuring:
Configuring Sysvinit

- Tar:
Tar-1.28

- tools:
Tar-1.28

- Tcl:
Tcl-8.6.3

- Texinfo:
Texinfo-5.2

- tools:
Texinfo-5.2

- Udev:

- usage:
Overview of Device and Module Handling

- Util-linux:
Util-linux-2.26

- tools:
Util-linux-2.26

- Vim:
Vim-7.4

- XML::Parser:
XML::Parser-2.44

- Xz:
Xz-5.2.0

- tools:
Xz-5.2.0

- Zlib:
Zlib-1.2.8

Programs

- a2p:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- accessdb:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- aclocal:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- aclocal-1.15:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- addftinfo:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- addpart:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- addr2line:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- afmtodit:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- agetty:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- apropos:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- ar:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- as:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- attr:
Attr-2.4.47 -- description

- autoconf:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- autoheader:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- autom4te:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- automake:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- automake-1.15:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- autopoint:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- autoreconf:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- autoscan:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- autoupdate:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- awk:
Gawk-4.1.1 -- description

- badblocks:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- base64:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- basename:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- bash:
Bash-4.3.30 -- description

- bashbug:
Bash-4.3.30 -- description

- bc:
Bc-1.06.95 -- description

- bigram:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- bison:
Bison-3.0.4 -- description

- blkdiscard:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- blkid:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- blockdev:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- bootlogd:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- bridge:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- bunzip2:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzcat:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzcmp:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzdiff:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzegrep:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzfgrep:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzgrep:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzip2:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzip2recover:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzless:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- bzmore:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- c++:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- c++filt:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- c2ph:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cal:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- capsh:
Libcap-2.24 -- description

- captoinfo:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- cat:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- catchsegv:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- catman:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- cc:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- cfdisk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- chacl:
Acl-2.2.52 -- description

- chage:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- chattr:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- chcon:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- chcpu:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- checkmk:
Check-0.9.14 -- description

- chem:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- chfn:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- chgpasswd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- chgrp:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- chmod:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- chown:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- chpasswd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- chroot:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- chrt:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- chsh:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- chvt:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- cksum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- clear:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- cmp:
Diffutils-3.3 -- description

- code:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- col:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- colcrt:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- colrm:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- column:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- comm:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- compile:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- compile_et:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- config.charset:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- config.guess:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- config.rpath:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- config.sub:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- config_data:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- corelist:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cp:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- cpan:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cpan2dist:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cpanp:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cpanp-run-perl:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- cpp:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- csplit:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- ctrlaltdel:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ctstat:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- cut:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- date:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- dc:
Bc-1.06.95 -- description

- dd:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- deallocvt:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- debugfs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- delpart:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- depcomp:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- depmod:
Kmod-19 -- description

- df:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- diff:
Diffutils-3.3 -- description

- diff3:
Diffutils-3.3 -- description

- dir:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- dircolors:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- dirname:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- dmesg:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- du:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- dumpe2fs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- dumpkeys:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- e2freefrag:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- e2fsck:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- e2image:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- e2label:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- e2undo:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- e4defrag:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- echo:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- egrep:
Grep-2.21 -- description

- eject:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- elfedit:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- enc2xs:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- env:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- envsubst:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- eqn:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- eqn2graph:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- ex:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- expand:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- expect:
Expect-5.45 -- description

- expiry:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- expr:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- factor:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- faillog:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- fallocate:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- false:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- fdformat:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fdisk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fgconsole:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- fgrep:
Grep-2.21 -- description

- file:
File-5.22 -- description

- filefrag:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- find:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- find2perl:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- findfs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- findmnt:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- flex:
Flex-2.5.39 -- description

- flex++:
Flex-2.5.39 -- description

- flock:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fmt:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- fold:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- frcode:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- free:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- fsck:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fsck.cramfs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fsck.ext2:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- fsck.ext3:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- fsck.ext4:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- fsck.ext4dev:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- fsck.minix:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fsfreeze:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- fstab-decode:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- fstrim:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ftp:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- fuser:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- g++:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gawk:
Gawk-4.1.1 -- description

