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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
commit3f0c882398e626cd92503b1bd964a32e89f818dc (patch)
tree73e2935fe138615f4ec2d430fb7fbf6ae8fa9a80 /chapter06/inetutils.xml
parentaaa3260c039e40d68545922b64199b039da6af7b (diff)
Removed the text in chapter 06.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4446 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
index 6e8f60628..a913e052c 100644
--- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils"><primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -18,24 +17,16 @@
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Inetutils installation depends on</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
-Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
-<para>Inetutils has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues
-by applying the following patch:</para>
+<para>Apply a patch patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-<para>We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils.
-However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man
-pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para>
+<para>Apply another patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen>
@@ -46,43 +37,6 @@ pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para>
--disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
--disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
-<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This option
-prevents Inetutils from installing the <command>logger</command> 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>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This option
-prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is
-installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>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>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This disables the
-installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils
-package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some
-are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
-information can be found at
-<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better
-replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
@@ -91,8 +45,7 @@ replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
-place:</para>
+<para>Move the <command>ping</command> program:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
@@ -101,77 +54,7 @@ place:</para>
<sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet and tftp</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
-
-<varlistentry id="ftp">
-<term><command>ftp</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is the ARPANET file transfer program.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="ping">
-<term><command>ping</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm>
-<para>sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="rcp">
-<term><command>rcp</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm>
-<para>does remote file copy.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="rlogin">
-<term><command>rlogin</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm>
-<para>does remote login.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="rsh">
-<term><command>rsh</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm>
-<para>runs a remote shell.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="talk">
-<term><command>talk</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is used to chat up another user.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="telnet">
-<term><command>telnet</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="tftp">
-<term><command>tftp</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is a trivial file transfer program.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
+<para>See testing</para>
</sect2>