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| 8 | <appendix id="appendixd-common" xreflabel="Appendix D"> |
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| 10 | <?dbhtml filename="rationale-common.html"?> |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | <title>Package Rationale</title> |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | <para>CLFS includes many packages, a number of which might not necessarily |
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| 15 | be required for a "minimal" system, but still considered very useful. The |
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| 16 | purpose of this page is to list the reasoning for each package's inclusion |
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| 17 | in the book.</para> |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | <itemizedlist> |
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| 20 | |
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[ace4d89] | 21 | <listitem> |
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| 22 | <para>ACL</para> |
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| 23 | <para>The ACL package allows usage and setting of POSIX Access Control |
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| 24 | Lists. It can be used by several other packages in CLFS, such as Coreutils |
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| 25 | and systemd.</para> |
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| 26 | </listitem> |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | <listitem> |
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| 29 | <para>Attr</para> |
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| 30 | <para>Attr allows setting and viewing extended attributes of filesystem |
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| 31 | objects. It is required by systemd..</para> |
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| 32 | </listitem> |
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| 33 | |
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[11099cf] | 34 | <listitem> |
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| 35 | <para>Autoconf</para> |
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| 36 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts |
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[532a2c4] | 37 | that can automatically configure source code. This is useful for software |
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| 38 | developers, as well as anyone who wants to install packages that don't |
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| 39 | come with a configure script, such as some of the packages in CBLFS.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 40 | </listitem> |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | <listitem> |
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| 43 | <para>Automake</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 44 | <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 45 | </listitem> |
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| 46 | |
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| 47 | <listitem> |
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| 48 | <para>Bash</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 49 | <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell. A shell is an |
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| 50 | important component of a Linux system, as there must be some way of |
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| 51 | allowing the users to enter commands.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 52 | </listitem> |
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| 53 | |
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[b521a6d] | 54 | <listitem> |
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| 55 | <para>Bc</para> |
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| 56 | <para>This package contains a precision calculator. The Linux kernel |
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| 57 | uses Bc to render the timeconst header.</para> |
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| 58 | </listitem> |
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| 59 | |
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| 60 | |
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[11099cf] | 61 | <listitem> |
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| 62 | <para>Binutils</para> |
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| 63 | <para>This package contains programs for handling object files. The |
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| 64 | programs in this package are needed for compiling most of the packages |
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| 65 | in CLFS.</para> |
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| 66 | </listitem> |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | <listitem> |
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| 69 | <para>Bison</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 70 | <para>This package contains programs that are required by several packages in CLFS.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 71 | </listitem> |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | <listitem> |
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| 74 | <para>Bzip2</para> |
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| 75 | <para>The programs in this package are useful for compressing files to |
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| 76 | reduce size. They are also needed to uncompress tarballs for many |
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| 77 | CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 78 | </listitem> |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | <listitem> |
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| 81 | <para>CLFS-Bootscripts</para> |
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| 82 | <para>This package contains a number of scripts that run at boottime, |
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| 83 | performing essential tasks such as mounting/checking filesystems and |
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| 84 | starting the network interface.</para> |
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| 85 | </listitem> |
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| 86 | |
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[3540f2d] | 87 | <listitem> |
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| 88 | <para>Check</para> |
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[ace4d89] | 89 | <para>This package contains a test harness for other programs. It is |
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| 90 | used for some packages' testsuites.</para> |
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[3540f2d] | 91 | </listitem> |
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| 92 | |
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[11099cf] | 93 | <listitem> |
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[ace4d89] | 94 | <para>CLooG</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 95 | <para>This package is used by GCC.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 96 | </listitem> |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | <listitem> |
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| 99 | <para>Coreutils</para> |
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| 100 | <para>This package contains many basic command-line file-management |
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| 101 | tools, required for installation of every package in CLFS.</para> |
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| 102 | </listitem> |
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| 103 | |
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[ace4d89] | 104 | <listitem> |
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| 105 | <para>D-Bus</para> |
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| 106 | <para>D-Bus is a message bus system, which allows applications to |
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| 107 | communicate to each other. It is required by systemd.</para> |
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| 108 | </listitem> |
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| 109 | |
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[11099cf] | 110 | <listitem> |
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| 111 | <para>DejaGNU</para> |
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| 112 | <para>This package is needed for the testsuites of several packages, |
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[532a2c4] | 113 | especially GCC and Binutils.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 114 | </listitem> |
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| 115 | |
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| 116 | <listitem> |
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| 117 | <para>DHCPCD</para> |
