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diff --git a/chapter05/bash.xml b/chapter05/bash.xml index 962aef84a..323dcd3ff 100644 --- a/chapter05/bash.xml +++ b/chapter05/bash.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>Bash-&bash-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="bash.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-bash"> -<primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml index 0174fc86e..28b98fb59 100644 --- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml +++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Binutils-&binutils-version; - Pass 1</title> <?dbhtml filename="binutils-pass1.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-binutils-pass1"> -<primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary> -<secondary>tools, pass 1</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml index 7491346ed..a6082a5bc 100644 --- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml +++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Binutils-&binutils-version; - Pass 2</title> <?dbhtml filename="binutils-pass2.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-binutils-pass2"> -<primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary> -<secondary>tools, pass 2</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/bison.xml b/chapter05/bison.xml index c7fd2c168..bc54a983e 100644 --- a/chapter05/bison.xml +++ b/chapter05/bison.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Bison-&bison-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="bison.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-bison"> -<primary sortas="a-Bison">Bison</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/bzip2.xml b/chapter05/bzip2.xml index 024471388..55247522b 100644 --- a/chapter05/bzip2.xml +++ b/chapter05/bzip2.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Bzip2-&bzip2-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="bzip2.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-bzip2"> -<primary sortas="a-Bzip2">Bzip2</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 836124841..95e44047c 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-coreutils"> -<primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/diffutils.xml b/chapter05/diffutils.xml index 86edbb0ca..8f2a77e3c 100644 --- a/chapter05/diffutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/diffutils.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Diffutils-&diffutils-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="diffutils.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-diffutils"> -<primary sortas="a-Diffutils">Diffutils</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/findutils.xml b/chapter05/findutils.xml index 21ba323ef..a6eac0421 100644 --- a/chapter05/findutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/findutils.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Findutils-&findutils-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="findutils.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-findutils"> -<primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/flex.xml b/chapter05/flex.xml index 11e81cd51..6a5f25daf 100644 --- a/chapter05/flex.xml +++ b/chapter05/flex.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Flex-&flex-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="flex.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-flex"> -<primary sortas="a-Flex">Flex</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/gawk.xml b/chapter05/gawk.xml index c43aba03b..541738e16 100644 --- a/chapter05/gawk.xml +++ b/chapter05/gawk.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Gawk-&gawk-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="gawk.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-gawk"> -<primary sortas="a-Gawk">Gawk</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml index 81f934e04..94cbcb91b 100644 --- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml +++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>GCC-&gcc-version; - Pass 1</title> <?dbhtml filename="gcc-pass1.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-gcc-pass1"> -<primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary> -<secondary>tools, pass 1</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml index 7c3f01d44..e5dd780b6 100644 --- a/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml +++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass2.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>GCC-&gcc-version; - Pass 2</title> <?dbhtml filename="gcc-pass2.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-gcc-pass2"> -<primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary> -<secondary>tools, pass 2</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/gettext.xml b/chapter05/gettext.xml index f430deb5f..8a74c5be3 100644 --- a/chapter05/gettext.xml +++ b/chapter05/gettext.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Gettext-&gettext-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="gettext.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-gettext"> -<primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index b256792f1..a3bea4019 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Glibc-&glibc-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="glibc.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-glibc"> -<primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/grep.xml b/chapter05/grep.xml index c95433cff..fb9503cb3 100644 --- a/chapter05/grep.xml +++ b/chapter05/grep.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Grep-&grep-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="grep.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-grep"> -<primary sortas="a-Grep">Grep</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/gzip.xml b/chapter05/gzip.xml index da725178b..81f7488a5 100644 --- a/chapter05/gzip.xml +++ b/chapter05/gzip.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Gzip-&gzip-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="gzip.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-gzip"> -<primary sortas="a-Gzip">Gzip</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml b/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml index bfbc637f3..55b3a3a83 100644 --- a/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml +++ b/chapter05/linux-libc-headers.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Linux-Libc-Headers-&linux-libc-headers-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="linux-libc-headers.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-linux-libc-headers"> -<primary sortas="a-Linux-Libc-Headers">Linux-Libc-Headers</primary> -<secondary>tools, headers</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/m4.xml b/chapter05/m4.xml index 0a4757497..8db49aa2f 100644 --- a/chapter05/m4.xml +++ b/chapter05/m4.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>M4-&m4-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="m4.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-m4"> -<primary sortas="a-M4">M4</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/make.xml b/chapter05/make.xml index 5fa9a6aa1..224832b22 100644 --- a/chapter05/make.xml +++ b/chapter05/make.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Make-&make-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="make.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-make"> -<primary sortas="a-Make">Make</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/ncurses.xml b/chapter05/ncurses.xml index c6edfe343..f8ddcb09b 100644 --- a/chapter05/ncurses.xml +++ b/chapter05/ncurses.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-ncurses"> -<primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/patch.xml b/chapter05/patch.xml index 0fe5f59c5..102cfb325 100644 --- a/chapter05/patch.xml +++ b/chapter05/patch.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Patch-&patch-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="patch.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-patch"> -<primary sortas="a-Patch">Patch</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/perl.xml b/chapter05/perl.xml index 9c489e1fc..4b56e5f87 100644 --- a/chapter05/perl.xml +++ b/chapter05/perl.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Perl-&perl-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="perl.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-perl"> -<primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/sed.xml b/chapter05/sed.xml index 6de3aa83e..de2d83dab 100644 --- a/chapter05/sed.xml +++ b/chapter05/sed.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Sed-&sed-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="sed.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-sed"> -<primary sortas="a-Sed">Sed</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/tar.xml b/chapter05/tar.xml index 9602803b5..963377638 100644 --- a/chapter05/tar.xml +++ b/chapter05/tar.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Tar-&tar-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="tar.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-tar"> -<primary sortas="a-Tar">Tar</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/texinfo.xml b/chapter05/texinfo.xml index 5de86eab9..7d65e4597 100644 --- a/chapter05/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter05/texinfo.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="texinfo.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-texinfo"> -<primary sortas="a-Texinfo">Texinfo</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/udev.xml b/chapter05/udev.xml index cd929ea64..eea84e123 100644 --- a/chapter05/udev.xml +++ b/chapter05/udev.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Udev-&udev-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="udev.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-udev"> -<primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter05/util-linux.xml b/chapter05/util-linux.xml index e0087812e..50284817e 100644 --- a/chapter05/util-linux.xml +++ b/chapter05/util-linux.xml @@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ <title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux"> -<primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary> -<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> - <sect2 role="package"><title/> <segmentedlist> diff --git a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml index 4939bb704..55435a9d9 100644 --- a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml +++ b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml @@ -7,41 +7,6 @@ <title>About debugging symbols</title> <?dbhtml filename="aboutdebug.html"?> -<para>Most programs and libraries are, by default, compiled with debugging -symbols included (with <command>gcc</command>'s <parameter>-g</parameter> -option). This means that, when debugging a program or library that was compiled -with debugging information included, the debugger can give you not only memory -addresses but also the names of the routines and variables.</para> - -<para>The inclusion of these debugging symbols, however, enlarges a program or -library significantly. To get an idea of the amount of space these symbols -occupy, have a look at the following:</para> - -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -with debugging symbols: 1200 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>a bash binary -without debugging symbols: 480 KB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files (<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> -and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) -with debugging symbols: 87 MB</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Glibc and GCC files -without debugging symbols: 16 MB</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Sizes may vary somewhat, depending on which compiler was used and which C -library, but when comparing programs with and without debugging symbols the -difference will generally be a factor between 2 and 5.</para> - -<para>As most people will probably never use a debugger on their system -software, a lot of disk space can be regained by removing these symbols. For -your convenience, the next section shows how to strip all debugging symbols -from all programs and libraries. Information on other ways of optimizing your -system can be found in the hint at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para> +<para>See testing</para> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/autoconf.xml b/chapter06/autoconf.xml index b4c39aea2..8a822f037 100644 --- a/chapter06/autoconf.xml +++ b/chapter06/autoconf.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf"><primary sortas="a-Autoconf">Autoconf</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts that -can automatically configure source code.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ can automatically configure source code.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>7.7 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Autoconf installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, -M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 2 SBUs.</para> +<userinput>make check</userinput></para> <para>Install the package:</para> @@ -49,88 +42,7 @@ M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-autoconf" role="content"><title>Contents of Autoconf</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, -autoreconf, autoscan, autoupdate and ifnames</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="autoconf"> -<term><command>autoconf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoconf"><primary sortas="b-autoconf">autoconf</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a tool for producing shell scripts -that automatically configure software source code packages to adapt to many -kinds of Unix-like systems. The configuration scripts it produces are -independent -- running them does not require the autoconf program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoheader"> -<term><command>autoheader</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoheader"><primary sortas="b-autoheader">autoheader</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a tool for creating template files -of C #define statements for configure to use.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autom4te"> -<term><command>autom4te</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autom4te"><primary sortas="b-autom4te">autom4te</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a wrapper for the M4 macro processor.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoreconf"> -<term><command>autoreconf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoreconf"><primary sortas="b-autoreconf">autoreconf</primary></indexterm> -<para>comes in handy when there are a lot -of autoconf-generated configure scripts around. The program runs autoconf and -autoheader repeatedly (where appropriate) to remake the autoconf configure -scripts and configuration header templates in a given directory tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoscan"> -<term><command>autoscan</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoscan"><primary sortas="b-autoscan">autoscan</primary></indexterm> -<para>can help to create a -<filename>configure.in</filename> file for a software package. It examines -the source files in a directory tree, searching them for common portability -problems and creates a <filename>configure.scan</filename> file that serves as -as a preliminary <filename>configure.in</filename> for the package.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="autoupdate"> -<term><command>autoupdate</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf autoupdate"><primary sortas="b-autoupdate">autoupdate</primary></indexterm> -<para>modifies a <filename>configure.in</filename> file that still calls autoconf -macros by their old names to use the current macro names.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ifnames"> -<term><command>ifnames</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-autoconf ifnames"><primary sortas="b-ifnames">ifnames</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be helpful when writing a -<filename>configure.in</filename> for a software package. It prints the -identifiers that the package uses in C preprocessor conditionals. If a package -has already been set up to have some portability, this program can help to -determine what <command>configure</command> needs to check. It can fill -in some gaps in a <filename>configure.in</filename> file generated by -autoscan.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/automake.xml b/chapter06/automake.xml index e668b27b9..2fee34132 100644 --- a/chapter06/automake.xml +++ b/chapter06/automake.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-automake"><primary sortas="a-Automake">Automake</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use -with Autoconf.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ with Autoconf.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>6.8 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Automake installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils, -Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a long time, about 5 SBUs.</para> +<userinput>make check</userinput></para> <para>Install the package:</para> @@ -49,145 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-automake" role="content"><title>Contents of Automake</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.8, automake, automake-1.8, -compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, -missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, ylwrap</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="acinstall"> -<term><command>acinstall</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake acinstall"><primary sortas="b-acinstall">acinstall</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="aclocal"> -<term><command>aclocal</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake aclocal"><primary sortas="b-aclocal">aclocal</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates <filename>aclocal.m4</filename> -files based on the contents of <filename>configure.in</filename> files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="automake"> -<term><command>automake</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake automake"><primary sortas="b-automake">automake</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a tool for automatically generating -<filename>Makefile.in</filename>'s from files called -<filename>Makefile.am</filename>. To create all the -<filename>Makefile.in</filename> files for a package, run this program in the -top-level directory. By scanning the <filename>configure.in</filename>s it -automatically finds each appropriate <filename>Makefile.am</filename> and -generate the corresponding <filename>Makefile.in</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="compile"> -<term><command>compile</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake compile"><primary sortas="b-compile">compile</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a wrapper for compilers.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="config.guess"> -<term><command>config.guess</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.guess"><primary sortas="b-config.guess">config.guess</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that attempts to guess -the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="config.su"> -<term><command>config.sub</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake config.su"><primary sortas="b-config.su">config.su</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a configuration validation subroutine script.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="depcomp"> -<term><command>depcomp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake depcomp"><primary sortas="b-depcomp">depcomp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script for compiling a program so that not only the desired output is -generated, but also dependency information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="elisp-comp"> -<term><command>elisp-comp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake elisp-comp"><primary sortas="b-elisp-comp">elisp-comp</primary></indexterm> -<para>byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="install-sh"> -<term><command>install-sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake install-sh"><primary sortas="b-install-sh">install-sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that installs a program, a script, or a datafile.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mdate-sh"> -<term><command>mdate-sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mdate-sh"><primary sortas="b-mdate-sh">mdate-sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="missing"> -<term><command>missing</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake missing"><primary sortas="b-missing">missing</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script acting as a common stub for -missing GNU programs during an installation.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkinstalldirs"> -<term><command>mkinstalldirs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake mkinstalldirs"><primary sortas="b-mkinstalldirs">mkinstalldirs</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that creates a directory tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="py-compile"> -<term><command>py-compile</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake py-compile"><primary sortas="b-py-compile">py-compile</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles a Python program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="symlink-tree"> -<term><command>symlink-tree</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake symlink-tree"><primary sortas="b-symlink-tree">symlink-tree</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ylwrap"> -<term><command>ylwrap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-automake ylwrap"><primary sortas="b-ylwrap">ylwrap</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a wrapper for <command>lex</command> and <command>yacc</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml index 3e65cb5ee..0dbda1f83 100644 --- a/chapter06/bash.xml +++ b/chapter06/bash.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-bash"><primary sortas="a-Bash">Bash</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Bash package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,23 +17,16 @@ <seglistitem><seg>1.2 SBU</seg><seg>27 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Bash installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Bash</title> -<para>The following patch fixes various issues. Including a problem where Bash -sometimes will only show 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line.</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>Bash also has issues when compiled against newer versions of glibc. The -following patch resolves this problem:</para> +<para>Apply another patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bash-&bash-version;-avoid_WCONTINUED-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -54,59 +46,16 @@ following patch resolves this problem:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Now run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program (replacing the one you are currently executing):</para> +<para>Run the newly compiled <command>bash</command> program:</para> <screen><userinput>exec /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen> -<note><para>The parameters used make it an interactive login instance -(so <filename>/etc/profile</filename> is read, if it exists, and the first found -<filename>~/.bash_profile</filename>, <filename>~/.bash_login</filename> or -and <filename>~/.profile</filename>) and continue to -disable hashing so that new programs are found as they become -available.</para></note> - </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-bash" role="content"><title>Contents of Bash</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>bash, sh (link to bash) and bashbug</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="bash"> -<term><command>bash</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bash"><primary sortas="b-bash">bash</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a widely-used command interpreter. It -performs many kinds of expansions and substitutions on a given command line -before executing it, thus making this interpreter a powerful tool.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bashbug"> -<term><command>bashbug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash bashbug"><primary sortas="b-bashbug">bashbug</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a shell script to help the user -compose and mail bug reports concerning <command>bash</command> in a standard format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sh"> -<term><command>sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bash sh"><primary sortas="b-sh">sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a symlink to the bash program. When invoked -as <command>sh</command>, <command>bash</command> tries to mimic the -startup behavior of historical versions of <command>sh</command> as -closely as possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml index d8f3807bd..c8749321c 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils"><primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for -handling object files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,44 +17,22 @@ handling object files.