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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-09-17 13:37:42 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-09-17 13:37:42 +0000
commit4fc945adc88250f746ef2c46ff6d787bfe44c73e (patch)
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parente6cbe79bb94daa4e8c569ccbc5be3e55d3747dc3 (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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-rw-r--r--chapter06/psmisc-exp.xml13
-rw-r--r--chapter06/psmisc-inst.xml21
-rw-r--r--chapter06/psmisc.xml1
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc-exp.xml b/chapter06/psmisc-exp.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfeb54064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter06/psmisc-exp.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><userinput>--exec-prefix=/:</userinput> This will cause the
+programs to be installed in <filename class="directory">/bin</filename>
+rather than in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. The
+programs in this package are often used in bootscripts, so they should
+be in the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> directory so they
+can be used when the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
+partition isn't mounted yet.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
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 &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/ &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</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>
diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc.xml b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
index e4dc33831..d1804ece7 100644
--- a/chapter06/psmisc.xml
+++ b/chapter06/psmisc.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
Estimated required disk space: &psmisc-compsize;</screen>
&c6-psmisc-inst;
+&c6-psmisc-exp;
&aa-psmisc-desc;
&ab-psmisc-dep;