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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/psmisc.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/psmisc.xml b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
index 419633f0f..bce27356d 100644
--- a/chapter06/psmisc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc"><primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</primary></indexterm>
<sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information on
-processes.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ processes.</para>
<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>2.2 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Psmisc installation depends on</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
-GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
@@ -33,19 +26,6 @@ GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen>
-<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This causes the
-binaries to be installed in <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of
-<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. As the Psmisc programs are often used in
-bootscripts, they should be available also when the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
-file system isn't mounted.</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
@@ -54,21 +34,12 @@ file system isn't mounted.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-<para>There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and
-<command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in
-<filename class="directory">/bin</filename>. We therefore move them to
-<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Also, there is no need
-for <command>pstree.x11</command> to exist as a separate program. We
-therefore make it a symbolic link to <command>pstree</command>:</para>
+<para>Move a program:</para>
<screen><userinput>mv /bin/pstree* /usr/bin
ln -sf pstree /usr/bin/pstree.x11</userinput></screen>
-<para>By default Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program isn't installed.
-Generally, this isn't a problem because we later install the Sysvinit package,
-which provides a better <command>pidof</command> program. But if you're not
-going to use Sysvinit, you should complete the installation of Psmisc by
-creating the following symlink:</para>
+<para>If you're not going to use Sysvinit, you should create the following symlink:</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -s killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
@@ -77,46 +48,7 @@ creating the following symlink:</para>
<sect2 id="contents-psmisc" role="content"><title>Contents of Psmisc</title>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>fuser, killall, pstree and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
-
-<varlistentry id="fuser">
-<term><command>fuser</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser"><primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary></indexterm>
-<para>reports the PIDs of processes that use the given files or file systems.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="killall">
-<term><command>killall</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"><primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary></indexterm>
-<para>kills processes by name. It sends a signal
-to all processes running any of the given commands.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="pstree">
-<term><command>pstree</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree"><primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary></indexterm>
-<para>displays running processes as a tree.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="pstree.x11">
-<term><command>pstree.x11</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11"><primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary></indexterm>
-<para>same as pstree except that it waits for confirmation before exiting.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
+<para>See testing</para>
</sect2>