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<sect1 id="ch02-aboutlfs">
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<title>About $LFS</title>
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<?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html" dir="chapter02"?>
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<para>Please read the following carefully: throughout this book
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the variable $LFS will be used frequently. $LFS must at all times be
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replaced with the directory where the partition that contains the LFS system
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is mounted. How to create and where to mount the partition will be
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explained in full detail in chapter 4. For example, let's assume that
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the LFS partition is mounted on /mnt/lfs.</para>
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<para>For example when you are told to run a command like
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<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS</userinput> you actually have to
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execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs</userinput></para>
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<para>It's important that this is done no matter where it is read; be it in
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commands entered in a shell, or in a file edited or created.</para>
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<para>A possible solution is to set the environment variable LFS.
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This way $LFS can be entered literally instead of replacing it with
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/mnt/lfs. This is accomplished by running <userinput>export
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LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput>.</para>
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<para>Now, if you are told to run a command like <userinput>./configure
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--prefix=$LFS</userinput> you can type that literally. Your shell will
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replace $LFS with /mnt/lfs when it processes the command line (meaning
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when you hit enter after having typed the command).</para>
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<para>If you plan to use $LFS, do not forget to set the $LFS variable at all
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times. If the variable is not set and is used in a command, $LFS will
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be ignored and whatever is left will be executed. A command like
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<userinput>echo "root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" >
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$LFS/etc/passwd</userinput> without the $LFS variable set will
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re-create your host system's /etc/passwd file. Simply put: it will
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destroy your current password database file.</para>
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<para>One way to make sure that $LFS is set at all times is adding it to
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the /root/.bash_profile and/or /root/.bashrc file(s) so that every time
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you login as user root, or you 'su' to user root, the $LFS variable is
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set.</para>
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</sect1>
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