%general-entities; ]> Util-linux boot Util-linux does not use the freshly installed headers and libraries from the /tools directory by default. This is fixed by altering the configure script: cp -v configure{,.orig} sed -e 's@/usr/include@/tools/include@g' configure.orig > configure The Util-linux installation uses -o root. The following sed removes that since we don't have users setup yet: cp -v MCONFIG{,.orig} sed -e 's|-o root||' MCONFIG.orig > MCONFIG ./configure make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes \ HAVE_SHADOW=no CPUOPT="" ARCH="" \ CPU="" HAVE_KILL=yes This prevents the kill program from being built. HAVE_SHADOW=no This disables linking to shadow . CPUOPT="" This disables any compiler optimizations by CPU type. ARCH="" This disables the detection of the architecture. CPU="" This disables the detection of the CPU. Install the package: make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes HAVE_SHADOW=no \ USE_TTY_GROUP=no CPUOPT="" ARCH="" \ CPU="" DESTDIR=${LFS} install