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327	327	<term><emphasis role="bold">LSB</emphasis></term>
328	328	<listitem>
329		<para>Linux Standards Base</para>
	329	<para>Linux Standard Base</para>
330	330	</listitem>
331	331	</varlistentry>

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   <note>
+    <para>Experience has shown that there is little to be gained
+    from running the test suites in <xref
+    linkend="chapter-testsuite-tools"/>. There can be no escaping the fact
+    that the host system always exerts some influence on the tests in that
+    chapter, often causing inexplicable failures. Because the tools built
+    in <xref linkend="chapter-testsuite-tools"/> are temporary and
+    eventually discarded, we do not recommend running the test suites in
+    <xref linkend="chapter-testsuite-tools"/> for the average reader. The
+    instructions for running those test suites are provided for the
+    benefit of testers and developers, but they are strictly
+    optional.</para>
+    <para>It is not possible to run testsuites when cross-compiling, so there
+    are no instructions given for running testsuites until
+    <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
   </note>
 …
   most likely cause is that the host system does not have the
   <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file system set up
   correctly. This issue is discussed in greater detail in <xref
   linkend="chapter-testsuite-tools"/>.</para>
+  correctly. This issue is discussed in greater detail at
+  <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html#no-ptys"/>.</para>
   <para>Sometimes package test suites will fail, but for reasons which the

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56	56	the shell will always search the <envar>PATH</envar> when a program is to
57	57	be run. As such, the shell will find the newly compiled tools in
58		<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> as soon as they are
	58	<filename class="directory">$LFS/cross-tools</filename> as soon as they are
59	59	available without remembering a previous version of the same program in a
60	60	different location.</para>

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25	25	<seglistitem>
26	26	<seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
27		Make, Ncurses, Patch, ~~and Sed~~</seg>
	27	Make, Ncurses, Patch, Sed, and Zlib</seg>
28	28	</seglistitem>
29	29	</segmentedlist>

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115	115	<indexterm zone="conf-vim">
116		<primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary>
	116	<primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vimrc</primary>
117	117	</indexterm>
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21	21	<para>As an alternative to installing an entire separate distribution
22		onto your machine, ~~and if your host machine is x86 based,~~ you may wish to
	22	onto your machine, you may wish to
23	23	use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD. The CD works well as a host system,
24	24	providing all the tools you need to successfully follow the instructions

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39	39	<title>News Server</title>
40	40
41		<para> The Linux From Scratch is no longer available.
	41	<para> The Linux From Scratch News Server is no longer available.
42	42	Please use the other support methods listed on this page
43	43	</para>

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   with more user convenience than a minimum environment would.</para>
+  <para>There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first
+  step is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler,
+  assembler, linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities).  The second
+  step uses this toolchain to build the other essential tools.</para>
+  <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
+  <para>The tools in this chapter are cross-compiled using the toolchain in /cross-tools. The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
   <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory to keep
   them separate from the files installed in <xref

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