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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-02-07 19:47:39 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-02-07 19:47:39 +0000
commit615a56582820d63d362a15e3f9130a68c1766df2 (patch)
treee0ccbae0e7aa2b5573a05c2240e8577b1eeeca5b /chapter06
parentf0fecc7e8a0eb9fa5aa440ec6b9e12977af88f7a (diff)
Upgrade to Coreutils-6.10. Fixes #2133.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8470 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
-rw-r--r--chapter06/chapter06.xml1
-rw-r--r--chapter06/coreutils.xml31
-rw-r--r--chapter06/mktemp.xml126
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 139 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
index ecd970612..2e59bd4bf 100644
--- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml
+++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="less.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="make.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="man-db.xml"/>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="mktemp.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="module-init-tools.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="patch.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="psmisc.xml"/>
diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index 3d8288366..3d7be3c19 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -41,12 +41,6 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
- <para>The version of the function <quote>futimens</quote> used
- by Coreutils is incompatible with the version that current
- Glibc provides, so we'll rename the function:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i 's/futimens/gl_&amp;/' src/{copy,touch}.c lib/utimens.{c,h}</userinput></screen>
-
<para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from
this package is that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always
returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch
@@ -54,11 +48,6 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by
- other packages later:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
<para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character
boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch
fixes this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs:</para>
@@ -78,7 +67,20 @@
<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-install-program=hostname --enable-no-install-program=kill</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from
+ installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -100,6 +102,11 @@
<screen><userinput remap="test">echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" &gt;&gt; /etc/group</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Fix some of the permissions so that the non-root user can compile and
+ run the tests:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -v nobody gnulib-tests/.deps</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Now run the tests:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/mktemp.xml b/chapter06/mktemp.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a9aac7e4..000000000
--- a/chapter06/mktemp.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
- %general-entities;
-]>
-
-<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
- <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
-
- <sect1info condition="script">
- <productname>mktemp</productname>
- <productnumber>&mktemp-version;</productnumber>
- <address>&mktemp-url;</address>
- </sect1info>
-
- <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
-
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp">
- <primary sortas="a-Mktemp">Mktemp</primary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <sect2 role="package">
- <title/>
-
- <para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
- files in shell scripts.</para>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
- <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>&mktemp-ch6-sbu;</seg>
- <seg>&mktemp-ch6-du;</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
-
- <para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
- <command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
- to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
- <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&mktemp-tempfile-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to use the
- <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
- functions from the system C library instead of its own implementation
- of them. </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
-
- <para>Install the package:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
-make install-tempfile</userinput></screen>
-
- </sect2>
-
- <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content">
- <title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
-
- <segmentedlist>
- <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-
- <seglistitem>
- <seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg>
- </seglistitem>
- </segmentedlist>
-
- <variablelist>
- <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
- <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
- <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
-
- <varlistentry id="mktemp">
- <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in
- scripts</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp">
- <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry id="tempfile">
- <term><command>tempfile</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than
- <command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for
- backwards-compatibility</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile">
- <primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- </sect2>
-
-</sect1>