</para> <seglistitem><seg>1.4 SBU</seg><seg>167 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Binutils installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, -Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Binutils</title> -<para>Now is an appropriate time to verify that your pseudo terminals (PTYs) are -working properly inside the chroot environment. We will again quickly check that -everything is set up correctly by performing a simple test:</para> +<para>Check if there is PTYs for the test suites:</para> <screen><userinput>expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen> -<para>If you receive the message:</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen> - -<para>Your chroot environment is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this -case there is no point in running the test suites for Binutils and GCC until you -are able to resolve the issue.</para> - -<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its -default optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and <parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options). -Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override -default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting -or modifying them when building Binutils.</para> - <para>The current version of Binutils in use has a bug that causes strip to remove necessary information from certain library files. This patch fixes the problem:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the -source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> +<para>Create the build directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen> @@ -69,32 +45,18 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>Normally, the <emphasis>tooldir</emphasis> (the directory where the -executables end up) is set to $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias), which expands -into, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Since we only -build for our own system, we don't need this target specific directory in -<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. That setup would be used if the system was used to -cross-compile (for example compiling a package on an Intel machine that -generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).</para> - -<important><para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered -<emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any -circumstances.</para></important> - <para>Test the results:</para> <screen><userinput>make -k check</userinput></screen> <para>The test suite notes from <xref linkend="ch-tools-binutils-pass2"/> are still -very much appropriate here. Be sure to refer back there should you have any -doubts.</para> +very much appropriate here..</para> <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen> -<para>Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header file that is needed by -some packages:</para> +<para>Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header file:</para> <screen><userinput>cp ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen> @@ -103,170 +65,7 @@ some packages:</para> <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Binutils</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, -ranlib, readelf, size, strings and strip</seg> -<seg>libiberty.a, libbfd.[a,so] and libopcodes.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="addr2line"> -<term><command>addr2line</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils addr2line"><primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates program addresses to file -names and line numbers. Given an address and the name of an executable, it -uses the debugging information in the executable to figure out which source -file and line number are associated with the address.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ar"> -<term><command>ar</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ar"><primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive -is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes -it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called members of -the archive).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="as"> -<term><command>as</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils as"><primary sortas="b-as">as</primary></indexterm> -<para>is an assembler. It assembles the output of <command>gcc</command> into object files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="c-filt"> -<term><command>c++filt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils c-filt"><primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and -Java symbols, to keep overloaded functions from clashing.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gprof"> -<term><command>gprof</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils gprof"><primary sortas="b-gprof">gprof</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays call graph profile data.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ld"> -<term><command>ld</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld"><primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a linker. It combines a number of object and archive files into a single file, -relocating their data and tying up symbol references.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nm"> -<term><command>nm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils nm"><primary sortas="b-nm">nm</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists the symbols occurring in a given object file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="objcopy"> -<term><command>objcopy</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objcopy"><primary sortas="b-objcopy">objcopy</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to translate one type of object file into another.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="objdump"> -<term><command>objdump</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objdump"><primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays information about the given object file, with options controlling what -particular information to display. The information shown is mostly only useful to -programmers who are working on the compilation tools.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ranlib"> -<term><command>ranlib</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ranlib"><primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates an index of the contents of an -archive, and stores it in the archive. The index lists all the symbols defined -by archive members that are relocatable object files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="readelf"> -<term><command>readelf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils readelf"><primary sortas="b-readelf">readelf</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays information about elf type binaries.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="size"> -<term><command>size</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils size"><primary sortas="b-size">size</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists the section sizes -- and the grand total -- for the given object files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="strings"> -<term><command>strings</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strings"><primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs, for each given file, the sequences -of printable characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to 4). -For object files it prints, by default, only the strings from the initializing -and loading sections. For other types of files it scans the whole file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="strip"> -<term><command>strip</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strip"><primary sortas="b-strip">strip</primary></indexterm> -<para>discards symbols from object files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libiberty"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libiberty"><primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains routines used by various GNU -programs, including getopt, obstack, strerror, strtol and strtoul.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libbfd"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libbfd"><primary sortas="c-libbfd">libbfd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the Binary File Descriptor library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libopcodes"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libopcodes</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libopcodes"><primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a library for dealing with opcodes. -It is used for building utilities like objdump. Opcodes are the <quote>readable -text</quote> versions of instructions for the processor.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/bison.xml b/chapter06/bison.xml index a58605054..992a3518d 100644 --- a/chapter06/bison.xml +++ b/chapter06/bison.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-bison"><primary sortas="a-Bison">Bison</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Bison package contains a parser generator.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>10.6 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Bison installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,44 +42,7 @@ GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-bison" role="content"><title>Contents of Bison</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>bison and yacc</seg><seg>liby.a</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="bison"> -<term><command>bison</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison bison"><primary sortas="b-bison">bison</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates, from a series of rules, a program -for analyzing the structure of text files. <command>bison</command> is a replacement for <command>yacc</command> -(Yet Another Compiler Compiler).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="yacc"> -<term><command>yacc</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison yacc"><primary sortas="b-yacc">yacc</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a wrapper for <command>bison</command>, meant for programs -that still call <command>yacc</command> instead of <command>bison</command>. -It calls <command>bison</command> with the <parameter>-y</parameter> option.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="liby.a"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">liby.a</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bison liby.a"><primary sortas="c-liby.a">liby.a</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the Yacc library containing -implementations of Yacc-compatible yyerror and main functions. This library -is normally not very useful, but POSIX requires it.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2.xml b/chapter06/bzip2.xml index e9e744320..4bb888486 100644 --- a/chapter06/bzip2.xml +++ b/chapter06/bzip2.xml @@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2"><primary sortas="a-Bzip2">Bzip2</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Bzip2 package contains programs for compressing and decompressing -files. On text files they achieve a much better compression than the -traditional <command>gzip</command>.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -20,11 +17,6 @@ traditional <command>gzip</command>.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.0 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Bzip2 installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Make</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -35,27 +27,15 @@ GCC, Glibc, Make</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make -f Makefile-libbz2_so make clean</userinput></screen> -<para>The <parameter>-f</parameter> flag will cause Bzip2 to be built -using a different <filename>Makefile</filename> file, in this case the -<filename>Makefile-libbz2_so</filename> file, which creates a dynamic -<filename class="libraryfile">libbz2.so</filename> library and links the Bzip2 utilities -against it.</para> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>If you are reinstalling Bzip2, you need to do -<userinput>rm -f /usr/bin/bz*</userinput> first, otherwise the following -<command>make install</command> will fail.</para> - -<para>Install the programs:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Now install the shared <command>bzip2</command> binary into the -<filename class="directory">/bin</filename> directory, then make some -necessary symbolic links, and clean up:</para> +<para>Do some location changes:</para> <screen><userinput>cp bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2 cp -a libbz2.so* /lib @@ -69,101 +49,7 @@ ln -s bzip2 /bin/bzcat</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-bzip2" role="content"><title>Contents of Bzip2</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>bunzip2 (link to bzip2), bzcat (link to bzip2), bzcmp, bzdiff, -bzegrep, bzfgrep, bzgrep, bzip2, bzip2recover, bzless and bzmore</seg> -<seg>libbz2.a, libbz2.so (link to libbz2.so.1.0), libbz2.so.1.0 (link to -libbz2.so.&bzip2-version;) and libbz2.so.&bzip2-version;</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="bunzip2"> -<term><command>bunzip2</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bunzip2"><primary sortas="b-bunzip2">bunzip2</primary></indexterm> -<para>decompresses bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzcat"> -<term><command>bzcat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzcat"><primary sortas="b-bzcat">bzcat</primary></indexterm> -<para>decompresses to standard output.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzcmp"> -<term><command>bzcmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzcmp"><primary sortas="b-bzcmp">bzcmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>cmp</command> on bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzdiff"> -<term><command>bzdiff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzdiff"><primary sortas="b-bzdiff">bzdiff</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>diff</command> on bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzgrep"> -<term><command>bzgrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzgrep"><primary sortas="b-bzgrep">bzgrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>and friends run <command>grep</command> on bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzip2"> -<term><command>bzip2</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzip2"><primary sortas="b-bzip2">bzip2</primary></indexterm> -<para>compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler -block sorting text compression algorithm with Huffman coding. The compression -rate is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional -compressors using LZ77/LZ78, like <command>gzip</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzip2recover"> -<term><command>bzip2recover</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzip2recover"><primary sortas="b-bzip2recover">bzip2recover</primary></indexterm> -<para>tries to recover data from damaged bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzless"> -<term><command>bzless</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzless"><primary sortas="b-bzless">bzless</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>less</command> on bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="bzmore"> -<term><command>bzmore</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 bzmore"><primary sortas="b-bzmore">bzmore</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>more</command> on bzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libbz2"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbz2*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-bzip2 libbz2"><primary sortas="c-libbz2*">libbz2*</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the library implementing lossless, -block-sorting data compression, using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/changingowner.xml b/chapter06/changingowner.xml index 1de747a01..4dd75d202 100644 --- a/chapter06/changingowner.xml +++ b/chapter06/changingowner.xml @@ -7,30 +7,8 @@ <title>Changing ownership</title> <?dbhtml filename="changingowner.html"?> -<para>Right now the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory -is owned by the user <emphasis>lfs</emphasis>, a user that exists only on your -host system. Although you will probably want to delete the -<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory once you have -finished your LFS system, you may want to keep it around, for example to -build more LFS systems. But if you keep the -<filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory as it is, you end up -with files owned by a user ID without a corresponding account. This is -dangerous because a user account created later on could get this same user ID -and would suddenly own the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> -directory and all the files therein, thus exposing these files to possible -malicious manipulation.</para> - -<para>To avoid this issue, you could add the <emphasis>lfs</emphasis> user to -your new LFS system later on when creating the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> -file, taking care to assign it the same user and group IDs as on your host -system. Alternatively, you can (and the book assumes you do) assign the -contents of the <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> directory to -user <emphasis>root</emphasis> by running the following command:</para> +<para>Change the owner of <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>:</para> <screen><userinput>chown -R 0:0 /tools</userinput></screen> -<para>The command uses <parameter>0:0</parameter> instead of <parameter>root:root</parameter>, -because <userinput>chown</userinput> is unable to resolve the name -<quote>root</quote> until the password file has been created.</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.xml b/chapter06/chroot.xml index 238dc5381..f3014f3ee 100644 --- a/chapter06/chroot.xml +++ b/chapter06/chroot.xml @@ -7,49 +7,11 @@ <title>Entering the chroot environment</title> <?dbhtml filename="chroot.html"?> -<para>It is time to enter the chroot environment in order to begin building -and installing your final LFS system. Still as <emphasis>root</emphasis> run -the following command to enter the small world that is, at the moment, -populated with only the temporary tools:</para> +<para>Enter the chroot environment:</para> <screen><userinput>chroot "$LFS" /tools/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/tools/bin \ /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen> -<para>The <parameter>-i</parameter> option given to the -<command>env</command> command will clear all variables of the chroot -environment. After that, only the HOME, TERM, PS1 and PATH variables are -set again. The <parameter>TERM=$TERM</parameter> construct will set the TERM variable inside chroot -to the same value as outside chroot; this variable is needed for programs -like <command>vim</command> and <command>less</command> to operate -properly. If you need other variables present, such as CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS, -this is a good place to set them again.</para> - -<para>From this point on there's no need to use the LFS variable anymore, -because everything you do will be restricted to the LFS file system -- since -what the shell thinks is <filename class="directory">/</filename> is actually -the value of <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename>, which was passed to -the chroot command.</para> - -<para>Notice that <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> comes -last in the PATH. This means that a temporary tool will not be used any more -as soon as its final version is installed. Well, at least when the shell -doesn't remember the locations of executed binaries -- for this reason hashing -is switched off by passing the <parameter>+h</parameter> option to -<command>bash</command>.</para> - -<para>You have to make sure all the commands in the rest of this chapter and -in the following chapters are run from within the chroot environment. -If you ever leave this environment for any reason (rebooting for example), -you must remember to first mount the <systemitem class="filesystem">proc</systemitem> -and <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file systems (discussed -in the previous section) <emphasis>and</emphasis> enter chroot again before -continuing with the installations.</para> - -<para>Note that the <command>bash</command> prompt will say -<computeroutput>I have no name!</computeroutput> This is -normal, as the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file has not been created yet. -</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml index e9ee8336c..57a6f0424 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"><primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the -basic system characteristics.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,25 +17,16 @@ basic system characteristics.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.9 SBU</seg><seg>69 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Coreutils installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, -Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> -<para>Normally the functionality of <command>uname</command> is somewhat -broken, in that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always returns -<computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch fixes this behavior for Intel -architectures:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be later be installed -by other programs:</para> +<para>Apply another patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-suppress_uptime_kill_su-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -49,29 +38,21 @@ by other programs:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence -of files and users that aren't valid this early in the LFS build. We will -therefore have to set up a few things before being able to run the tests. If -you choose not to run these tests, skip down to <quote>Install the -package</quote>.</para> - <para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para> <screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen> -<para>Now you're all set to run the test suite. First run the few tests that -are meant to be run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> +<para>Run the <emphasis>root</emphasis> tests:</para> <screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen> -<para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the <emphasis>dummy</emphasis> -user:</para> +<para>Run the user tests:</para> <screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> -<para>When you're done testing, remove the dummy user and groups:</para> +<para>Remove the dummy user and groups:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen> @@ -88,7 +69,7 @@ mv /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,test,touch,true,uname} /bin mv /usr/bin/hostname /bin mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> -<para>Finally, create a symlink to be FHS-compliant:</para> +<para>Create a symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen> @@ -97,747 +78,7 @@ mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Coreutils</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>basename, cat, chgrp, chmod, -chown, chroot, cksum, comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, -dirname, du, echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, -hostid, hostname, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, -mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr, -printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum, shred, sleep, -sort, split, stat, stty, su, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, test, touch, tr, true, -tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink, uptime, users, vdir, wc, who, -whoami and yes</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="basename"> -<term><command>basename</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename"><primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary></indexterm> -<para>strips any path and a given suffix from the given file name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cat"> -<term><command>cat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat"><primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary></indexterm> -<para>concatenates files to standard output.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chgrp"> -<term><command>chgrp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"><primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the group ownership of each given file to the given group. The -group can be either given a a name or a numeric ID.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chmod"> -<term><command>chmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"><primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the permissions of each given file -to the given mode. The mode can be either a symbolic representation of the -changes to make, or an octal number representing the new permissions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chown"> -<term><command>chown</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chown"><primary sortas="b-chown">chown</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the user and/or group ownership of -each given file to the given user:group pair.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chroot"> -<term><command>chroot</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chroot"><primary sortas="b-chroot">chroot</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a given command with the specified directory as the -<filename class="directory">/</filename> directory. The given command can be an interactive shell. -On most systems only <emphasis>root</emphasis> can do this.