- gawk-4.1.1:
Gawk-4.1.1 -- description

- gcc:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gc-ar:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gc-nm:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gc-ranlib:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gcov:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- gdbmtool:
GDBM-1.11 -- description

- gdbm_dump:
GDBM-1.11 -- description

- gdbm_load:
GDBM-1.11 -- description

- gdiffmk:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- gencat:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- genl:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- geqn:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- getcap:
Libcap-2.24 -- description

- getconf:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- getent:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- getfacl:
Acl-2.2.52 -- description

- getfattr:
Attr-2.4.47 -- description

- getkeycodes:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- getopt:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- getpcaps:
Libcap-2.24 -- description

- gettext:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- gettext.sh:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- gettextize:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- gpasswd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- gperf:
Gperf-3.0.4 -- description

- gprof:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- grap2graph:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grep:
Grep-2.21 -- description

- grn:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grodvi:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- groff:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- groffer:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grog:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grolbp:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grolj4:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grops:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- grotty:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- groupadd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- groupdel:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- groupmems:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- groupmod:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- groups:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- grpck:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- grpconv:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- grpunconv:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- grub-bios-setup:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-editenv:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-fstest:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-install:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-kbdcomp:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-menulst2cfg:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkconfig:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkimage:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mklayout:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mknetdir:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkpasswd-pbkdf2:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkrelpath:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkrescue:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-mkstandalone:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-ofpathname:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-probe:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-reboot:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-script-check:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-set-default:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- grub-setup:
GRUB-2.02~beta2 -- description

- gtbl:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- gunzip:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- gzexe:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- gzip:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- h2ph:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- h2xs:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- halt:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- head:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- hexdump:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- hostid:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- hostname:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- hostname:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- hpftodit:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- hwclock:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- i386:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- iconv:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- iconvconfig:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- id:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- ifcfg:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- ifconfig:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- ifnames:
Autoconf-2.69 -- description

- ifstat:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- igawk:
Gawk-4.1.1 -- description

- indxbib:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- info:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- infocmp:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- infokey:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- infotocap:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- init:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- insmod:
Kmod-19 -- description

- install:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- install-info:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- install-sh:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- instmodsh:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- intltool-extract:
Intltool-0.50.2 -- description

- intltool-merge:
Intltool-0.50.2 -- description

- intltool-prepare:
Intltool-0.50.2 -- description

- intltool-update:
Intltool-0.50.2 -- description

- intltoolize:
Intltool-0.50.2 -- description

- ionice:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ip:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- ipcmk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ipcrm:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ipcs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- isosize:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- join:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- json_pp:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- kbdinfo:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- kbdrate:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- kbd_mode:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- kill:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- killall:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- killall5:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- klogd:
Sysklogd-1.5.1 -- description

- kmod:
Kmod-19 -- description

- last:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lastb:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lastlog:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- ld:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- ld.bfd:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- ldattach:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ldconfig:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- ldd:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- lddlibc4:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- less:
Less-458 -- description

- lessecho:
Less-458 -- description

- lesskey:
Less-458 -- description

- lex:
Flex-2.5.39 -- description

- lexgrog:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- lfskernel-3.19:
Linux-3.19 -- description

- libasan:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libnetcfg:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- libtool:
Libtool-2.4.6 -- description

- libtoolize:
Libtool-2.4.6 -- description

- link:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- linux32:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- linux64:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lkbib:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- ln:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- lnstat:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- loadkeys:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- loadunimap:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- locale:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- localedef:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- locate:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- logger:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- login:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- logname:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- logoutd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- logsave:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- look:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lookbib:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- losetup:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ls:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- lsattr:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- lsblk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lscpu:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lslocks:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lslogins:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- lsmod:
Kmod-19 -- description

- lzcat:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzcmp:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzdiff:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzegrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzfgrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzgrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzless:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzma:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzmadec:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzmainfo:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- lzmore:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- m4:
M4-1.4.17 -- description

