%general-entities; ]> 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 the next chapter after the software has been installed. ln -sv /tools/bin/{bash,cat,echo,grep,login,passwd,pwd,sleep,stty} ${CLFS}/bin ln -sv /tools/sbin/{agetty,blkid} ${CLFS}/sbin ln -sv /tools/bin/file ${CLFS}/usr/bin ln -sv /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} ${CLFS}/usr/lib ln -sv /tools/lib/libstdc++.so{.6,} ${CLFS}/usr/lib sed -e 's/tools/usr/' /tools/lib/libstdc++.la > ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libstdc++.la ln -sv bash ${CLFS}/bin/sh ln -sv /run ${CLFS}/var/run Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the file /etc/mtab. Modern kernels maintain this list internally and expose 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 ${CLFS}/etc/mtab