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cksum"> -<term><command>cksum</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cksum"><primary sortas="b-cksum">cksum</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) checksum and the byte -counts of each specified file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="comm"> -<term><command>comm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils comm"><primary sortas="b-comm">comm</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares two sorted files, outputting in -three columns the lines that are unique, and the lines that are common.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cp"> -<term><command>cp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cp"><primary sortas="b-cp">cp</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="csplit"> -<term><command>csplit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils csplit"><primary sortas="b-csplit">csplit</primary></indexterm> -<para>splits a given file into several new files, -separating them according to given patterns or line numbers, and outputting -the byte count of each new file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cut"> -<term><command>cut</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cut"><primary sortas="b-cut">cut</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints parts of lines, selecting the parts -according to given fields or positions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="date"> -<term><command>date</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date"><primary sortas="b-date">date</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays the current time in the given format, or sets the system date.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dd"> -<term><command>dd</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dd"><primary sortas="b-dd">dd</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies a file using the given block size and -count, while optionally performing conversions on it.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="df"> -<term><command>df</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils df"><primary sortas="b-df">df</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the amount of disk space available -(and used) on all mounted file systems, or only on the file systems holding the -given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dir"> -<term><command>dir</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dir"><primary sortas="b-dir">dir</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the same as <command>ls</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dircolors"> -<term><command>dircolors</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dircolors"><primary sortas="b-dircolors">dircolors</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs commands to set the LS_COLOR -environment variable, to change the color scheme used by <command>ls</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dirname"> -<term><command>dirname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils dirname"><primary sortas="b-dirname">dirname</primary></indexterm> -<para>strips the non-directory suffix from a given file name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="du"> -<term><command>du</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils du"><primary sortas="b-du">du</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the amount of disk space used by the -current directory, or by each of the given directories including all their -subdirectories, or by each of the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="echo"> -<term><command>echo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils echo"><primary sortas="b-echo">echo</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays the given strings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="env"> -<term><command>env</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils env"><primary sortas="b-env">env</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a command in a modified environment.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="expand"> -<term><command>expand</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expand"><primary sortas="b-expand">expand</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts tabs to spaces.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="expr"> -<term><command>expr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils expr"><primary sortas="b-expr">expr</primary></indexterm> -<para>evaluates expressions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="factor"> -<term><command>factor</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils factor"><primary sortas="b-factor">factor</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the prime factors of all specified integer numbers.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="false"> -<term><command>false</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils false"><primary sortas="b-false">false</primary></indexterm> -<para>does nothing, unsuccessfully. It always -exits with a status code indicating failure.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mt"> -<term><command>fmt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mt"><primary sortas="b-mt">mt</primary></indexterm> -<para>reformats the paragraphs in the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fold"> -<term><command>fold</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils fold"><primary sortas="b-fold">fold</primary></indexterm> -<para>wraps the lines in the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groups-coreutils"> -<term><command>groups</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils groups-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-groups-coreutils">groups</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports a user's group memberships.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="head"> -<term><command>head</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils head"><primary sortas="b-head">head</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the first ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hostid"> -<term><command>hostid</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostid"><primary sortas="b-hostid">hostid</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) of the host.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hostname-coreutils"> -<term><command>hostname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils hostname-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-hostname-coreutils">hostname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports or sets the name of the host.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="id"> -<term><command>id</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils id"><primary sortas="b-id">id</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the effective user ID, group ID, and -group memberships of the current user, or of a given user.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="install"> -<term><command>install</command> </term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils install"><primary sortas="b-install">install</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies files while setting their -permission modes and, if possible, their owner and group.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="join"> -<term><command>join</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils join"><primary sortas="b-join">join</primary></indexterm> -<para>joins from two files the lines that have identical join fields.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="link"> -<term><command>link</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils link"><primary sortas="b-link">link</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a hard link with the given name to the given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ln"> -<term><command>ln</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ln"><primary sortas="b-ln">ln</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes hard links or soft links between files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="logname"> -<term><command>logname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils logname"><primary sortas="b-logname">logname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the current user's login name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ls"> -<term><command>ls</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ls"><primary sortas="b-ls">ls</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists the contents of each given directory. -By default it orders the files and subdirectories alphabetically.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="md5sum"> -<term><command>md5sum</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils md5sum"><primary sortas="b-md5sum">md5sum</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports or checks MD5 (Message Digest 5) checksums.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkdir"> -<term><command>mkdir</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkdir"><primary sortas="b-mkdir">mkdir</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates directories with the given names.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkfifo"> -<term><command>mkfifo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mkfifo"><primary sortas="b-mkfifo">mkfifo</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates FIFOs (First-In, First-Out, a <quote>named pipe</quote> in UNIX parlance) with -the given names.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mknod"> -<term><command>mknod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mknod"><primary sortas="b-mknod">mknod</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates device nodes with the given names. -A device node is a character special file, or a block special file, or a FIFO.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mv"> -<term><command>mv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mv"><primary sortas="b-mv">mv</primary></indexterm> -<para>moves or renames files or directories.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nice"> -<term><command>nice</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nice"><primary sortas="b-nice">nice</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a program with modified scheduling priority.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nl"> -<term><command>nl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nl"><primary sortas="b-nl">nl</primary></indexterm> -<para>numbers the lines from the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nohup"> -<term><command>nohup</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils nohup"><primary sortas="b-nohup">nohup</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a command immune to hangups, with -output redirected to a log file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="od"> -<term><command>od</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils od"><primary sortas="b-od">od</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps files in octal and other formats.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="paste"> -<term><command>paste</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils paste"><primary sortas="b-paste">paste</primary></indexterm> -<para>merges the given files, joining -sequentially corresponding lines side by side, separated by tab characters..</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pathchk"> -<term><command>pathchk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pathchk"><primary sortas="b-pathchk">pathchk</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks whether file names are valid or portable.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pinky"> -<term><command>pinky</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pinky"><primary sortas="b-pinky">pinky</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a lightweight finger. It reports some information about the given users.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pr"> -<term><command>pr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pr"><primary sortas="b-pr">pr</primary></indexterm> -<para>paginates and columnates files for printing.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="printenv"> -<term><command>printenv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printenv"><primary sortas="b-printenv">printenv</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the environment.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="printf"> -<term><command>printf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils printf"><primary sortas="b-printf">printf</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the given arguments according to the -given format -- much like the C printf function.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ptx"> -<term><command>ptx</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils ptx"><primary sortas="b-ptx">ptx</primary></indexterm> -<para>produces from the contents of the given files -a permuted index, with each keyword in its context.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pwd"> -<term><command>pwd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils pwd"><primary sortas="b-pwd">pwd</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the name of the current directory.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="readlink"> -<term><command>readlink</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils readlink"><primary sortas="b-readlink">readlink</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the value of the given symbolic link.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rm"> -<term><command>rm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rm"><primary sortas="b-rm">rm</primary></indexterm> -<para>removes files or directories.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rmdir"> -<term><command>rmdir</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils rmdir"><primary sortas="b-rmdir">rmdir</primary></indexterm> -<para>removes directories, if they are empty.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="seq"> -<term><command>seq</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils seq"><primary sortas="b-seq">seq</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints a sequence of numbers, within a given -range and with a given increment.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sha1sum"> -<term><command>sha1sum</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sha1sum"><primary sortas="b-sha1sum">sha1sum</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints or checks 160-bit SHA1 checksums.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="shred"> -<term><command>shred</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils shred"><primary sortas="b-shred">shred</primary></indexterm> -<para>overwrites the given files repeatedly with -strange patterns, to make it real hard to recover the data.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sleep"> -<term><command>sleep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sleep"><primary sortas="b-sleep">sleep</primary></indexterm> -<para>pauses for the given amount of time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sort"> -<term><command>sort</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sort"><primary sortas="b-sort">sort</primary></indexterm> -<para>sorts the lines from the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="split"> -<term><command>split</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils split"><primary sortas="b-split">split</primary></indexterm> -<para>splits the given file into pieces, by size or by numbspliter of lines.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="stty"> -<term><command>stty</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils stty"><primary sortas="b-stty">stty</primary></indexterm> -<para>sets or reports terminal line settings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sum"> -<term><command>sum</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sum"><primary sortas="b-sum">sum</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints checksum and block counts for each given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sync"> -<term><command>sync</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils sync"><primary sortas="b-sync">sync</primary></indexterm> -<para>flushes file system buffers. It forces -changed blocks to disk and updates the super block.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tac"> -<term><command>tac</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tac"><primary sortas="b-tac">tac</primary></indexterm> -<para>concatenates the given files in reverse.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tail"> -<term><command>tail</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tail"><primary sortas="b-tail">tail</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the last ten lines (or the given number of lines) of each given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tee"> -<term><command>tee</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tee"><primary sortas="b-tee">tee</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads from standard input while writing both -to standard output and to the given files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="test"> -<term><command>test</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils test"><primary sortas="b-test">test</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares values and checks file types.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="touch"> -<term><command>touch</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils touch"><primary sortas="b-touch">touch</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes file timestamps, setting the access -and modification times of the given files to the current time. Files that do -not exist are created with zero length.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tr"> -<term><command>tr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tr"><primary sortas="b-tr">tr</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates, squeezes, and deletes the given -characters from standard input.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="true"> -<term><command>true</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils true"><primary sortas="b-true">true</primary></indexterm> -<para>does nothing, successfully. It always exits -with a status code indicating success.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tsort"> -<term><command>tsort</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tsort"><primary sortas="b-tsort">tsort</primary></indexterm> -<para>performs a topological sort. It writes a -totally ordered list according to the partial ordering in a given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tty"> -<term><command>tty</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils tty"><primary sortas="b-tty">tty</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the file name of the terminal connected to standard input.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="uname"> -<term><command>uname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uname"><primary sortas="b-uname">uname</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports system information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="unexpand"> -<term><command>unexpand</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unexpand"><primary sortas="b-unexpand">unexpand</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts spaces to tabs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="uniq"> -<term><command>uniq</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uniq"><primary sortas="b-uniq">uniq</primary></indexterm> -<para>discards all but one of successive identical lines.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="unlink"> -<term><command>unlink</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils unlink"><primary sortas="b-unlink">unlink</primary></indexterm> -<para>removes the given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="uptime-coreutils"> -<term><command>uptime</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils uptime-coreutils"><primary sortas="b-uptime-coreutils">uptime</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports how long the system has been -running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="users"> -<term><command>users</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils users"><primary sortas="b-users">users</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the names of the users currently logged on.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vdir"> -<term><command>vdir</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils vdir"><primary sortas="b-vdir">vdir</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the same as <command>ls -l</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="wc"> -<term><command>wc</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils wc"><primary sortas="b-wc">wc</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the number of lines, words, and bytes -for each given file, and a total line when more than one file is given.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="who"> -<term><command>who</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils who"><primary sortas="b-who">who</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports who is logged on.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="whoami"> -<term><command>whoami</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils whoami"><primary sortas="b-whoami">whoami</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the user name associated with the current effective user ID.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="yes"> -<term><command>yes</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes"><primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs <quote>y</quote> or a given string repeatedly, until killed.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml index 529a81293..3091bde22 100644 --- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml +++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml @@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ <title>Creating essential symlinks</title> <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?> -<para>Some programs hard-wire paths to programs which don't exist yet. In -order to satisfy these programs, we create a number of symbolic links which -will be replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter when -we're installing all the software.</para> +<para>Create some needed links.</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin ln -s /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml index adaab362e..9bafa8bb3 100644 --- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml @@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ <title>Creating directories</title> <?dbhtml filename="creatingdirs.html"?> -<para>Let's now create some structure in our LFS file system. Let's create -a directory tree. Issuing the following commands will create a more or less -standard tree:</para> +<para>Create a dirs tree:</para> <screen><userinput>install -d /{bin,boot,dev,etc/opt,home,lib,mnt} install -d /{sbin,srv,usr/local,var,opt} @@ -31,34 +29,4 @@ install -d /var/{opt,cache,lib/{misc,locate},local} install -d /opt/{bin,doc,include,info} install -d /opt/{lib,man/man{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}}</userinput></screen> -<para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but this -isn't desirable for all directories. In the commands above, we make two changes: -one to the home directory of <emphasis>root</emphasis>, and another to the -directories for temporary files.</para> - -<para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter the -<filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory -- the same -as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. -The second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the -<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> and -<filename class="directory">/var/tmp</filename> directories, but -cannot remove other users' files from them. The latter is prohibited -by the so-called <quote>sticky bit</quote> -- the highest bit in the 1777 bit -mask.</para> - -<sect2> -<title>FHS compliance note</title> - -<para>We have based our directory tree on the FHS standard (available at -<ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"/>). Besides the above created -tree this standard stipulates the existence of -<filename class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and -<filename class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>, but we don't -much like these for a base system. However, feel free to make your system -FHS-compliant. As to the structure of the -<filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> subdirectory, the FHS -isn't precise, so we created here the directories that we think are needed.</para> - -</sect2> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/devices.xml b/chapter06/devices.xml index dc5de88b8..c432fa86b 100644 --- a/chapter06/devices.xml +++ b/chapter06/devices.xml @@ -7,33 +7,16 @@ <title>Populating /dev</title> <?dbhtml filename="devices.