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

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

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>
+
diff --git a/chapter06/make-inst.xml b/chapter06/make-inst.xml
index 64a952a4c..02cce215e 100644
--- a/chapter06/make-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/make-inst.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+make install &amp;&amp;
+chgrp root /usr/bin/make &amp;&amp;
+chmod 755 /usr/bin/make</userinput></screen></para>
 
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/make.xml b/chapter06/make.xml
index ff32f0fe3..94e5f96cc 100644
--- a/chapter06/make.xml
+++ b/chapter06/make.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Estimated required disk space:  &make-compsize;</screen>
 
 &c6-make-inst;
+&c6-make-exp;
 &aa-make-desc;
 &aa-make-dep;