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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 22:35:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 22:35:55 +0000 |
| commit | 51c7e26fb0ed51914d4e2843e82d4a87ed98478a (patch) | |
| tree | cb9bfa97c52d70cc4d381ba4d8376767571b8fd8 /chapter06 | |
| parent | c1e4223cca7f15f1f1fedd8a088ec196e3c7657b (diff) | |
Minor brush-ups, and splitting the basic-net section.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2956 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/basic-net.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/chapter06.xml | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/lfs-utils-inst.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/perl-inst.xml | 9 |
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/basic-net.xml b/chapter06/basic-net.xml index 8b537a76e..d868d7460 100644 --- a/chapter06/basic-net.xml +++ b/chapter06/basic-net.xml @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ <title>Setting up Basic Networking</title> <?dbhtml filename="basic-net.html" dir="chapter06"?> +<!-- Will clean this up later. --> + <para>Here will be set up basic networking now that all the necessary software has been installed. There isn't all that much to do, really, just creating a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, and downloading diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index bc2e4f8c2..6de08e206 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ &c6-gettext; &c6-nettools; &c6-inetutils; -&c6-basic-net; &c6-perl; &c6-texinfo; &c6-autoconf; diff --git a/chapter06/lfs-utils-inst.xml b/chapter06/lfs-utils-inst.xml index c9ce92233..5bc4a0d5a 100644 --- a/chapter06/lfs-utils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/lfs-utils-inst.xml @@ -11,5 +11,14 @@ <para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para> +<para>Now copy two supporting files included in the Lfs-Utils tarball to +their destination:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>cp -f etc/{services,protocols} /etc</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>The <filename>/etc/services</filename> file is used to resolve service +numbers to human-readable names, and the <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> +does the same for protocol numbers.</para> + </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/perl-inst.xml b/chapter06/perl-inst.xml index 26d418747..3b8788879 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl-inst.xml @@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ above.</para> <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of -checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the -following command will do so:</para> +checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, you first +have to create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, needed by a +couple of tests to resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para> + +<para><screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen></para> + +<para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen></para> |