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<title>About $LFS</title>
<?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html" dir="chapter02"?>
<para>Please read the following carefully: throughout this book
the variable LFS will be used frequently. $LFS must at all times be
replaced with the directory where the partition that contains the LFS system
is mounted. How to create and where to mount the partition will be
explained in full detail in Chapter 4. For example, let's assume that
the LFS partition is mounted on /mnt/lfs.</para>
<para>Please read the following paragraphs carefully. Throughout this book the
variable LFS will be used frequently. $LFS must at all times be replaced with
the directory where the partition that contains the LFS system is mounted. How
to create and where to mount the partition will be explained in full detail in
Chapter 4. For the moment let's assume that the LFS partition is mounted on
<filename>/mnt/lfs</filename>.</para>
<para>When you are told to run a command like
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput> you actually have to
execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs/static</userinput>.</para>
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/tools</userinput>, you actually have to
execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs/tools</userinput>.</para>
<para>It's important that this is done no matter where it is read; be it in
commands entered in a shell, or in a file edited or created.</para>
@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ This way $LFS can be entered literally instead of replacing it with
<para><screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Now, if you are told to run a command such as
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput>, then you may type
it literally. Your shell will replace $LFS with /mnt/lfs when it processes
the command line (meaning when you hit enter after having typed the
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/tools</userinput>, then you may type it
literally. Your shell will replace "$LFS" with "/mnt/lfs" when it processes
the command line (that is, when you hit Enter after having typed the
command).</para>
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