- make:
Make-4.1 -- description

- makedb:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- makeinfo:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- man:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- mandb:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- manpath:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- mapscrn:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- mcookie:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- md5sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- mdate-sh:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- mesg:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- missing:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- mkdir:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- mke2fs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mkfifo:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- mkfs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mkfs.bfs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mkfs.cramfs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mkfs.ext2:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mkfs.ext3:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mkfs.ext4:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mkfs.ext4dev:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mkfs.minix:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mkinstalldirs:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- mklost+found:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mknod:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- mkswap:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mktemp:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- mk_cmds:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- mmroff:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- modinfo:
Kmod-19 -- description

- modprobe:
Kmod-19 -- description

- more:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mount:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- mountpoint:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- msgattrib:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgcat:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgcmp:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgcomm:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgconv:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgen:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgexec:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgfilter:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgfmt:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msggrep:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msginit:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgmerge:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msgunfmt:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- msguniq:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- mtrace:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- mv:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- namei:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- ncursesw5-config:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- neqn:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- newgrp:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- newusers:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- ngettext:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- nice:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- nl:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- nm:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- nohup:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- nologin:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- nproc:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- nroff:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- nscd:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- nsenter:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- nstat:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- numfmt:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- objcopy:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- objdump:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- od:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- oldfind:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- openvt:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- partx:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- passwd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- paste:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- patch:
Patch-2.7.4 -- description

- pathchk:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- pcprofiledump:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- pdfroff:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- pdftexi2dvi:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- peekfd:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- perl:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- perl5.20.2:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- perlbug:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- perldoc:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- perlivp:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- perlthanks:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pfbtops:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- pg:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- pgrep:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- pic:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- pic2graph:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- piconv:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pidof:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- ping:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- ping6:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- pinky:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- pivot_root:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- pkg-config:
Pkg-config-0.28 -- description

- pkill:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- pl2pm:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pldd:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- pmap:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- pod2html:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pod2latex:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pod2man:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pod2texi:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- pod2text:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- pod2usage:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- podchecker:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- podselect:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- post-grohtml:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- poweroff:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- pr:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- pre-grohtml:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- preconv:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- printenv:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- printf:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- prlimit:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- prove:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- prtstat:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- ps:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- psed:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- psfaddtable:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- psfgettable:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- psfstriptable:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- psfxtable:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- pstree:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- pstree.x11:
Psmisc-22.21 -- description

- pstruct:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- ptar:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- ptardiff:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- ptargrep:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- ptx:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- pwck:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- pwconv:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- pwd:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- pwdx:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- pwunconv:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- py-compile:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- ranlib:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- raw:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- rcp:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- readelf:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- readlink:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- readprofile:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- realpath:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- reboot:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- recode-sr-latin:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- refer:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- rename:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- renice:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- reset:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- resize2fs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- resizepart:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- rev:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- rexec:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- rlogin:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- rm:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- rmdir:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- rmmod:
Kmod-19 -- description

- rmt:
Tar-1.28 -- description

- roff2dvi:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- roff2html:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- roff2pdf:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- roff2ps:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- roff2text:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- roff2x:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- routef:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- routel:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- rpcgen:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- rsh:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- rtacct:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- rtcwake:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- rtmon:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- rtpr:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- rtstat:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- runcon:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- runlevel:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- runtest:
DejaGNU-1.5.2 -- description

- rview:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- rvim:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- s2p:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- script:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- scriptreplay:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- sdiff:
Diffutils-3.3 -- description

- sed:
Sed-4.2.2 -- description

- seq:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- setacl:
Acl-2.2.52 -- description

- setarch:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- setattr:
Attr-2.4.47 -- description

- setfont:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- setkeycodes:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- setleds:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- setmetamode:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- setsid:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- setterm:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- sfdisk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- sg:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- sh:
Bash-4.3.30 -- description