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| 118 | <para>This package allows for automatic configuration of network |
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[532a2c4] | 119 | interfaces from a DHCP server. It (or some other package providing a |
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| 120 | DHCP client is needed to connect to a DHCP server.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 121 | </listitem> |
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| 122 | |
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| 123 | <listitem> |
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| 124 | <para>Diffutils</para> |
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| 125 | <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also |
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[532a2c4] | 126 | be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures of |
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[11099cf] | 127 | many CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 128 | </listitem> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | <listitem> |
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| 131 | <para>EGLIBC</para> |
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| 132 | <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (which is nearly everything |
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| 133 | in CLFS) needs a C library to compile and run.</para> |
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| 134 | </listitem> |
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| 135 | |
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[ace4d89] | 136 | <listitem> |
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| 137 | <para>Eudev</para> |
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| 138 | <para>This is a package that allows for dynamic creation of device nodes. |
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| 139 | It is a fork of Udev, which is now part of systemd. It is still |
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| 140 | used for the "Boot" method in the temp-system, as systemd is not needed |
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| 141 | there.</para> |
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| 142 | </listitem> |
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| 143 | |
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[11099cf] | 144 | <listitem> |
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| 145 | <para>Expect</para> |
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| 146 | <para>This package is needed for the testsuites for several packages.</para> |
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| 147 | </listitem> |
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| 148 | |
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| 149 | <listitem> |
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| 150 | <para>E2fsprogs</para> |
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| 151 | <para>The programs in this package are used for the creation and |
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| 152 | maintenance of ext2/3/4 filesystems.</para> |
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| 153 | </listitem> |
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| 154 | |
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| 155 | <listitem> |
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| 156 | <para>File</para> |
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| 157 | <para>This package contains a program that determines the type of |
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| 158 | a given file. It is needed by some CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 159 | </listitem> |
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| 160 | |
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| 161 | <listitem> |
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| 162 | <para>Findutils</para> |
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| 163 | <para>This package contains programs for finding files based on certain |
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| 164 | criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. Used by the |
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| 165 | installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 166 | </listitem> |
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| 167 | |
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| 168 | <listitem> |
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| 169 | <para>Flex</para> |
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| 170 | <para>This package contains a tool for generating text scanners. It is |
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| 171 | used by multiple packages in CLFS</para> |
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| 172 | </listitem> |
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| 173 | |
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| 174 | <listitem> |
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| 175 | <para>Gawk</para> |
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| 176 | <para>This package contains programs for manipulating text files, using |
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| 177 | the AWK language. It is used by the installation procedures of many |
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| 178 | packages in CLFS.</para> |
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| 179 | </listitem> |
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| 180 | |
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| 181 | <listitem> |
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| 182 | <para>Gcc</para> |
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| 183 | <para>This package contains a C compiler, which is required to compile |
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| 184 | most of the packages in CLFS.</para> |
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| 185 | </listitem> |
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| 186 | |
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| 187 | <listitem> |
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| 188 | <para>Gettext</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 189 | <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n |
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| 190 | (internationalization) in their programs. It is a required dependency |
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| 191 | for a number of packages</para> |
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[11099cf] | 192 | </listitem> |
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| 193 | |
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| 194 | <listitem> |
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| 195 | <para>GMP</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 196 | <para>This package is required by GCC.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 197 | </listitem> |
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| 198 | |
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[ace4d89] | 199 | <listitem> |
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| 200 | <para>Gperf</para> |
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| 201 | <para>This package is required by systemd.</para> |
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| 202 | </listitem> |
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| 203 | |
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[11099cf] | 204 | <listitem> |
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| 205 | <para>Grep</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 206 | <para>This package contains programs for searching for text in files. |
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| 207 | These programs are required by many packages in CLFS.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 208 | </listitem> |
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| 209 | |
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| 210 | <listitem> |
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| 211 | <para>Groff</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 212 | <para>This package is required by Man.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 213 | </listitem> |
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| 214 | |
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| 215 | <listitem> |
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| 216 | <para>Gzip</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 217 | <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. It is also needed to |
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[11099cf] | 218 | uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para> |
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| 219 | </listitem> |
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| 220 | |
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| 221 | <listitem> |
