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error while using make to compile Glibc-2.11.1 for Linux From Scratch

I am building LFS and I am in the part where we need to install Glibc-2.11.1 http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.6/chapter05/glibc.html I have successfully configured it but I cant run the ...
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What is the purpose of mounting a partition and giving it a directory (i.e. mount point)?

From LFS instructions: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter02/mounting.html If using multiple partitions for LFS (e.g., one for / and another for /usr), mount them using: mkdir -...
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error in make check of pkg-config of lfs 6.5

I am building LFS based on LFS 6.5 book,in my ubuntu 11.10. I got test suite failed message when installing pkg-config in chapter 6.17. The error is in file pkg-config-0.23/check/common line number 20,...
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should we delete the build directories created in LFS for installing binutils-2.20? [closed]

I am in the part ( http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.6/chapter05/binutils-pass2.html) ( http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.6/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html) they ask ...
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Linux from scratch Segmentation fault error

I am on Section 6.7 trying to install the linux API headers. I cd into the folder /sources/linux-4.12 in my chroot environment. However when I try to run the make mrproper command, I get the error: ...
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Unknowingly skipping a step in lfs

I am working on lfs. And now I have entered chroot and I have completed section 7.6 of lfs version 10.1. But the problem is that I have skipped building sed in 6.14. And I cant do the step in section ...
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lfs gcc cannot compile

I am trying to make the gcc according Linux From Scratch. But I meet an error. error screen capture Additonal information that might be of use: 0. lfs manual version 7.7-systemd 1. I am running ...
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Understanding LFS environment setup

I have some questions regarding the suggested setup from LFS. Question: what is this command really doing cat > ~/.bash_profile << "EOF" exec env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\...
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Why using mke2fs -j creates ext3 in Ubuntu?

-j Creates the filesystem with an ext3 journal. Why not an ext4?
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Terminal only shows $

I tried building my own linux distribution and I follow the Linux From Scratch book. When I tried entering the following commands in bashrc. set +h umask 022 LFS=/mnt/lfs LC_ALL=POSIX PATH=/tools/...
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