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-devices"><primary sortas="e-Devices">Devices</primary></indexterm> - -<sect2> -<title>Creating initial device nodes</title> - -<para>When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few device -nodes, in particular the <filename class="devicefile">console</filename> and -<filename class="devicefile">null</filename> devices:</para> +<para>Create the initial device nodes</para> <screen><userinput>mknod -m 600 /dev/console c 5 1 mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3</userinput></screen> -</sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Mounting ramfs and populating /dev</title> -<para>The ideal way to populate <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> is -to mount a <systemitem class="filesystem">ramfs</systemitem> onto <filename class="directory">/dev </filename> -like <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem>, but it -cannot be swapped) and create the devices on there during each bootup. Since we haven't -booted the system, we have to do what the bootscripts would otherwise do for us, and -populate <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> ourselves. Begin by mounting <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>:</para> +<para>Mount a ramfs in /dev</para> <screen><userinput>mount -n -t ramfs none /dev</userinput></screen> -<para>Since we do not have the Udev package installed yet, we'll create a -minimal set of device nodes to use for building:</para> +<para>Create a minimal set of device nodes:</para> <screen><userinput>mknod -m 622 /dev/console c 5 1 mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3 @@ -44,8 +27,7 @@ mknod -m 444 /dev/random c 1 8 mknod -m 444 /dev/urandom c 1 9 chown root:tty /dev/{console,ptmx,tty}</userinput></screen> -<para>There are some symlinks and directories required by LFS that are not created by -Udev, so we create those ourselves here:</para> +<para>Create some symlinks and directories:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s /proc/self/fd /dev/fd ln -s /proc/self/fd/0 /dev/stdin @@ -55,21 +37,10 @@ ln -s /proc/kcore /dev/core mkdir /dev/pts mkdir /dev/shm</userinput></screen> -<para>Finally, mount the proper virtual (kernel) file systems on the directories we just -created:</para> +<para>Mount the virtual file systems:</para> <screen><userinput>mount -t devpts -o gid=4,mode=620 none /dev/pts mount -t tmpfs none /dev/shm</userinput></screen> -<para>The <command>mount</command> commands executed above may result in the -following warning message:</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>can't open /etc/fstab: No such file or directory.</computeroutput></screen> - -<para>This file—<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>—has not -been created yet but is also not required for the file systems to be -properly mounted. As such, the warning can be safely ignored.</para> -</sect2> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/diffutils.xml b/chapter06/diffutils.xml index 79790979f..116a8c37c 100644 --- a/chapter06/diffutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/diffutils.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils"><primary sortas="a-Diffutils">Diffutils</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences -between files or directories.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ between files or directories.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>7.5 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Diffutils installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, -Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -46,45 +39,7 @@ Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-diffutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Diffutils</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>cmp, diff, diff3 and sdiff</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="cmp"> -<term><command>cmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils cmp"><primary sortas="b-cmp">cmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they differ.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="diff"> -<term><command>diff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff"><primary sortas="b-diff">diff</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares two files or directories and reports which lines in the files differ.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="diff3"> -<term><command>diff3</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils diff3"><primary sortas="b-diff3">diff3</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares three files line by line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sdiff"> -<term><command>sdiff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils sdiff"><primary sortas="b-sdiff">sdiff</primary></indexterm> -<para>merges two files and interactively outputs the results.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml index a26b496e3..f840bdcc2 100644 --- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml +++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs"><primary sortas="a-E2fsprogs">E2fsprogs</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2 -file system. It also supports the ext3 journaling file system.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,18 +17,12 @@ file system. It also supports the ext3 journaling file system.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>4.9 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>E2fsprogs installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of E2fsprogs</title> -<para>It is recommended to build E2fsprogs in a subdirectory of the source tree: -</para> +<para>Create a build directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir build cd build</userinput></screen> @@ -40,39 +32,6 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>../configure --prefix=/usr --with-root-prefix="" \ --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-evms</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command> -program) are considered essential programs. -When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> isn't -mounted, these essential programs have to be available. They belong in -directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and -<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option isn't passed -to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the -<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not what we -want.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--enable-elf-shlibs</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This creates -the shared libraries which some programs in this package use.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--disable-evms</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This disables the building of the Enterprise Volume Management -System (EVMS) plugin. This plugin is not up-to-date with the latest EVMS -internal interfaces and EVMS is not installed as part of a base LFS system, so -the plugin is not required. See the -<ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/">EVMS homepage</ulink> for more -information regarding EVMS itself.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -90,240 +49,9 @@ information regarding EVMS itself.</para></listitem> </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content"><title>Contents of E2fsprogs</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>badblocks, blkid, chattr, -compile_et, debugfs, dumpe2fs, e2fsck, e2image, e2label, findfs, fsck, -fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, logsave, lsattr, mk_cmds, mke2fs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, -mklost+found, resize2fs, tune2fs and uuidgen.</seg> -<seg>libblkid.[a,so], libcom_err.[a,so], libe2p.[a,so], libext2fs.[a,so], libss.[a,so] and -libuuid.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="badblocks"> -<term><command>badblocks</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs badblocks"><primary sortas="b-badblocks">badblocks</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches a device (usually a disk partition) for bad blocks.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="blkid"> -<term><command>blkid</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs blkid"><primary sortas="b-blkid">blkid</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a command line utility to locate and print block device attributes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chattr"> -<term><command>chattr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs chattr"><primary sortas="b-chattr">chattr</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the attributes of files on a second extended (ext2) file system, and -also ext3 file systems, the journaling version of ext2 file systems.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="compile_et"> -<term><command>compile_et</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs compile_et"><primary sortas="b-compile_et">compile_et</primary></indexterm> -<para>is an error table compiler. It -converts a table of error-code names and messages into a C source file -suitable for use with the <filename class="libraryfile">com_err</filename> library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="debugfs"> -<term><command>debugfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs debugfs"><primary sortas="b-debugfs">debugfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a file system debugger. It can be -used to examine and change the state of an ext2 file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dumpe2fs"> -<term><command>dumpe2fs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs dumpe2fs"><primary sortas="b-dumpe2fs">dumpe2fs</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the super block and blocks group -information for the file system present on a given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="e2fsck"> -<term><command>e2fsck</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2fsck"><primary sortas="b-e2fsck">e2fsck</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to check, and optionally repair, -second extended (ext2) file systems, and also ext3 file systems.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="e2image"> -<term><command>e2image</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2image"><primary sortas="b-e2image">e2image</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to save critical ext2 file system data to a file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="e2label"> -<term><command>e2label</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs e2label"><primary sortas="b-e2label">e2label</primary></indexterm> -<para>will display or change the file system -label on the ext2 file system present on a given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="findfs"> -<term><command>findfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs findfs"><primary sortas="b-findfs">findfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>finds a file system by label or UUID (Universally Unique Identifier).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fsck"> -<term><command>fsck</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs fsck"><primary sortas="b-fsck">fsck</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to check, and optionally repair, file systems. By default it checks the -file systems listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename></para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="logsave"> -<term><command>logsave</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs logsave"><primary sortas="b-logsave">logsave</primary></indexterm> -<para>saves the output of a command in a log file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lsattr"> -<term><command>lsattr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs lsattr"><primary sortas="b-lsattr">lsattr</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists the attributes of files on a second extended file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mk_cmds"> -<term><command>mk_cmds</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mk_cmds"><primary sortas="b-mk_cmds">mk_cmds</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a table of command names -and help messages into a C source file suitable for use with the -<filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mke2fs"> -<term><command>mke2fs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create a second extended file system on the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mklost-found"> -<term><command>mklost+found</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mklost-found"><primary sortas="b-mklost+found">mklost+found</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create a -<filename class="directory">lost+found</filename> directory on a second extended file system. -It pre-allocates disk blocks to this directory to lighten the task of e2fsck.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="resize2fs"> -<term><command>resize2fs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs resize2fs"><primary sortas="b-resize2fs">resize2fs</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to enlarge or shrink an ext2 file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tune2fs"> -<term><command>tune2fs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs tune2fs"><primary sortas="b-tune2fs">tune2fs</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used adjust tunable file system -parameters on a second extended file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="uuidgen"> -<term><command>uuidgen</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs uuidgen"><primary sortas="b-uuidgen">uuidgen</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates new UUID. Each new UUID can reasonably be considered unique -among all UUIDs created, on the local system and on other systems, in the -past and in the future.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libblkid"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libblkid</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libblkid"><primary sortas="c-libblkid">libblkid</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains routines for device identification and token extraction.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libcom_err"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcom_err</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libcom_err"><primary sortas="c-libcom_err">libcom_err</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the common error display routine.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libe2p"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libe2p</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libe2p"><primary sortas="c-libe2p">libe2p</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libext2fs"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libext2fs</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libext2fs"><primary sortas="c-libext2fs">libext2fs</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains routines to enable user-level -programs to manipulate an ext2 file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libss"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libss</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libss"><primary sortas="c-libss">libss</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by <command>debugfs</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libuuid"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs libuuid"><primary sortas="c-libuuid">libuuid</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains routines for generating unique -identifiers for objects that may be accessible beyond the local system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/file.xml b/chapter06/file.xml index 74a2669bf..a45a88df8 100644 --- a/chapter06/file.xml +++ b/chapter06/file.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-file"><primary sortas="a-File">File</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>6.3 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>File installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Zlib</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -45,32 +39,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed, Zlib</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-file" role="content"><title>Contents of File</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>file</seg><seg>libmagic.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="file"> -<term><command>file</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-file file"><primary sortas="b-file">file</primary></indexterm> -<para>tries to classify each given file. It does -this by performing several tests: file system tests, magic number tests, and -language tests. The first test that succeeds determines the result.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmagic"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmagic</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-file libmagic"><primary sortas="c-libmagic">libmagic</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains routines for magic number recognition, used by the <command>file</command> program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/findutils.xml b/chapter06/findutils.xml index 8d9f2407c..46045811c 100644 --- a/chapter06/findutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/findutils.xml @@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils"><primary sortas="a-Findutils">Findutils</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. Processes -are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to -create, maintain and search a database (often faster than the recursive -find, but unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -21,11 +17,6 @@ find, but unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>7.5 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Findutils installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -36,10 +27,6 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate \ --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen> -<para>The localstatedir directive above changes the location of the locate -database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>, -which is FHS-compliant.</para> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -56,74 +43,7 @@ which is FHS-compliant.</para> <sect2 id="contents-findutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Findutils</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>bigram, code, find, frcode, locate, updatedb and xargs</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="bigram"> -<term><command>bigram</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils bigram"><primary sortas="b-bigram">bigram</primary></indexterm> -<para>was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> databases.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="code"> -<term><command>code</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils code"><primary sortas="b-code">code</primary></indexterm> -<para>was formerly used to produce <command>locate</command> -databases. It is the ancestor of <command>frcode</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="find"> -<term><command>find</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils find"><primary sortas="b-find">find</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="frcode"> -<term><command>frcode</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils frcode"><primary sortas="b-frcode">frcode</primary></indexterm> -<para>is called by <command>updatedb</command> to compress the list of file names. It uses -front-compression, reducing the database size by a factor of 4 to 5.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="locate"> -<term><command>locate</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils locate"><primary sortas="b-locate">locate</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches through a database of file names, -and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="updatedb"> -<term><command>updatedb</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils updatedb"><primary sortas="b-updatedb">updatedb</primary></indexterm> -<para>updates the <command>locate</command> database. It scans -the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, -unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds in the database.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xargs"> -<term><command>xargs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-findutils xargs"><primary sortas="b-xargs">xargs</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to apply a given command to a list of files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/flex.xml b/chapter06/flex.xml index 5f57664c0..24be45365 100644 --- a/chapter06/flex.xml +++ b/chapter06/flex.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-flex"><primary sortas="a-Flex">Flex</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Flex package contains a utility for generating programs that -recognize patterns in text.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,24 +17,16 @@ recognize patterns in text.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Flex installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Flex</title> -<para>Flex contains several known bugs. Fix these with the following patch:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../flex-&flex-version;-debian_fixes-2.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>The GNU autotools detects that the Flex source code has been modified by -the previous patch, and tries to update the manual page accordingly, but this -breaks on many systems, and the default page is fine, so make sure it doesn't -get regenerated:</para> +<para>Touch the man-page:</para> <screen><userinput>touch doc/flex.1</userinput></screen> @@ -55,16 +45,11 @@ get regenerated:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>There are some packages that expect to find the <emphasis>lex</emphasis> -library in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>. Create a symlink to account for -this:</para> +<para>Create a symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s libfl.a /usr/lib/libl.a</userinput></screen> -<para>A few programs don't know about <command>flex</command> yet and try -to run its predecessor <command>lex</command>. To support those programs, -create a wrapper script named <filename>lex</filename> that calls -<command>flex</command> in <emphasis>lex</emphasis> emulation mode:</para> +<para>Create a lex script:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /usr/bin/lex << "EOF"</userinput> #!/bin/sh @@ -81,43 +66,7 @@ chmod 755 /usr/bin/lex</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-flex" role="content"><title>Contents of Flex</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>flex, flex++ (link to flex) and lex</seg> -<seg>libfl.a</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="flex"> -<term><command>flex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex flex"><primary sortas="b-flex">flex</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a tool for generating programs that -recognize patterns in text. Pattern recognition is useful in many applications. -From a set of rules on what to look for, <command>flex</command> makes a program that looks for -those patterns. The reason to use <command>flex</command> is that it is much easier to specify -the rules for a pattern-finding program than to write the program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="flex-"> -<term><command>flex++</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex flex-"><primary sortas="b-flex++">flex++</primary></indexterm> -<para>invokes a version of <command>flex</command> that is used exclusively for C++ scanners.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libfl.a"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libfl.a</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex libfl.a"><primary sortas="c-libfl.a">libfl.a</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the flex library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/gawk.xml b/chapter06/gawk.xml index 4ce0d6e8a..b906a9107 100644 --- a/chapter06/gawk.xml +++ b/chapter06/gawk.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk"><primary sortas="a-Gawk">Gawk</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Gawk package contains programs for manipulating text files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>17 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Gawk installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,55 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-gawk" role="content"><title>Contents of Gawk</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>awk (link to gawk), gawk, gawk-&gawk-version;, grcat, igawk, -pgawk, pgawk-&gawk-version; and pwcat</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="gawk"> -<term><command>gawk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk gawk"><primary sortas="b-gawk">gawk</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a program for manipulating text files. -It is the GNU implementation of <command>awk</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grcat"> -<term><command>grcat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk grcat"><primary sortas="b-grcat">grcat</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps the group database <filename>/etc/group</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="igawk"> -<term><command>igawk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk igawk"><primary sortas="b-igawk">igawk</primary></indexterm> -<para>gives <command>gawk</command> the ability to include files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pgawk"> -<term><command>pgawk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk pgawk"><primary sortas="b-pgawk">pgawk</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the profiling version of <command>gawk</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pwcat"> -<term><command>pwcat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gawk pwcat"><primary sortas="b-pwcat">pwcat</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps the password database <filename>/etc/passwd</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/gcc.xml b/chapter06/gcc.xml index 06dcd5c0e..71eda302d 100644 --- a/chapter06/gcc.xml +++ b/chapter06/gcc.