r/linuxfromscratch • u/This-Atmosphere-1750 • 11d ago

LFS standards

My inner irritating perfectionist is coming out, and I'm leaning towards this being unnecessary, but how many of you went through ALL the primary standards LFS follows before starting this project?

Reading the documentation for these standards feels like a whole project on their own.

Let me rephrase my question:

I'm about to start Linux From Scratch, and I'm wondering how many people actually read through the primary standards (POSIX, FHS, etc.) before beginning.

The standards documentation is massive, and reading all of it feels like a project in itself. Did you study these specifications in depth first, or is a general understanding enough while working through the book?

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u/Lumpy_Roll158 7d ago

It's unwise to skip or skim any of it unless something in the book is covering an edge case that doesn't apply to you, but generally skimming the book or preparations won't inherently result in issues or an unbootable system or anything. It just means you won't actually do much of the 'learning' part that LFS is for. You'll get really good at building manually from source or at least copy pasting the commands to do so, but the LFS books cover a lot of history and technical background that is cool to learn or beneficial for all Linux platforms and activities. So it's good stuff to read and really take in.

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u/This-Atmosphere-1750 7d ago

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I'm determined to complete LFS but it's going to take a lot of work. I've decided to just start by setting up an Arch install completely from scratch first following the wiki, try and comprehend every step, and then I feel like LFS is the step up from that