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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-05-06 20:33:26 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-05-06 20:33:26 +0000
commit0e347034c82a87002fdaea1136f47d785d834fe7 (patch)
tree68b3a7b9d9b4a8220b705b438655c01025d14e4f
parentfa95d3bc2bf15ce4424cce75966e51a261c02e77 (diff)
Added note that configure will complain about missing msgfmt but that
it can be ignored git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@582 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
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--- a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ Install Glibc by running the following commands:
</literallayout></blockquote>
<para>
+During the configure stage you will see the following warning:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><screen>
+configure: warning:
+*** An auxiliary program is missing or too old;
+*** some features will be disabled.
+*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
+</screen></blockquote>
+
+<para>
+This warning refers to the missing msgfmt program from the gettext
+package. But there is nothing to worry about: Glib will still be
+installed the same way as when msgfmt is present. It can safely be
+ignored in our case.
+</para>
+
+<para>
By exiting the chroot'ed environment and re-entering it, you will be
able to get rid of the "I have no name!" message in the command prompt,
which is caused by bash's inability to resolve a userid to a username.