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc"><primary sortas="a-GCC">GCC</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes -the C and C++ compilers.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,47 +17,24 @@ the C and C++ compilers.</para> <seglistitem><seg>11.7 SBU</seg><seg>294 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>GCC installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Findutils, -Gawk, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of GCC</title> -<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its -default optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and <parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options). -Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override -default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting -or modifying them when building GCC.</para> - -<para>Unpack the GCC-core <emphasis>and</emphasis> the GCC-g++ tarball -- they -will unfold into the same directory. You should likewise extract the -GCC-testsuite package. The full GCC package contains even more -compilers. Instructions for building these can be found at -<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/general/gcc.html"/>.</para> - -<para>First apply only the No-Fixincludes patch (and <emphasis>not</emphasis> -the Specs patch) also used in the previous chapter:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;-no_fixincludes-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>GCC fails to compile some packages outside of a base Linux From Scratch -install (e.g., Mozilla and kdegraphics) when used in conjunction with newer -versions of binutils. Apply the following patch to fix this issue:</para> +<para>Apply another patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;-linkonce-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>Now apply a sed substitution that will suppress the installation of -<filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename>. We want to use the version of -<filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename> provided by Binutils:</para> +<para>Apply a sed substitution:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install_to_$(INSTALL_DEST) //' libiberty/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> -<para>The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source -directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> +<para>Create a build directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir ../gcc-build cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> @@ -74,122 +49,34 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<important><para>The test suite for GCC in this section is considered -<emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any -circumstance.</para></important> - -<para>Test the results, but don't stop at errors (you'll remember the few -known ones):</para> +<para>Test the results):</para> <screen><userinput>make -k check</userinput></screen> <para>The test suite notes from <xref linkend="ch-tools-gcc-pass2"/> are still very -much appropriate here. Be sure to refer back there should you have any -doubts.</para> +much appropriate here.</para> <para>Now install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Some packages expect the C PreProcessor to be installed in the -<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory. -To support those packages, create this symlink:</para> +<para>Create this symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s ../usr/bin/cpp /lib</userinput></screen> -<para>Many packages use the name <command>cc</command> to call the C -compiler. To satisfy those packages, create a symlink:</para> +<para>Create another symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s gcc /usr/bin/cc</userinput></screen> -<note><para>At this point it is strongly recommended to repeat the sanity check -we performed earlier in this chapter. Refer back to -<xref linkend="ch-system-readjusting"/> and repeat the check. If the results -are wrong, then most likely you erroneously applied the GCC Specs patch from -<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>.</para></note> +<note><para>Refer back to <xref linkend="ch-system-readjusting"/> +and repeat the check.</para></note> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-gcc" role="content"><title>Contents of GCC</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>c++, cc (link to gcc), -cc1, cc1plus, collect2, cpp, g++, gcc, gccbug, and gcov</seg> -<seg>libgcc.a, libgcc_eh.a, libgcc_s.so, libstdc++.[a,so] and libsupc++.a</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="cpp"> -<term><command>cpp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc cpp"><primary sortas="b-cpp">cpp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the C preprocessor. It is used by the compiler to have the #include and -#define and such statements expanded in the source files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="g"> -<term><command>g++</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc g"><primary sortas="b-g++">g++</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the C++ compiler.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gcc"> -<term><command>gcc</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcc"><primary sortas="b-gcc">gcc</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the C compiler. It is used to translate -the source code of a program into assembly code.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gccbug"> -<term><command>gccbug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gccbug"><primary sortas="b-gccbug">gccbug</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a shell script used to help create good bug reports.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gcov"> -<term><command>gcov</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc gcov"><primary sortas="b-gcov">gcov</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a coverage testing tool. It is used to -analyze programs to find out where optimizations will have the most effect.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libgcc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgcc*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libgcc"><primary sortas="c-libgcc*">libgcc*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains run-time support for <command>gcc</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libstdc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libstdc"><primary sortas="c-libstdc++">libstdc++</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the standard C++ library. It contains many frequently-used functions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libsupc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libsupc++</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gcc libsupc"><primary sortas="c-libsupc++">libsupc++</primary></indexterm> -<para>provides supporting routines for the c++ programming language.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/gettext.xml b/chapter06/gettext.xml index 0f12c91f1..0abbafc03 100644 --- a/chapter06/gettext.xml +++ b/chapter06/gettext.xml @@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext"><primary sortas="a-Gettext">Gettext</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Gettext package contains utilities for internationalization and -localization. These allow programs to be compiled with Native Language Support -(NLS), enabling them to output messages in the user's native language.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -20,11 +17,6 @@ localization. These allow programs to be compiled with Native Language Support <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>55 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Gettext installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, -Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -39,8 +31,7 @@ Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>. This takes a very long time, around -7 SBUs.</para> +<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> <para>Now install the package:</para> @@ -51,252 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-gettext" role="content"><title>Contents of Gettext</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>autopoint, config.charset, config.rpath, envsubst, gettext, -gettextize, hostname, msgattrib, msgcat, msgcmp, msgcomm, msgconv, msgen, -msgexec, msgfilter, msgfmt, msggrep, msginit, msgmerge, msgunfmt, msguniq, -ngettext, project-id, team-address, trigger, urlget, user-email and xgettext</seg> -<seg>libasprintf[a,so], libgettextlib[a,so], libgettextpo[a,so] and libgettextsrc[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="autopoint"> -<term><command>autopoint</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext autopoint"><primary sortas="b-autopoint">autopoint</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies standard Gettext infrastructure files into a source package.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="config.charset"> -<term><command>config.charset</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.charset"><primary sortas="b-config.charset">config.charset</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs a system-dependent table of character encoding aliases.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="config.rpath"> -<term><command>config.rpath</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext config.rpath"><primary sortas="b-config.rpath">config.rpath</primary></indexterm> -<para>outputs a system-dependent set of variables, describing how to set the -runtime search path of shared libraries in an executable.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="envsubst"> -<term><command>envsubst</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext envsubst"><primary sortas="b-envsubst">envsubst</primary></indexterm> -<para>substitutes environment variables in shell format strings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gettext"> -<term><command>gettext</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettext"><primary sortas="b-gettext">gettext</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates a natural language message into -the user's language, by looking up the translation in a message catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gettextize"> -<term><command>gettextize</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext gettextize"><primary sortas="b-gettextize">gettextize</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies all standard Gettext files into -the given top-level directory of a package, to begin inter-nationalizing it.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hostname-gettext"> -<term><command>hostname</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext hostname-gettext"><primary sortas="b-hostname-gettext">hostname</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays a network hostname in various forms.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgattrib"> -<term><command>msgattrib</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgattrib"><primary sortas="b-msgattrib">msgattrib</primary></indexterm> -<para>filters the messages of a translation -catalog according to their attributes and manipulates the attributes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgcat"> -<term><command>msgcat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcat"><primary sortas="b-msgcat">msgcat</primary></indexterm> -<para>concatenates and merges the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgcmp"> -<term><command>msgcmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcmp"><primary sortas="b-msgcmp">msgcmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares two <filename class="extension">.po</filename> -files to check that both contain the same set of msgid strings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgcomm"> -<term><command>msgcomm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgcomm"><primary sortas="b-msgcomm">msgcomm</primary></indexterm> -<para>finds the messages that are common to -to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgconv"> -<term><command>msgconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgconv"><primary sortas="b-msgconv">msgconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a translation catalog to a different character encoding.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgen"> -<term><command>msgen</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgen"><primary sortas="b-msgen">msgen</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates an English translation catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgexec"> -<term><command>msgexec</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgexec"><primary sortas="b-msgexec">msgexec</primary></indexterm> -<para>applies a command to all translations of a translation catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgfilter"> -<term><command>msgfilter</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfilter"><primary sortas="b-msgfilter">msgfilter</primary></indexterm> -<para>applies a filter to all translations of a translation catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgfmt"> -<term><command>msgfmt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msggrep"> -<term><command>msggrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msggrep"><primary sortas="b-msggrep">msggrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>extracts all messages of a translation -catalog that match a given pattern or belong to some given source files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msginit"> -<term><command>msginit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msginit"><primary sortas="b-msginit">msginit</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a new <filename class="extension">.po</filename> file, initializing the meta -information with values from the user's environment.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgmerge"> -<term><command>msgmerge</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgmerge"><primary sortas="b-msgmerge">msgmerge</primary></indexterm> -<para>combines two raw translations into a single file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msgunfmt"> -<term><command>msgunfmt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgunfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgunfmt">msgunfmt</primary></indexterm> -<para>decompiles a binary message catalog into raw translation text.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="msguniq"> -<term><command>msguniq</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msguniq"><primary sortas="b-msguniq">msguniq</primary></indexterm> -<para>unifies duplicate translations in a translation catalog.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ngettext"> -<term><command>ngettext</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext ngettext"><primary sortas="b-ngettext">ngettext</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays native language translations of a -textual message whose grammatical form depends on a number.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xgettext"> -<term><command>xgettext</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext xgettext"><primary sortas="b-xgettext">xgettext</primary></indexterm> -<para>extracts the translatable message lines -from the given source files, to make the first translation template.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libasprintf"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libasprintf</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libasprintf"><primary sortas="c-libasprintf">libasprintf</primary></indexterm> -<para>defines the autosprintf class, which -makes C formatted output routines usable in C++ programs, for use with the -<string> strings and the <iostream> streams.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libgettextlib"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextlib</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextlib"><primary sortas="c-libgettextlib">libgettextlib</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext -programs. They're not meant for general use.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libgettextpo"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextpo</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextpo"><primary sortas="c-libgettextpo">libgettextpo</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to write specialized programs that process <filename -class="extension">.po</filename> files. This library is -used when the standard applications shipped with Gettext won't suffice (such as -<command>msgcomm</command>, <command>msgcmp</command>, -<command>msgattrib</command> and <command>msgen</command>).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libgettextsrc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libgettextsrc</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext libgettextsrc"><primary sortas="c-libgettextsrc">libgettextsrc</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a private library containing common routines used by the various Gettext -programs. They're not meant for general use.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index fd5cc4dd6..b7f20a2b5 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc"><primary sortas="a-Glibc">Glibc</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Glibc package contains the main C library. This library provides all -the basic routines for allocating memory, searching directories, opening and -closing files, reading and writing them, string handling, pattern matching, -arithmetic, and so on.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -21,27 +17,12 @@ arithmetic, and so on.</para> <seglistitem><seg>12.3 SBU</seg><seg>784 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Glibc installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> -<para>The Glibc build system is very well self-contained and will install -perfectly, even though our compiler specs file and linker are still pointing -at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. We cannot adjust the specs and linker before -the Glibc install, because the Glibc autoconf tests would then give bogus -results and thus defeat our goal of achieving a clean build.</para> - -<para>Before starting to build Glibc, remember to unset any environment -variables that override the default optimization flags.</para> - -<para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc outside of the source -directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> +<para>Create a build directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> @@ -53,58 +34,18 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> --enable-kernel=2.6.0 --without-cvs \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the new configure options:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/lib/glibc</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This changes the location of the <command>pt_chown</command> -program from its default of <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> to -<filename class="directory">/usr/lib/glibc</filename>.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<important><para>The test suite for Glibc in this section is considered -<emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any -circumstance.</para></important> - <para>Test the results:</para> <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen> <para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of your host -system, in particular the kernel. In general, the Glibc test suite is always -expected to pass. However, in certain circumstances some failures are -unavoidable. Here is a list of the most common issues we are aware of:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>The <emphasis>math</emphasis> tests sometimes fail when running -on systems where the CPU is not a relatively new genuine Intel or authentic AMD. -Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>The <emphasis>gettext</emphasis> test sometimes fails due to -host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>The <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test sometimes fails when the -LFS partition is mounted with the <parameter>noatime</parameter> option, or due -to other file system quirks.</para></listitem> +system. See testing for explanations.</para> -<listitem><para>The <emphasis>shm</emphasis> test might fail when the host -system is running the devfs file system but doesn't have the <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> file system -mounted at <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> due to lack of support for tmpfs in -the kernel.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests might -fail due to test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Though it is a harmless message, the install stage of Glibc will -complain about the absence of <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>. Fix this -annoying little warning with:</para> +<para>Fix an annoying little warning with:</para> <screen><userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf</userinput></screen> @@ -112,22 +53,17 @@ annoying little warning with:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>The locales that can make your system respond in a different language -weren't installed by the above command. Do it with this:</para> +<para>To install the Glibc locales, use the following +command:</para> <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen> <para>An alternative to running the previous command is to install only those -locales which you need or want. This can be achieved by using the -<command>localedef</command> command. Information on this can be found in -the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file in the Glibc source. However, there are -a number of locales that are essential for the tests of future packages to -pass, in particular, the <emphasis>libstdc++</emphasis> tests from GCC. The -following instructions, instead of the install-locales target above, will -install the minimum set of locales necessary for the tests to run -successfully:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale +locales which you need or want. The following instructions, instead of the +install-locales target above, will install the minimum set of locales necessary +for the tests to run successfully:</para> + +<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /tools/lib/locale localedef -i de_DE -f ISO-8859-1 de_DE localedef -i de_DE@euro -f ISO-8859-15 de_DE@euro localedef -i en_HK -f ISO-8859-1 en_HK @@ -140,28 +76,7 @@ localedef -i fr_FR@euro -f ISO-8859-15 fr_FR@euro localedef -i it_IT -f ISO-8859-1 it_IT localedef -i ja_JP -f EUC-JP ja_JP</userinput></screen> -<para>In fact, some locales installed by the -<command>make localedata/install-locales</command> -command above are not properly -supported by some applications that are in LFS and BLFS books. Because -of various problems that arise -due to application programmers making -assumptions that break in such locales, LFS <emphasis>should not</emphasis> -be used in locales that utilize -multibyte character sets (including UTF-8) or -right-to-left writing order. -Numerous unofficial and unstable patches are required to fix these problems, -and it has been decided not to support such complex locales. -This applies to the ja_JP and fa_IR locales as well: -they have been installed only -for GCC and Gettext tests to pass, and e.g. -the <command>watch</command> program (part of Procps) -compiled according to this book doesn't work properly in them. -Various attempts to circumvent these -restrictions are documented in internationalization-related hints.</para> - -<para>Finally, build the linuxthreads man pages, which are a great reference -on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para> +<para>Build the linuxthreads man pages:</para> <screen><userinput>make -C ../glibc-&glibc-version;/linuxthreads/man</userinput></screen> @@ -173,13 +88,6 @@ on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para> <sect2 id="conf-glibc" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Glibc</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary></indexterm> - -<para>We need to create the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file, -because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, -the Glibc defaults don't work well with networking. Also, our time zone needs -to be set up.