%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: randy $ $Date: 2007-04-04 15:42:53 -0400 (Wed, 04 Apr 2007) $ As you follow the various sections in the book, you will observe that the book occasionally includes patches that are required for a successful and secure installation of the packages. The general policy of the book is to include patches that fall in one of the following criteria: Fixes a compilation problem. Fixes a security problem. Fixes a broken functionality. In short, the book only includes patches that are either required or recommended. There is a Patches subproject which hosts various patches (including the patches referenced in the books) to enable you to configure your LFS the way you like it.