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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-31 22:21:25 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-31 22:21:25 +0000
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Added --disable-whois --disable-servers to Inetutils
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2713 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
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+++ b/chapter06/inetutils-inst.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--disable-whois --disable-servers
</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ 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>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables
+the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date.
+Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the
+compilation of the various server utilities included as part of the Inetutils
+package. Many of these have known security vulnerabilities, and for most there
+are better replacements.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>