</para> <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the following:</para> @@ -206,48 +114,16 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>tzselect</userinput></screen> -<para>When you've answered a few questions about your location, the script will -output the name of your time zone, something like <emphasis>EST5EDT</emphasis> -or <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>. Then create the -<filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> +<para>Then create the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file by running:</para> -<para>The meaning of the option:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--remove-destination</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This is needed to force removal of the already existing symbolic -link. The reason why we copy instead of symlink is to cover the situation where -<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is on a separate partition. This could matter, for -example, when booted into single user mode.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -<para>Of course, instead of <emphasis>Canada/Eastern</emphasis>, fill in -the name of the time zone that the <command>tzselect</command> script -gave you.</para> +<screen><userinput>cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \ + /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 id="conf-ld" role="configuration"> <title>Configuring Dynamic Loader</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-ld"><primary sortas="e-/etc/ld.so.conf">/etc/ld.so.conf</primary></indexterm> - -<para>By default, the dynamic loader -(<filename class="libraryfile">/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>) searches through <filename -class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> -for dynamic libraries that are needed -by programs when you run them. However, if there are libraries in -directories other than <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and -<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, you need to add them to -the <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file for the dynamic -loader to find them. Two directories that are commonly known to contain -additional libraries are <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> -and <filename class="directory">/opt/lib</filename>, so we add those directories to the -dynamic loader's search path.</para> <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> by running the following:</para> @@ -266,417 +142,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-glibc" role="content"><title>Contents of Glibc</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>catchsegv, gencat, getconf, -getent, glibcbug, iconv, iconvconfig, ldconfig, ldd, lddlibc4, locale, -localedef, mtrace, nscd, nscd_nischeck, pcprofiledump, pt_chown, rpcgen, -rpcinfo, sln, sprof, tzselect, xtrace, zdump and zic</seg> -<seg>ld.so, libBrokenLocale.[a,so], -libSegFault.so, libanl.[a,so], libbsd-compat.a, libc.[a,so], libc_nonshared.a, -libcrypt.[a,so], libdl.[a,so], libg.a, libieee.a, libm.[a,so], libmcheck.a, -libmemusage.so, libnsl.a, libnss_compat.so, libnss_dns.so, libnss_files.so, -libnss_hesiod.so, libnss_nis.so, libnss_nisplus.so, libpcprofile.so, -libpthread.[a,so], libresolv.[a,so], librpcsvc.a, librt.[a,so], libthread_db.so -and libutil.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="catchsegv"> -<term><command>catchsegv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc catchsegv"><primary sortas="b-catchsegv">catchsegv</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to create a stack trace -when a program terminates with a segmentation fault.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gencat"> -<term><command>gencat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc gencat"><primary sortas="b-gencat">gencat</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates message catalogues.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="getconf"> -<term><command>getconf</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getconf"><primary sortas="b-getconf">getconf</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays the system configuration values for file system specific variables.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="getent"> -<term><command>getent</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc getent"><primary sortas="b-getent">getent</primary></indexterm> -<para>gets entries from an administrative database.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="glibcbug"> -<term><command>glibcbug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc glibcbug"><primary sortas="b-glibcbug">glibcbug</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a bug report and mails it to the bug email address.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="iconv"> -<term><command>iconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconv"><primary sortas="b-iconv">iconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>performs character set conversion.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="iconvconfig"> -<term><command>iconvconfig</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc iconvconfig"><primary sortas="b-iconvconfig">iconvconfig</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates fastloading <command>iconv</command> module configuration file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ldconfig"> -<term><command>ldconfig</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldconfig"><primary sortas="b-ldconfig">ldconfig</primary></indexterm> -<para>configures the dynamic linker runtime bindings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ldd"> -<term><command>ldd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ldd"><primary sortas="b-ldd">ldd</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports which shared libraries are required -by each given program or shared library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lddlibc4"> -<term><command>lddlibc4</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc lddlibc4"><primary sortas="b-lddlibc4">lddlibc4</primary></indexterm> -<para>assists <command>ldd</command> with object files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="locale"> -<term><command>locale</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc locale"><primary sortas="b-locale">locale</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a Perl program that tells the compiler -to enable or disable the use of POSIX locales for built-in operations.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="localedef"> -<term><command>localedef</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc localedef"><primary sortas="b-localedef">localedef</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles locale specifications.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mtrace"> -<term><command>mtrace</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc mtrace"><primary sortas="b-mtrace">mtrace</primary></indexterm> -<para>...</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nscd"> -<term><command>nscd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd"><primary sortas="b-nscd">nscd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a name service cache daemon providing a -cache for the most common name service requests.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nscd_nischeck"> -<term><command>nscd_nischeck</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc nscd_nischeck"><primary sortas="b-nscd_nischeck">nscd_nischeck</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks whether or not secure mode is necessary for NIS+ lookup.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pcprofiledump"> -<term><command>pcprofiledump</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pcprofiledump"><primary sortas="b-pcprofiledump">pcprofiledump</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps information generated by PC profiling.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pt_chown"> -<term><command>pt_chown</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc pt_chown"><primary sortas="b-pt_chown">pt_chown</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a helper program for grantpt to set -the owner, group and access permissions of a slave pseudo terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rpcgen"> -<term><command>rpcgen</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcgen"><primary sortas="b-rpcgen">rpcgen</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates C code to implement the RPC protocol.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rpcinfo"> -<term><command>rpcinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc rpcinfo"><primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes an RPC call to an RPC server.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sln"> -<term><command>sln</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sln"><primary sortas="b-sln">sln</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to make symbolic links. The program -is statically linked, so it is useful for making symbolic links to dynamic -libraries if the dynamic linking system for some reason is nonfunctional.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sprof"> -<term><command>sprof</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc sprof"><primary sortas="b-sprof">sprof</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads and displays shared object profiling data.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tzselect"> -<term><command>tzselect</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc tzselect"><primary sortas="b-tzselect">tzselect</primary></indexterm> -<para>asks the user about the location of the -system and reports the corresponding time zone description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xtrace"> -<term><command>xtrace</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc xtrace"><primary sortas="b-xtrace">xtrace</primary></indexterm> -<para>traces the execution of a program by -printing the currently executed function.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zdump"> -<term><command>zdump</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zdump"><primary sortas="b-zdump">zdump</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the time zone dumper.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zic"> -<term><command>zic</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc zic"><primary sortas="b-zic">zic</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the time zone compiler.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ld.so"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">ld.so</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc ld.so"><primary sortas="c-ld.so">ld.so</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the helper program for shared library executables.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libBrokenLocale"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libBrokenLocale</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libBrokenLocale"><primary sortas="c-libBrokenLocale">libBrokenLocale</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by programs, such as Mozilla, to solve broken locales.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libSegFault"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libSegFault</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libSegFault"><primary sortas="c-libSegFault">libSegFault</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a segmentation fault signal handler. It tries to catch segfaults.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libanl"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libanl</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libanl"><primary sortas="c-libanl">libanl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is an asynchronous name lookup library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libbsd-compat"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libbsd-compat</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libbsd-compat"><primary sortas="c-libbsd-compat">libbsd-compat</primary></indexterm> -<para>provides the portability needed -in order to run certain BSD programs under Linux.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libc</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libc"><primary sortas="c-libc">libc</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the main C library -- a collection of commonly used functions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libcrypt"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcrypt</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libcrypt"><primary sortas="c-libcrypt">libcrypt</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the cryptography library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libdl"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libdl</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libdl"><primary sortas="c-libdl">libdl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the dynamic linking interface library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libg"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libg</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libg"><primary sortas="c-libg">libg</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a runtime library for <command>g++</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libieee"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libieee</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libieee"><primary sortas="c-libieee">libieee</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the IEEE floating point library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libm"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libm</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libm"><primary sortas="c-libm">libm</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the mathematical library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmcheck"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmcheck</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmcheck"><primary sortas="c-libmcheck">libmcheck</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains code run at boot.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmemusage"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmemusage</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libmemusage"><primary sortas="c-libmemusage">libmemusage</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by <command>memusage</command> to help collect -information about the memory usage of a program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libnsl"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnsl</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnsl"><primary sortas="c-libnsl">libnsl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the network services library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libnss"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libnss*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libnss"><primary sortas="c-libnss*">libnss*</primary></indexterm> -<para>are the Name Service Switch libraries, -containing functions for resolving host names, user names, group names, -aliases, services, protocols, and the like.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libpcprofile"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpcprofile</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpcprofile"><primary sortas="c-libpcprofile">libpcprofile</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains profiling functions used -to track the amount of CPU time spent in which source code lines.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libpthread"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpthread</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libpthread"><primary sortas="c-libpthread">libpthread</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the POSIX threads library.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libresolv"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libresolv</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libresolv"><primary sortas="c-libresolv">libresolv</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions for creating, -sending, and interpreting packets to the Internet domain name servers.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="librpcsvc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">librpcsvc</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librpcsvc"><primary sortas="c-librpcsvc">librpcsvc</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions providing miscellaneous RPC services.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="librt"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">librt</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc librt"><primary sortas="c-librt">librt</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions providing most of the -interfaces specified by the POSIX.1b Realtime Extension.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libthread_db"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libthread_db</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libthread_db"><primary sortas="c-libthread_db">libthread_db</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions useful for -building debuggers for multi-threaded programs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libutil"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libutil</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-glibc libutil"><primary sortas="c-libutil">libutil</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains code for <quote>standard</quote> functions used in many different Unix utilities.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/grep.xml b/chapter06/grep.xml index b4fb3ac27..fe2522894 100644 --- a/chapter06/grep.xml +++ b/chapter06/grep.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-grep"><primary sortas="a-Grep">Grep</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>5.8 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Grep installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,37 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-grep" role="content"><title>Contents of Grep</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>egrep (link to grep), fgrep (link to grep) and grep</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="egrep"> -<term><command>egrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep egrep"><primary sortas="b-egrep">egrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints lines matching an extended regular expression.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fgrep"> -<term><command>fgrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep fgrep"><primary sortas="b-fgrep">fgrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints lines matching a list of fixed strings.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grep"> -<term><command>grep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep grep"><primary sortas="b-grep">grep</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints lines matching a basic regular expression.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/groff.xml b/chapter06/groff.xml index 3f921d651..1039bd319 100644 --- a/chapter06/groff.xml +++ b/chapter06/groff.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff"><primary sortas="a-Groff">Groff</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting text.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,21 +17,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.5 SBU</seg><seg>43 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Groff installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Groff</title> -<para>Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper -size. For those in the United States, the command below is appropriate. If you -live elsewhere, you may want to change <emphasis>PAGE=letter</emphasis> to -<emphasis>PAGE=A4</emphasis>.</para> - <para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>PAGE=<replaceable>[paper_size]</replaceable> ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> @@ -45,8 +34,7 @@ live elsewhere, you may want to change <emphasis>PAGE=letter</emphasis> to <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Some documentation programs, such as <command>xman</command>, -will not work properly without the following symlinks:</para> +<para>Create the following symlinks:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s soelim /usr/bin/zsoelim ln -s eqn /usr/bin/geqn @@ -57,302 +45,7 @@ ln -s tbl /usr/bin/gtbl</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-groff" role="content"><title>Contents of Groff</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>addftinfo, afmtodit, eqn, eqn2graph, geqn (link to eqn), grn, -grodvi, groff, groffer, grog, grolbp, grolj4, grops, grotty, gtbl (link to tbl), hpftodit, -indxbib, lkbib, lookbib, mmroff, neqn, nroff, pfbtops, pic, pic2graph, post-grohtml, -pre-grohtml, refer, soelim, tbl, tfmtodit, troff and zsoelim (link to soelim)</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="addftinfo"> -<term><command>addftinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff addftinfo"><primary sortas="b-addftinfo">addftinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads a troff font file and adds some -additional font-metric information that is used by the <command>groff</command> system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="afmtodit"> -<term><command>afmtodit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff afmtodit"><primary sortas="b-afmtodit">afmtodit</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff</command> and <command>grops</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="eqn"> -<term><command>eqn</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn"><primary sortas="b-eqn">eqn</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles descriptions of equations embedded -within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="eqn2graph"> -<term><command>eqn2graph</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff eqn2graph"><primary sortas="b-eqn2graph">eqn2graph</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts an EQN equation into a cropped image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grn"> -<term><command>grn</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grn"><primary sortas="b-grn">grn</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a <command>groff</command> preprocessor for gremlin files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grodvi"> -<term><command>grodvi</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi"><primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groff"> -<term><command>groff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"><primary sortas="b-groff">groff</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a front-end to the groff document -formatting system. Normally it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor -appropriate for the selected device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groffer"> -<term><command>groffer</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groffer"><primary sortas="b-groffer">groffer</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays groff files and man pages on X and tty terminals.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grog"> -<term><command>grog</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grog"><primary sortas="b-grog">grog</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads files and guesses which of the <command>groff</command> -options <parameter>-e</parameter>, <parameter>-man</parameter>, -<parameter>-me</parameter>, <parameter>-mm</parameter>, -<parameter>-ms</parameter>, <parameter>-p</parameter>, <parameter>-s</parameter>, -and <parameter>-t</parameter> are required for printing -files, and reports the <command>groff</command> command including those options.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grolbp"> -<term><command>grolbp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolbp"><primary sortas="b-grolbp">grolbp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a <command>groff</command> driver for Canon CAPSL printers -(LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser printers).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grolj4"> -<term><command>grolj4</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grolj4"><primary sortas="b-grolj4">grolj4</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a driver for <command>groff</command> that produces output -in PCL5 format suitable for an HP Laserjet 4 printer.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grops"> -<term><command>grops</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grops"><primary sortas="b-grops">grops</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to PostScript.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grotty"> -<term><command>grotty</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grotty"><primary sortas="b-grotty">grotty</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> into -a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gtbl"> -<term><command>gtbl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hpftodit"> -<term><command>hpftodit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff hpftodit"><primary sortas="b-hpftodit">hpftodit</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a font file for use with -<command>groff -Tlj4</command> from an HP-tagged font metric file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="indxbib"> -<term><command>indxbib</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff indxbib"><primary sortas="b-indxbib">indxbib</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases a specified file for -use with <command>refer</command>, <command>lookbib</command>, and <command>lkbib</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lkbib"> -<term><command>lkbib</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lkbib"><primary sortas="b-lkbib">lkbib</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches bibliographic databases for -references that contain specified keys and reports any references found.