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<sect1 id="intro-important-patches">
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<?dbhtml filename="patches.html" dir="introduction"?>
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<title>Optional Patches</title>
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<para>As you follow the various sections in the book, you will observe that
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the book includes various patches that are required for a successful and
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secure installation of the packages. The general policy of the book is to
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include patches that fall in one of the following criteria:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Fixes a compilation problem.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fixes a security problem.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Fixes a broken functionality.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>In short, the book only includes patches that are either Required or
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Recommended. There is a <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches">Patches subproject</ulink>
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which hosts various patches (including the patches included in the books)
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to enable you to configure your <acronym>LFS</acronym> the way you like it:)</para>
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</sect1>
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