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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-02-27 14:49:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2002-02-27 14:49:28 +0000 |
| commit | ae11e83e815c5fca9fb0098bfdee551274c1d079 (patch) | |
| tree | daa3758758ff83a5f82162e3507e8ccc03278f87 /chapter06/make-exp.xml | |
| parent | fde8d24b122f42d25debb2af2443e7b625d77e2a (diff) | |
Added commands to remove setgid kmem from /usr/bin/make
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1646 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/make-exp.xml b/chapter06/make-exp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7bd539b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/make-exp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Command explanations</title> + +<para>By default <filename>/usr/bin/make</filename> is installed setgid +kmem. This is needed on some systems so it can check the load average by +using <filename>/dev/kmem</filename>. However, on Linux systems, setgid +kmem is not needed, so we remove this from our <filename>make</filename> +binary. This also fixes problems with the <filename>make</filename> +ignoring certain variables like +<emphasis>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</emphasis>.</para> + +</sect2> + |