- sha1sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sha224sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sha256sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sha384sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sha512sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- shasum:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- showconsolefont:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- showkey:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- shred:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- shuf:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- shutdown:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- size:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- slabtop:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- sleep:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sln:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- soelim:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- sort:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sotruss:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- splain:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- split:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sprof:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- ss:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- stat:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- stdbuf:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- strings:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- strip:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- stty:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- su:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- sulogin:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- sum:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- swaplabel:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- swapoff:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- swapon:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- switch_root:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- sync:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- sysctl:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- syslogd:
Sysklogd-1.5.1 -- description

- tabs:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- tac:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tail:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tailf:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- talk:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- tar:
Tar-1.28 -- description

- taskset:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- tbl:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- tc:
IPRoute2-3.19.0 -- description

- tclsh:
Tcl-8.6.3 -- description

- tclsh8.6:
Tcl-8.6.3 -- description

- tee:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- telinit:
Sysvinit-2.88dsf -- description

- telnet:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- test:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- texi2dvi:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- texi2pdf:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- texi2any:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- texindex:
Texinfo-5.2 -- description

- tfmtodit:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- tftp:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- tic:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- timeout:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tload:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- toe:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- top:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- touch:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tput:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- tr:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- traceroute:
Inetutils-1.9.2 -- description

- troff:
Groff-1.22.3 -- description

- true:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- truncate:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tset:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- tsort:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tty:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- tune2fs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- tzselect:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- udevadm:
Eudev-2.1.1 -- description

- udevd:
Eudev-2.1.1 -- description

- ul:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- umount:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- uname:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- uncompress:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- unexpand:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- unicode_start:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- unicode_stop:
Kbd-2.0.2 -- description

- uniq:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- unlink:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- unlzma:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- unshare:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- unxz:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- updatedb:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- uptime:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- useradd:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- userdel:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- usermod:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- users:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- utmpdump:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- uuidd:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- uuidgen:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- vdir:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- vi:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- view:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- vigr:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- vim:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- vimdiff:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- vimtutor:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- vipw:
Shadow-4.2.1 -- description

- vmstat:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- w:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- wall:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- watch:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- wc:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- wdctl:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- whatis:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- whereis:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- who:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- whoami:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- wipefs:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- x86_64:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- xargs:
Findutils-4.4.2 -- description

- xgettext:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- xmlwf:
Expat-2.1.0 -- description

- xsubpp:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- xtrace:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- xxd:
Vim-7.4 -- description

- xz:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzcat:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzcmp:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzdec:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzdiff:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzegrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzfgrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzgrep:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzless:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- xzmore:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- yacc:
Bison-3.0.4 -- description

- yes:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- ylwrap:
Automake-1.15 -- description

- zcat:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zcmp:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zdiff:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zdump:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- zegrep:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zfgrep:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zforce:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zgrep:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zic:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- zipdetails:
Perl-5.20.2 -- description

- zless:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zmore:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- znew:
Gzip-1.6 -- description

- zramctl:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- zsoelim:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

Libraries

- Expat:
XML::Parser-2.44 -- description

- ld-2.21.so:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libacl:
Acl-2.2.52 -- description

- libanl:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libasprintf:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- libattr:
Attr-2.4.47 -- description

- libbfd:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- libblkid:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- libBrokenLocale:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libbz2:
Bzip2-1.0.6 -- description

- libc:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libcap:
Libcap-2.24 -- description

- libcheck:
Check-0.9.14 -- description

- libcidn:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libcom_err:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- libcrypt:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libcursesw:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- libdl:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libe2p:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- libexpat:
Expat-2.1.0 -- description

- libexpect-5.45:
Expect-5.45 -- description

- libext2fs:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- libfdisk:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- libfl:
Flex-2.5.39 -- description

- libformw:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- libg:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libgcc:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libgcov:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libgdbm:
GDBM-1.11 -- description

- libgdbm_compat:
GDBM-1.11 -- description

- libgettextlib:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- libgettextpo:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- libgettextsrc:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

- libgmp:
GMP-6.0.0a -- description

- libgmpxx:
GMP-6.0.0a -- description

- libgomp:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libhistory:
Readline-6.3 -- description

- libiberty:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libieee:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libkmod:
Kmod-19

- libltdl:
Libtool-2.4.6 -- description

- liblto_plugin:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- liblzma:
Xz-5.2.0 -- description

