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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-27 22:33:30 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-27 22:33:30 +0000
commitcfd08b432de20ef7b9a7fac103379816aeb9a4b3 (patch)
treeab1c04950dfcc1f29bc5a632b2d2380138ed6905 /chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
parent96e0ac7d03930da807c04c30469c004c830c4a84 (diff)
Inetutils: Added --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var and moved the ping binary from /usr/bin to /bin
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2685 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
index 080ce8411..b5b0a9935 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
<para>Prepare Inetutils to be compiled:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger</userinput></screen></para>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meanings of the configure options are:</para>
@@ -19,6 +21,11 @@ installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by
scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it
because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--sysconfdir=/etc</userinput>: This option
+tells the binaries created by the package to look in /etc for their
+configuration files</para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
@@ -29,5 +36,9 @@ because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem>
<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Put the ping command into the appropriate place:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen></para>
+
</sect2>