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1.4.4. Mirror Sites
The LFS project has a number of world-wide mirrors to make accessing the website and downloading the required
packages more convenient. Please visit the LFS website at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/mirrors.html for a list
of current mirrors.
1.4.5. Contact Information
Please direct all your questions and comments to one of the LFS mailing lists (see above).
1.5. Help
If an issue or a question is encountered while working through this book, please check the FAQ page at http://www.
linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#generalfaq. Questions are often already answered there. If your question is not answered
on this page, try to find the source of the problem. The following hint will give you some guidance for troubleshooting:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/errors.txt.
If you cannot find your problem listed in the FAQ, search the mailing lists at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/search.
html.
We also have a wonderful LFS community that is willing to offer assistance through the mailing lists and IRC (see
the Section 1.4, “Resources” section of this book). However, we get several support questions every day and many
of them can be easily answered by going to the FAQ and by searching the mailing lists first. So, for us to offer the
best assistance possible, you need to do some research on your own first. That allows us to focus on the more unusual
support needs. If your searches do not produce a solution, please include all relevant information (mentioned below)
in your request for help.
1.5.1. Things to Mention
Apart from a brief explanation of the problem being experienced, the essential things to include in any request for
help are:
• The version of the book being used (in this case 7.0)
• The host distribution and version being used to create LFS
• The output from the Section vii, “Host System Requirements” [xviii]
• The package or section the problem was encountered in
• The exact error message or symptom being received
• Note whether you have deviated from the book at all
Note
Deviating from this book does not mean that we will not help you. After all, LFS is about personal
preference. Being upfront about any changes to the established procedure helps us evaluate and determine
possible causes of your problem.
1.5.2. Configure Script Problems
If something goes wrong while running the configure script, review the config.log file. This file may contain
errors encountered during configure which were not printed to the screen. Include the relevant lines if you need to
ask for help.
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