- libm:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libmagic:
File-5.22 -- description

- libman:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- libmandb:
Man-DB-2.7.1 -- description

- libmcheck:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libmemusage:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libmenuw:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- libmount:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- libmpc:
MPC-1.0.2 -- description

- libmpfr:
MPFR-3.1.2 -- description

- libncursesw:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- libnsl:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libnss:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libopcodes:
Binutils-2.25 -- description

- libpanelw:
Ncurses-5.9 -- description

- libpcprofile:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libpipeline:
Libpipeline-1.4.0

- libprocps:
Procps-ng-3.3.10 -- description

- libpthread:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libquadmath:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libquota:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- libreadline:
Readline-6.3 -- description

- libresolv:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- librpcsvc:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- librt:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libSegFault:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libsmartcols:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- libss:
E2fsprogs-1.42.12 -- description

- libssp:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libstdbuf:
Coreutils-8.23 -- description

- libstdc++:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libsupc++:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libtcl8.6.so:
Tcl-8.6.3 -- description

- libtclstub8.6.a:
Tcl-8.6.3 -- description

- libthread_db:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libtsan:
GCC-4.9.2 -- description

- libudev:
Eudev-2.1.1 -- description

- libutil:
Glibc-2.21 -- description

- libuuid:
Util-linux-2.26 -- description

- liby:
Bison-3.0.4 -- description

- libz:
Zlib-1.2.8 -- description

- preloadable_libintl:
Gettext-0.19.4 -- description

Scripts

- checkfs:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- cleanfs:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- console:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- configuring:
Configuring the Linux Console

- File creation at boot:

- configuring:
Creating Files at Boot

- functions:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- halt:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- hostname:

- configuring:
Configuring the system hostname

- ifdown:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- ifup:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- ipv4-static:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- localnet:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- /etc/hosts:
Customizing the /etc/hosts File

- modules:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- mountfs:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- mountvirtfs:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- network:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- /etc/hosts:
Customizing the /etc/hosts File

- configuring:
General Network Configuration

- rc:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- reboot:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- setclock:

- configuring:
Configuring the System Clock

- sendsignals:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- setclock:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- swap:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- sysctl:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- sysklogd:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- configuring:
Configuring the sysklogd Script

- template:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- udev:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

- udev_retry:
LFS-Bootscripts-20150222 -- description

Others

- /boot/config-3.19:
Linux-3.19 -- description

- /boot/System.map-3.19:
Linux-3.19 -- description

- /dev/*:
Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems

- /etc/fstab:
Creating the /etc/fstab File

- /etc/group:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /etc/hosts:
Customizing the /etc/hosts File

- /etc/inittab:
Configuring Sysvinit

- /etc/inputrc:
Creating the /etc/inputrc File

- /etc/ld.so.conf:
Configuring the Dynamic Loader

- /etc/lfs-release:
The End

- /etc/localtime:
Configuring Glibc

- /etc/lsb-release:
The End

- /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf:
Configuring Linux Module Load Order

- /etc/nsswitch.conf:
Configuring Glibc

- /etc/passwd:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /etc/profile:
The Bash Shell Startup Files

- /etc/protocols:
Iana-Etc-2.30

- /etc/resolv.conf:
Creating the /etc/resolv.conf File

- /etc/services:
Iana-Etc-2.30

- /etc/syslog.conf:
Configuring Sysklogd

- /etc/udev:
Eudev-2.1.1 -- description

- /etc/udev/hwdb.bin:
Configuring Eudev

- /etc/vimrc:
Configuring Vim

- /usr/include/asm-generic/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/asm/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/drm/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/linux/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/mtd/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/rdma/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/scsi/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/sound/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/video/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /usr/include/xen/*.h:
Linux-3.19 API Headers -- description

- /var/log/btmp:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /var/log/lastlog:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /var/log/wtmp:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /var/run/utmp:
Creating Essential Files and Symlinks

- /etc/shells:
Creating the /etc/shells File

- man pages:
Man-pages-3.79 -- description