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| 222 | <para>Iana-Etc</para> |
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| 223 | <para>This package provides the <filename>/etc/services</filename> and |
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| 224 | <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> files. These files map port names to |
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| 225 | port numbers as well as protocol names to their corresponding numbers. |
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| 226 | These files are essential for many network based programs to work properly.</para> |
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| 227 | </listitem> |
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| 228 | |
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[ace4d89] | 229 | <listitem> |
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| 230 | <para>Intltool</para> |
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| 231 | <para>This package is required by systemd.</para> |
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| 232 | </listitem> |
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| 233 | |
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[11099cf] | 234 | <listitem> |
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| 235 | <para>IProute2</para> |
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| 236 | <para>This package contains programs for administering network interfaces.</para> |
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| 237 | </listitem> |
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| 238 | |
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| 239 | <listitem> |
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| 240 | <para>IPutils</para> |
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| 241 | <para>This package contains several basic network-management tools.</para> |
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| 242 | </listitem> |
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| 243 | |
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[5dcc246] | 244 | <listitem> |
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| 245 | <para>ISL</para> |
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| 246 | <para>This package is required by CLooG.</para> |
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| 247 | </listitem> |
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| 248 | |
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[11099cf] | 249 | <listitem> |
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| 250 | <para>Kbd</para> |
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| 251 | <para>Contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible with the |
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| 252 | Linux kernel.</para> |
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| 253 | </listitem> |
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| 254 | |
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[532a2c4] | 255 | <listitem> |
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| 256 | <para>Kmod</para> |
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| 257 | <para>This package contains programs that assist in loading an unloading |
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| 258 | kernel modules.</para> |
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| 259 | </listitem> |
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| 260 | |
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[11099cf] | 261 | <listitem> |
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| 262 | <para>Less</para> |
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| 263 | <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time. |
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| 264 | Used by Man for displaying manpages.</para> |
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| 265 | </listitem> |
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| 266 | |
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[ace4d89] | 267 | <listitem> |
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| 268 | <para>Libcap</para> |
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| 269 | <para>This package is required by systemd.</para> |
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| 270 | </listitem> |
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| 271 | |
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[11099cf] | 272 | <listitem> |
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| 273 | <para>Libtool</para> |
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| 274 | <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support |
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| 275 | script. It is used by some CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 276 | </listitem> |
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| 277 | |
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| 278 | <listitem> |
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| 279 | <para>Linux-Headers</para> |
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| 280 | <para>This package consists of santized headers from the Linux Kernel. |
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| 281 | These headers are required for Glibc to compile.</para> |
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| 282 | </listitem> |
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| 283 | |
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| 284 | <listitem> |
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| 285 | <para>Linux Kernel</para> |
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| 286 | <para>The Linux operating system.</para> |
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| 287 | </listitem> |
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| 288 | |
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| 289 | <listitem> |
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| 290 | <para>M4</para> |
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| 291 | <para>This package contains a macro processor. It is required by several |
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| 292 | CLFS packages, including Bison.</para> |
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| 293 | </listitem> |
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| 294 | |
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| 295 | <listitem> |
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| 296 | <para>Make</para> |
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| 297 | <para>Required for installation of most CLFS packages</para> |
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| 298 | </listitem> |
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| 299 | |
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| 300 | <listitem> |
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| 301 | <para>Man</para> |
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| 302 | <para>Used for viewing manpages</para> |
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| 303 | </listitem> |
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| 304 | |
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| 305 | <listitem> |
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| 306 | <para>Man-Pages</para> |
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| 307 | <para>A number of useful manpages, not supplied by other packages</para> |
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| 308 | </listitem> |
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| 309 | |
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| 310 | <listitem> |
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| 311 | <para>MPC</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 312 | <para>This package is required by GCC.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 313 | </listitem> |
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| 314 | |
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| 315 | <listitem> |
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| 316 | <para>MPFR</para> |
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[532a2c4] | 317 | <para>This package is required by GCC.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 318 | </listitem> |
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| 319 | |
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| 320 | <listitem> |
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| 321 | <para>Ncurses</para> |
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| 322 | <para>Needed by several packages in CLFS, such as Vim, Bash, and Less</para> |
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| 323 | </listitem> |
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| 324 | |
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| 325 | <listitem> |
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| 326 | <para>Patch</para> |
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| 327 | <para>Used for applying patches in several CLFS packages</para> |
