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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-11-07 19:50:41 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2005-11-07 19:50:41 +0000
commit09043c0e9a1868974553f8252029b321c233fa49 (patch)
tree4f482cb6d3d98c68b393104f4bea38ab6030c580 /chapter06
parent982932985a585e42889c0adbd26b34e591ac9608 (diff)
Stop the Udev build process from killing the hosts' udevd process
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7132 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml
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--- a/chapter06/udev.xml
+++ b/chapter06/udev.xml
@@ -34,12 +34,42 @@
<screen><userinput>make EXTRAS=extras/run_directory</userinput></screen>
+<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>EXTRAS=extras/run_directory</parameter>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This builds the <command>udev_run_devd</command> and
+ <command>udev_run_hotplugd</command> binaries, which are required for
+ correct handling of hotpluggable devices.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+
<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make test</userinput>.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput>make EXTRAS=extras/run_directory install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make DESTDIR=/ EXTRAS=extras/run_directory install</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>DESTDIR=/</parameter>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This prevents the Udev build process from killing any
+ <command>udevd</command> processes that may be running on the host
+ system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
<para>Udev's configuration is far from ideal by default, so install
the configuration files here:</para>