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lookbib"> -<term><command>lookbib</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff lookbib"><primary sortas="b-lookbib">lookbib</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints a prompt on the standard error -(unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input -a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases in -a specified file for references containing those keywords, prints any -references found on the standard output and repeats this process until the -end of input.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mmroff"> -<term><command>mmroff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff mmroff"><primary sortas="b-mmroff">mmroff</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a simple preprocessor for <command>groff</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="neqn"> -<term><command>neqn</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff neqn"><primary sortas="b-neqn">neqn</primary></indexterm> -<para>formats equations for ASCII (American Standard Code for Information -Interchange) output.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="nroff"> -<term><command>nroff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff nroff"><primary sortas="b-nroff">nroff</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that emulates the <command>nroff</command> command using <command>groff</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pfbtops"> -<term><command>pfbtops</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pfbtops"><primary sortas="b-pfbtops">pfbtops</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates a PostScript font in <filename class="extension">.pfb</filename> format to ASCII.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pic"> -<term><command>pic</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic"><primary sortas="b-pic">pic</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles descriptions of pictures embedded -within troff or TeX input files into commands understood by TeX or <command>troff</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pic2graph"> -<term><command>pic2graph</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pic2graph"><primary sortas="b-pic2graph">pic2graph</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pre-grohtml"> -<term><command>pre-grohtml </command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff pre-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-pre-grohtml">pre-grohtml</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="post-grohtml"> -<term><command>post-grohtml</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff post-grohtml"><primary sortas="b-post-grohtml">post-grohtml</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the output of GNU <command>troff</command> to html.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="refer"> -<term><command>refer</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff refer"><primary sortas="b-refer">refer</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies the contents of a file to the -standard output, except that lines between .[ and .] are interpreted as -citations, and lines between .R1 and .R2 are interpreted as commands about -how citations are to be processed.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="soelim"> -<term><command>soelim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff soelim"><primary sortas="b-soelim">soelim</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads files and replaces lines of the form -<emphasis>.so file</emphasis> by the contents of the mentioned -<emphasis>file</emphasis>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tbl"> -<term><command>tbl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tbl"><primary sortas="b-tbl">tbl</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles descriptions of tables embedded -within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tfmtodit"> -<term><command>tfmtodit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff tfmtodit"><primary sortas="b-tfmtodit">tfmtodit</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a font file for use with <command>groff -Tdvi</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="troff"> -<term><command>troff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff troff"><primary sortas="b-troff">troff</primary></indexterm> -<para>is highly compatible with Unix <command>troff</command>. Usually it should be invoked using the -<command>groff</command> command, which will also run preprocessors and post-processors in the -appropriate order and with the appropriate options.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zsoelim"> -<term><command>zsoelim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml index 50b5ea048..b5bb86dde 100644 --- a/chapter06/grub.xml +++ b/chapter06/grub.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub"><primary sortas="a-Grub">Grub</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Grub package contains the GRand Unified Bootloader.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,110 +17,42 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Grub installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Grub</title> -<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default -optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and -<parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options). Therefore, if you -have defined any environment variables that override default optimizations, -such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting them when building -Grub.</para> - <para>Prepare Grub for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>Now compile the rest of the package:</para> +<para>Now compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> -<para>Note that the test results will always give the error - <quote>ufs2_stage1_5 is too big</quote>. This is due to a compiler issue, - but can be ignored unless you plan to boot from a UFS partition, normally only - used by Sun workstations. -</para> - <para>Now install it:</para> <screen><userinput>make install mkdir /boot/grub cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /boot/grub</userinput></screen> -<para>Replace <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> with whatever -directory is appropriate for your hardware.</para> - -<para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory also -contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different ones -for different file systems. Have a look at the ones available and copy the -appropriate ones to the <filename class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> -directory. Most people will copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> -and/or <filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para> +<para>The <filename class="directory">i386-pc</filename> directory +contains a number of <filename>*stage1_5</filename> files, different +ones for different file systems. Review the files available and copy +the appropriate ones to the <filename +class="directory">/boot/grub</filename> directory. Most users will +copy the <filename>e2fs_stage1_5</filename> and/or +<filename>reiserfs_stage1_5</filename> files.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-grub" role="content"><title>Contents of Grub</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>grub, grub-install, -grub-md5-crypt, grub-terminfo and mbchk</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="grub"> -<term><command>grub</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub"><primary sortas="b-grub">grub</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the GRand Unified Bootloader's command shell.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-install"> -<term><command>grub-install</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install"><primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary></indexterm> -<para>installs GRUB on the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-md5-crypt"> -<term><command>grub-md5-crypt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-md5-crypt"><primary sortas="b-grub-md5-crypt">grub-md5-crypt</primary></indexterm> -<para>encrypts a password in MD5 format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grub-terminfo"> -<term><command>grub-terminfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-terminfo"><primary sortas="b-grub-terminfo">grub-terminfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a terminfo command from a -terminfo name. It can be used if you have an uncommon terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mbchk"> -<term><command>mbchk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-grub mbchk"><primary sortas="b-mbchk">mbchk</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks the format of a multi-boot kernel.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/gzip.xml b/chapter06/gzip.xml index a72baf83a..df61d2d48 100644 --- a/chapter06/gzip.xml +++ b/chapter06/gzip.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip"><primary sortas="a-Gzip">Gzip</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing -files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ files.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>2.6 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Gzip installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -33,10 +26,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>The <command>gzexe</command> script has the location of the -<command>gzip</command> binary hard-wired into it. Because we later change -the location of the binary, the following command ensures that the new -location gets placed into the script:</para> +<para>Issue a sed command:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@"BINDIR"@/bin@g' gzexe.in</userinput></screen> @@ -61,122 +51,7 @@ ln -s gunzip /bin/uncompress</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-gzip" role="content"><title>Contents of Gzip</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>gunzip (link to gzip), gzexe, -gzip, uncompress (link to gunzip), zcat (link to gzip), zcmp, zdiff, -zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore and znew</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="gunzip"> -<term><command>gunzip</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gunzip"><primary sortas="b-gunzip">gunzip</primary></indexterm> -<para>decompresses gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gzexe"> -<term><command>gzexe</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe"><primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create self-uncompressing executable files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gzip"> -<term><command>gzip</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzip"><primary sortas="b-gzip">gzip</primary></indexterm> -<para>compresses the given files, using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zcat"> -<term><command>zcat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcat"><primary sortas="b-zcat">zcat</primary></indexterm> -<para>uncompresses the given gzipped files to standard output.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zcmp"> -<term><command>zcmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcmp"><primary sortas="b-zcmp">zcmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>cmp</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zdiff"> -<term><command>zdiff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zdiff"><primary sortas="b-zdiff">zdiff</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>diff</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zegrep"> -<term><command>zegrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zegrep"><primary sortas="b-zegrep">zegrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>egrep</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zfgrep"> -<term><command>zfgrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zfgrep"><primary sortas="b-zfgrep">zfgrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>fgrep</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zforce"> -<term><command>zforce</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zforce"><primary sortas="b-zforce">zforce</primary></indexterm> -<para>forces a <filename class="extension">.gz</filename> extension on all given files -that are gzipped files, so that <command>gzip</command> will not compress them again. This can be -useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zgrep"> -<term><command>zgrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zgrep"><primary sortas="b-zgrep">zgrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>grep</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zless"> -<term><command>zless</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zless"><primary sortas="b-zless">zless</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>less</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="zmore"> -<term><command>zmore</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zmore"><primary sortas="b-zmore">zmore</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs <command>more</command> on gzipped files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="znew"> -<term><command>znew</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip znew"><primary sortas="b-znew">znew</primary></indexterm> -<para>re-compresses files from <command>compress</command> format to <command>gzip</command> format --- <filename class="extension">.Z</filename> to <filename class="extension">.gz</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/hotplug.xml b/chapter06/hotplug.xml index a702f43a0..3fae29990 100644 --- a/chapter06/hotplug.xml +++ b/chapter06/hotplug.xml @@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Hotplug package contains scripts that react upon hotplug events -generated by the kernel. Such events correspond to every change in the -in the kernel state visible in the "sysfs" filesystem, e.g., the addition and -removal of hardware. This package also detects existing hardware during -boot and inserts the relevant modules into the running kernel. -</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> @@ -32,13 +26,11 @@ boot and inserts the relevant modules into the running kernel. <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Remove Hotplug's not-so-clean init script, since we're going to be using -the script including with LFS-Bootscripts:</para> +<para>Remove Hotplug's init script:</para> <screen><userinput>rm -rf /etc/init.d</userinput></screen> -<para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS bootscripts yet. For -that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para> +<para>Remove the network hotplug agent:</para> <screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen> </sect2> @@ -46,103 +38,7 @@ that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para> <sect2 id="contents-hotplug" role="content"><title>Contents of Hotplug</title> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry id="hotplug"> -<term><command>/sbin/hotplug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug"><primary -sortas="b-hotplug">hotplug</primary></indexterm> -<para>This script is called by default by Linux kernel when something -changes in its internal state (e.g., a new device is added or removed).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> +<para>See testing</para> -<varlistentry id="hotplug-rc"> -<term><command>*.rc</command> files in -<filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug</filename> directory</term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-rc"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/*.rc">/etc/hotplug/*.rc</primary></indexterm> -<para>These scripts are used for cold plugging, i.e., detection and other -specific actions upon hardware already present during system startup. -They are called by the <filename>hotplug</filename> initscript that comes -from the lfs-bootscripts package. -The <command>*.rc</command> -scripts try to recover hotplug events that were lost during system boot -because, e.g., the root filesystem was not mounted by the kernel. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-agent"> -<term><command>*.agent</command> files in -<filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug</filename> directory</term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-agent"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/*.agent">/etc/hotplug/*.agent</primary></indexterm> -<para>These scripts are called by <command>/sbin/hotplug</command> -in response to different types of hotplug events generated by the kernel. -Their action is to insert corresponding kernel modules and call user-provided -scripts, if any. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-functions"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-functions"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions">/etc/hotplug/hotplug.functions</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains common functions used by other scripts in Hotplug -package. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-blacklist"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/blacklist</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-blacklist"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/blacklist">/etc/hotplug/blacklist</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains the list of modules that should never be -inserted into the kernel by hotplug scripts. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-subdirs"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-subdirs"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}">/etc/hotplug/{pci,usb}</primary></indexterm> -<para>These directories are supposed to contain user-written handlers for -hotplug events. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-usb.usermap"> -<term><filename>/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-usb.usermap"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap">/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap</primary></indexterm> -<para>This file contains rules that determine which user-defined handlers to -call for each USB device, based on its vendor, id and other attributes. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hotplug-hotplug.d"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/hotplug.d</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-hotplug hotplug-hotplug.d"><primary -sortas="e-/etc/hotplug.d">/etc/hotplug.d</primary></indexterm> -<para>This directory contains programs (or symlinks to them) -that are interested in receiving hotplug events. E.g., -<application>udev</application> puts its symlink here during installation. -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/iana-etc.xml b/chapter06/iana-etc.xml index a911b7adf..464ba0a60 100644 --- a/chapter06/iana-etc.xml +++ b/chapter06/iana-etc.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-iana-etc"><primary sortas="a-Iana-Etc">Iana-Etc</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Iana-Etc package provides data for network services and protocols.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,8 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>641 KB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<para>The installation dependencies for Iana-Etc haven't been checked yet.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -38,14 +35,7 @@ <sect2 id="contents-iana-etc" role="content"><title>Contents of Iana-Etc</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed files</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>protocols, services</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-iana-etc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/protocols">/etc/protocols</primary></indexterm> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-iana-etc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/services">/etc/services</primary></indexterm> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml index 6e8f60628..a913e052c 100644 --- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils"><primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,24 +17,16 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Inetutils installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Inetutils</title> -<para>Inetutils has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues -by applying the following patch:</para> +<para>Apply a patch patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils. -However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man -pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para> +<para>Apply another patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -46,43 +37,6 @@ pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para> --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \ --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This option -prevents Inetutils from installing the <command>logger</command> program, which is used by -scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it -because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This option -prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is -installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This option disables -the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date. -Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This disables the -installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils -package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some -are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More -information can be found at -<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that better -replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -91,8 +45,7 @@ replacements are available for many of these servers.</para></listitem> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant -place:</para> +<para>Move the <command>ping</command> program:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen> @@ -101,77 +54,7 @@ place:</para> <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Inetutils</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet and tftp</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="ftp"> -<term><command>ftp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp"><primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the ARPANET file transfer program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ping"> -<term><command>ping</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping"><primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary></indexterm> -<para>sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rcp"> -<term><command>rcp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp"><primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary></indexterm> -<para>does remote file copy.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rlogin"> -<term><command>rlogin</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin"><primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary></indexterm> -<para>does remote login.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rsh"> -<term><command>rsh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh"><primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a remote shell.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="talk"> -<term><command>talk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk"><primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to chat up another user.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="telnet"> -<term><command>telnet</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet"><primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary></indexterm> -<para>is an interface to the TELNET protocol.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tftp"> -<term><command>tftp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp"><primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a trivial file transfer program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/introduction.xml b/chapter06/introduction.xml index bed434755..33fe1b1c4 100644 --- a/chapter06/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter06/introduction.xml @@ -7,60 +7,6 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?> -<para>In this chapter we enter the building site, and start -constructing our LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into -our temporary mini Linux system, create some auxiliary things, -and then start installing all the packages, one by one.</para> - -<para>The installation of all this software is pretty straightforward, -and you will probably think it would be much shorter to give here -the generic installation instructions and explain in full only the -installation of those packages that require an alternate method. -Although we agree with that, we nevertheless choose to give the -full instructions for each and every package, simply to minimize -the possibilities for mistakes.</para> - -<para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know -what each package is used for and why the user (or the system) needs it. -For this purpose for every installed package a summary of its content is -given followed by concise descriptions of each program and library it -installed.