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> On Aug 18, 2020, at 2:39 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support > <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > On 8/18/20 12:13 PM, Scott Andrews via blfs-support wrote: >> $LastChangedBy: bdubbs $ >> $Date: 2016-10-15 16:13:31 -0400 (Sat, 15 Oct 2016) $ >> How do I convert these XML files to other formats like HTML, PDF, >> and TXT? You need to have some software installed that deal with these >> conversions. Please read the INSTALL file to determine what programs >> you need to install and where to get instructions to install that >> software. >> After that, you can build the html with a simple 'make' command. >> The default target builds the html in $(HOME)/public_html/blfs-book. >> For all targets, setting the parameter REV=systemd is needed to build >> the systemd version of the book. >> Other Makefile targets are: nochunks, pdf, tex, validate, and >> blfs-patch-list. >> nochunks: builds BLFS in one huge file. >> pdf: builds BLFS as a pdf file. >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> $ make pdf >> make: *** No rule to make target 'pdf'. Stop. > > We don't support pdf (or tex for that matter) in BLFS any more. It's too > hard to get page length and width right. there are just too many overflows. > Also, you really don't want to read a pdf. The last time I did a pdf BLFS > was over 2000 pages and the book has only gotten bigger since then. > > I'll update the INSTALL file at my next commit. > > -- Bruce > > This was an FYI post. And yes I am reading the BLFS 2020-08-15 I rendered > into a pdf at this moment. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
