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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-09-17 13:37:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-09-17 13:37:42 +0000 |
| commit | 4fc945adc88250f746ef2c46ff6d787bfe44c73e (patch) | |
| tree | db5b5d28e8ef843b69f19df605f01b4c5851a732 /chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml | |
| parent | e6cbe79bb94daa4e8c569ccbc5be3e55d3747dc3 (diff) | |
added --exec-prefix=/ to psmisc's configure
added note how to deal with psmisc's pidof symlink and man page
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@1234 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml b/chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml index 100817235..7fd1f51d5 100644 --- a/chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml @@ -3,9 +3,28 @@ <para>Install Psmisc by running the following commands:</para> -<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&</userinput> +<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/ &&</userinput> <userinput>make &&</userinput> <userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para> +<para>psmisc installs the +<filename>/usr/share/man/man1/pidof.1</filename> man page, but psmisc's +pidof program isn't installed by default. Generally that isn't a problem +because we install the sysvinit package later on which provides us with +a better pidof program.</para> + +<para>It's up to you now to decide if you are going to use the sysvinit +package which provides a pidof program, or not. If you are going to, you +should remove psmisc's pidof man page by running:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>rm /usr/share/man/man1/pidof.1</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>If you're not going to use sysvinit, you should complete this +package's installation by creating the <filename>/bin/pidof</filename> +symlink by running:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cd /bin</userinput> +<userinput>ln -s killall pidof</userinput></screen></para> + </sect2> |