How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution
By Frank Pohlmann
2005-07-06
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The portal to the most recent LFS version is the LFS download site. It provides the LFS book from several mirrors available.
The most recent member of the of LFS family is HLFS, or Hardened LFS flavor.
If preferred, LFS enthusiasts can create automated installations.
If the basic LFS installation is not sufficient, it is possible to continue with the more sophisticated extended Linux From Scratch, known as BLFS.
To secure against stack-smashing attacks, the SSP directive enables gcc to compile code protected against this type of breach.
Position-independent code is given a short introduction in a chapter on position-independent executables.
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