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| 328 | </listitem> |
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| 329 | |
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| 330 | <listitem> |
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| 331 | <para>Perl</para> |
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| 332 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report |
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| 333 | Language. It is required by several CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 334 | </listitem> |
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| 335 | |
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| 336 | <listitem> |
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[af5caa0] | 337 | <para>Pkg-config-lite</para> |
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[11099cf] | 338 | <para>Needed by E2fsprogs</para> |
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| 339 | </listitem> |
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| 340 | |
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| 341 | <listitem> |
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[7b0fa4a] | 342 | <para>Procps-ng</para> |
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[11099cf] | 343 | <para>Provides a number of small, useful utilities that give information |
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| 344 | about the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para> |
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| 345 | </listitem> |
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| 346 | |
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| 347 | <listitem> |
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| 348 | <para>Psmisc</para> |
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| 349 | <para>Provides more utilties that give information about the |
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| 350 | <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para> |
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| 351 | </listitem> |
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| 352 | |
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| 353 | <listitem> |
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| 354 | <para>Readline</para> |
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| 355 | <para>The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by |
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| 356 | applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed |
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| 357 | in. This is essential for input in programs like <command>bash</command> |
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| 358 | to work properly.</para> |
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| 359 | </listitem> |
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| 360 | |
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| 361 | <listitem> |
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| 362 | <para>Sed</para> |
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| 363 | <para>This package contains a stream editor. It is used in the |
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| 364 | installation procedures of most CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 365 | </listitem> |
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| 366 | |
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| 367 | <listitem> |
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| 368 | <para>Shadow</para> |
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| 369 | <para>This package contains programs that assist in the administration |
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| 370 | of users and groups, and passwords.</para> |
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| 371 | </listitem> |
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| 372 | |
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| 373 | <listitem> |
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[ace4d89] | 374 | <para>systemd</para> |
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| 375 | <para>Systemd provides the init daemon for the system, as well as Udev, |
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| 376 | which dynamically creates device nodes.</para> |
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[11099cf] | 377 | </listitem> |
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| 378 | |
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| 379 | <listitem> |
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| 380 | <para>Tar</para> |
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| 381 | <para>Required to unpack the tar archives in which all CLFS packages |
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| 382 | are distributed</para> |
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| 383 | </listitem> |
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| 384 | |
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| 385 | <listitem> |
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| 386 | <para>Tcl</para> |
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| 387 | <para>Needed for the testsuites of several packages</para> |
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| 388 | </listitem> |
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| 389 | |
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| 390 | <listitem> |
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| 391 | <para>Texinfo</para> |
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| 392 | <para>This package contains programs for viewing, installing and |
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| 393 | converting info pages. It is used in the installation procedures |
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| 394 | of many CLFS packages.</para> |
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| 395 | </listitem> |
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| 396 | |
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| 397 | <listitem> |
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| 398 | <para>Util-linux</para> |
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| 399 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. |
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| 400 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, |
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| 401 | partitions, and messages. It also includes libraries that are required |
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| 402 | by E2fsprogs.</para> |
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| 403 | </listitem> |
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| 404 | |
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| 405 | <listitem> |
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| 406 | <para>Vim</para> |
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| 407 | <para>The Vim package contains a text editor. Users may substitute Nano, |
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| 408 | Joe, Emacs, or whatever other editor they prefer.</para> |
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| 409 | </listitem> |
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| 410 | |
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[ace4d89] | 411 | <listitem> |
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| 412 | <para>XML::Parser</para> |
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| 413 | <para>This Perl module is required by Intltool.</para> |
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| 414 | </listitem> |
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| 415 | |
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[11099cf] | 416 | <listitem> |
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[3fb13ab] | 417 | <para>XZ Utils</para> |
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[11099cf] | 418 | <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to |
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| 419 | uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para> |
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| 420 | </listitem> |
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| 421 | |
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| 422 | <listitem> |
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| 423 | <para>Zlib</para> |
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| 424 | <para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines |
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| 425 | used by some programs.</para> |
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| 426 | </listitem> |
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| 427 | |
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| 428 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 429 | |
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| 430 | </appendix> |
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