</para> - -<para>If you plan to use compiler optimizations in this chapter, take a look at -the optimization hint at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>. Compiler -optimizations can make a program run slightly faster, but they may also cause -compilation difficulties and even problems when running the program. If a -package refuses to compile when using optimization, try to compile it without -optimization and see if the problem goes away. Even if the package does compile -when using optimization, there is the risk it may have been compiled incorrectly -due to complex interactions between the code and build tools. In short, the -small potential gains achieved in using compiler optimization are generally -outweighed by the risk. First time builders of LFS are encouraged to build -without custom optimizations. Your system will still be very fast and very -stable at the same time.</para> - -<para>The order in which packages are installed in this chapter has -to be strictly followed, to ensure that no program gets a path referring -to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> hard-wired into it. -For the same reason, <emphasis>do not </emphasis> compile packages -in parallel. Compiling in parallel may save you some time (especially on -dual-CPU machines), but it could result in a program containing a -hard-wired path to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, -which will cause the program to stop working when that directory -is removed.</para> - -<para>Before the installation instructions each installation page gives some -information about the package: a concise description of what it contains, -approximately how long it will take to build it, how much disk space it needs -during this building process, and which other packages it -needs in order to be built successfully. After the installation instructions -follows a list of programs and libraries that the package installs, together -with a series of short descriptions of these.</para> - -<para>If you wish to keep track of which package installs what files, you may -want to use a package manager. For a general overview of package managers have -a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/introduction/pkgmgt.html"/>. And for -a package management method specifically geared towards LFS see -<ulink url="&hints-root;more_control_and_pkg_man.txt"/>.</para> +<para>See testing</para> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml index 0401b4701..4f99d8196 100644 --- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml +++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml @@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ %general-entities; ]> <sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" xreflabel="IProute2" role="wrap"> - <title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title> +<title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2"> <primary sortas="a-iproute2">iproute2</primary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title/> - <para>The iproute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced - IPV4-based networking. - </para> + <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> @@ -22,23 +21,13 @@ <seg>.6 MB</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>iproute2 installation depends on</segtitle> - <seglistitem> - <seg>sed, GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> + </sect2> + <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of iproute2</title> - <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is - dependent on Berkeley DB. As <command>arpd</command> is not a very - common requirement on a base Linux system we remove the dependency on - Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below. If you - need the <command>arpd</command> binary, then instructions for - compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the <ulink - url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/content/databases.html#db">BLFS book</ulink>. - </para> + + <para>Apply a patch</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -49,212 +38,23 @@ <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-find_update-1.patch</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare iproute2 for compilation:</para> - <screen> <userinput>./configure </userinput></screen> + + <screen><userinput>./configure </userinput></screen> <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen> - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term> - <listitem><para>This makes sure that the iproute2 binaries will install into - <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct - location according to the FHS, as some of the iproute2 binaries are used - in our bootscripts.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - <para>Now install it:</para> <screen><userinput>make install SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen> + </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content"> - <title>Contents of iproute2</title> - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> - <seglistitem> - <seg>ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - <variablelist> - <title>Short descriptions</title> - - <varlistentry id="ifstat"> - <term> - <command>ifstat</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat"> - <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>shows the interfaces statistics. Shows the amount of transmitted - and received packages by interface</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="ip"> - <term> - <command>ip</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip"> - <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary> - </indexterm> - - <para>is the main executable. Has several different functions.</para> - - <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command> - allows you to look at the state of devices and to change it. - </para> - - <para><command>ip addr</command> allows you to look at addresses and - their properties, add new addresses and to delete old ones. - </para> - - <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows you to look at neighbour - bindings and their properties, add new neighbour entries and to - delete old ones. - </para> - - <para><command>ip rule</command> allows you to look at the routing - policies and change them. - </para> - - <para><command>ip route</command> allows you to look at the routing - table and change routing table rules. - </para> - - <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows you to look at the ip - tunnels and their properties, and change them. - </para> - - <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows you to look at the multicast - addresses and their properties, and change them. - </para> - - <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows you to set, change, or - delete the mutlicast routing. - </para> - - <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows you to monitor the state of - devices, addresses and routes continuously. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="nstat"> - <term> - <command>nstat</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat"> - <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Shows network statistics</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="routef"> - <term> - <command>routef</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef"> - <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>A component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing - tables. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="routel"> - <term> - <command>routel</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel"> - <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>A component of ip route. This is for listing the routing - tables. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="rtmon"> - <term> - <command>rtmon</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon"> - <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Route Monitoring Utility.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="rtstat"> - <term> - <command>rtstat</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat"> - <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Route Status Utility</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="ss"> - <term> - <command>ss</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss"> - <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Similar to the netstat command. Shows active connections.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="tc"> - <term> - <command>tc</command> - </term> - <listitem> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss"> - <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary> - </indexterm> - <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS - implementations. - </para> - - <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing - discipline. - </para> - - <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on - the queuing discipline scheduling. - </para> - - <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the - network flow into a network. - </para> - - <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS - packet filtering. - </para> - - <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS - policies. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> + <title>Contents of iproute2</title> + + <para>See testing</para> + </sect2> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/kbd.xml b/chapter06/kbd.xml index 4217adda0..924c49715 100644 --- a/chapter06/kbd.xml +++ b/chapter06/kbd.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd"><primary sortas="a-Kbd">Kbd</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Kbd package contains key-table files and keyboard utilities.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>12 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Kbd installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, -Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -42,222 +36,9 @@ Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Gzip, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistit </sect2> -<!-- The "Configuring your keyboard" section has been moved to -Chapter 7 and renamed to "Configuring Linux console" --> - <sect2 id="contents-kbd" role="content"><title>Contents of Kbd</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>chvt, deallocvt, dumpkeys, -fgconsole, getkeycodes, getunimap, kbd_mode, kbdrate, loadkeys, loadunimap, -mapscrn, openvt, psfaddtable (link to psfxtable), psfgettable (link to -psfxtable), psfstriptable (link to psfxtable), psfxtable, resizecons, -setfont, setkeycodes, setleds, setlogcons, setmetamode, setvesablank, -showconsolefont, showkey, unicode_start and unicode_stop</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="chvt"> -<term><command>chvt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd chvt"><primary sortas="b-chvt">chvt</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the foreground virtual terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="deallocvt"> -<term><command>deallocvt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd deallocvt"><primary sortas="b-deallocvt">deallocvt</primary></indexterm> -<para>deallocates unused virtual terminals.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dumpkeys"> -<term><command>dumpkeys</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd dumpkeys"><primary sortas="b-dumpkeys">dumpkeys</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps the keyboard translation tables.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fgconsole"> -<term><command>fgconsole</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd fgconsole"><primary sortas="b-fgconsole">fgconsole</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the number of the active virtual terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="getkeycodes"> -<term><command>getkeycodes</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-getkeycodes">getkeycodes</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the kernel scancode-to-keycode mapping table.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="getunimap"> -<term><command>getunimap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints the currently used unimap.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="kbd_mode"> -<term><command>kbd_mode</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbd_mode"><primary sortas="b-kbd_mode">kbd_mode</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports or sets the keyboard mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="kbdrate"> -<term><command>kbdrate</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd kbdrate"><primary sortas="b-kbdrate">kbdrate</primary></indexterm> -<para>sets the keyboard repeat and delay rates.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="loadkeys"> -<term><command>loadkeys</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadkeys"><primary sortas="b-loadkeys">loadkeys</primary></indexterm> -<para>loads the keyboard translation tables.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="loadunimap"> -<term><command>loadunimap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd loadunimap"><primary sortas="b-loadunimap">loadunimap</primary></indexterm> -<para>loads the kernel unicode-to-font mapping table.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mapscrn"> -<term><command>mapscrn</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd mapscrn"><primary sortas="b-mapscrn">mapscrn</primary></indexterm> -<para>is an obsolete program that used to load -a user-defined output character mapping table into the console driver. This is -now done by <command>setfont</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="openvt"> -<term><command>openvt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd openvt"><primary sortas="b-openvt">openvt</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="psf"> -<term><command>psf*</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd psf"><primary sortas="b-psf*">psf*</primary></indexterm> -<para>are a set of tools for handling Unicode character tables for console fonts.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="resizecons"> -<term><command>resizecons</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd resizecons"><primary sortas="b-resizecons">resizecons</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the kernel idea of the console size.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setfont"> -<term><command>setfont</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setfont"><primary sortas="b-setfont">setfont</primary></indexterm> -<para>lets you change the EGA/VGA fonts on the console.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setkeycodes"> -<term><command>setkeycodes</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setkeycodes"><primary sortas="b-setkeycodes">setkeycodes</primary></indexterm> -<para>loads kernel scancode-to-keycode -mapping table entries, useful if you have some unusual keys on your keyboard.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setleds"> -<term><command>setleds</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setleds"><primary sortas="b-setleds">setleds</primary></indexterm> -<para>sets the keyboard flags and LEDs. Many -people find it useful to have <quote>Num Lock</quote> on by default, <command>setleds +num</command> achieves this.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setlogcons"> -<term><command>setlogcons</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setlogcons"><primary sortas="b-setlogcons">setlogcons</primary></indexterm> -<para>sends kernel messages to the console.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setmetamode"> -<term><command>setmetamode</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setmetamode"><primary sortas="b-setmetamode">setmetamode</primary></indexterm> -<para>defines the keyboard meta-key handling.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setvesablank"> -<term><command>setvesablank</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd setvesablank"><primary sortas="b-setvesablank">setvesablank</primary></indexterm> -<para>lets you fiddle with the built-in -hardware screensaver (no toasters, just a blank screen).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="showconsolefont"> -<term><command>showconsolefont</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showconsolefont"><primary sortas="b-showconsolefont">showconsolefont</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows the current EGA/VGA console screen font.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="showkey"> -<term><command>showkey</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd showkey"><primary sortas="b-showkey">showkey</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the scancodes and keycodes and -ASCII codes of the keys pressed on the keyboard.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="unicode_start"> -<term><command>unicode_start</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_start"><primary sortas="b-unicode_start">unicode_start</primary></indexterm> -<para>puts the keyboard and console in UNICODE mode. Never use it on LFS, -because applications are not configured to support UNICODE.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="unicode_stop"> -<term><command>unicode_stop</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd unicode_stop"><primary sortas="b-unicode_stop">unicode_stop</primary></indexterm> -<para>reverts keyboard and console from UNICODE mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml index d3971dec6..a1b6b68e1 100644 --- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml @@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ <title>Mounting virtual kernel file systems</title> <?dbhtml filename="kernfs.html"?> -<para>Various file systems exported by the kernel don't exist at all on your -hard drive, but are used to communicate things to and from the kernel itself.</para> - -<para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para> +<para>Create the dirs:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir -p $LFS/{proc,sys}</userinput></screen> @@ -16,13 +13,7 @@ hard drive, but are used to communicate things to and from the kernel itself.</p <screen><userinput>mount -t proc proc $LFS/proc mount -t sysfs sysfs $LFS/sys</userinput></screen> -<para>Remember that if for any reason you stop working on your LFS, and start -again later, it's important to check that these file systems are mounted again -before entering the chroot environment, otherwise problems could occur.</para> - -<para>Shortly, we'll be mounting a few more file systems from within the chroot -environment. To keep the host up-to-date, we'll do a <quote>fake mount</quote> -for each of these now:</para> +<para>Do some <quote>fake mounts</quote>:</para> <screen><userinput>mount -f -t ramfs ramfs $LFS/dev mount -f -t tmpfs tmpfs $LFS/dev/shm diff --git a/chapter06/less.xml b/chapter06/less.xml index 8ab252fc0..bfd2b2a8b 100644 --- a/chapter06/less.xml +++ b/chapter06/less.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-less"><primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Less installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -32,16 +26,6 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look in -<filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for their configuration files.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -54,38 +38,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content"><title>Contents of Less</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>less, lessecho and lesskey</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="less"> -<term><command>less</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a file viewer or pager. It displays the contents of the given file, letting you -scroll around, find strings, and jump to marks.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lessecho"> -<term><command>lessecho</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm> -<para>is needed to expand meta-characters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lesskey"> -<term><command>lesskey</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/libol.xml b/chapter06/libol.xml index d82e71867..8078b32a0 100644 --- a/chapter06/libol.xml +++ b/chapter06/libol.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libol"><primary sortas="a-Libol">Libol</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Libol package contains support libraries needed by Syslog-ng.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,10 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Libol installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -44,34 +39,7 @@ <sect2 id="contents-libol" role="content"><title>Contents of Libol</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<!-- -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="klogd"> -<term><command>klogd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"><primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="syslogd"> -<term><command>syslogd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm> -<para>logs the messages that system programs -offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a -hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how -trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> ---> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/libtool.xml b/chapter06/libtool.xml index 830d38af8..dd31b45d7 100644 --- a/chapter06/libtool.xml +++ b/chapter06/libtool.xml @@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool"><primary sortas="a-Libtool">Libtool</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support script. -It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a consistent, portable -interface.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -20,11 +17,6 @@ interface.</para> <seglistitem><seg>1.5 SBU</seg><seg>20 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Libtool installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -50,38 +42,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-libtool" role="content"><title>Contents of Libtool</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>libtool and libtoolize</seg><seg>libltdl.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="libtool"> -<term><command>libtool</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtool"><primary sortas="b-libtool">libtool</primary></indexterm> -<para>provides generalized library-building support services.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libtoolize"> -<term><command>libtoolize</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libtoolize"><primary sortas="b-libtoolize">libtoolize</primary></indexterm> -<para>provides a standard way to add libtool support to a package.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libltdl"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libltdl</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-libtool libltdl"><primary sortas="c-libltdl">libltdl</primary></indexterm> -<para>hides the various difficulties of dlopening libraries.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml index 64d1e93bb..4eab9faa3 100644 --- a/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml +++ b/chapter06/linux-libc-headers.xml @@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Linux-Libc-Headers</title> -<para>For years it has been common practice to use so-called <quote>raw</quote> -kernel headers (straight from a kernel tarball) in <filename class="directory">/usr/include</filename>, but over the -last few years, the kernel developers have taken a strong stance that such -things should not be done. Thus was born the linux-libc-headers project, -designed to maintain an API stable version of the Linux headers.</para> - <para>Install the header files:</para> <screen><userinput>cp -R include/asm-i386 /usr/include/asm @@ -49,21 +43,7 @@ find /usr/include/{asm,linux} -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-linux-libc-headers" role="content"><title>Contents of Linux-Libc-Headers</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed headers</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short description</title> - -<varlistentry id="linux-libc-headers"> -<term><filename class="headerfile">/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-linux-libc-headers linux-libc-headers"><primary sortas="e-/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h">/usr/include/{asm,linux}/*.h</primary></indexterm> -<para>This files are the Linux headers API.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/m4.xml b/chapter06/m4.xml index ae0c573d2..5b7c3a438 100644 --- a/chapter06/m4.xml +++ b/chapter06/m4.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4"><primary sortas="a-M4">M4</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The M4 package contains a macro processor.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.0 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>M4 installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, -Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,27 +42,7 @@ Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-m4" role="content"><title>Contents of M4</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>m4</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="m4"> -<term><command>m4</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4"><primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies the given files -while expanding the macros that they contain. These macros are either built-in -or user-defined and can take any number of arguments. Besides just doing macro -expansion, <command>m4</command> has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix -commands, doing integer arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, -recursion, and so on. The <command>m4</command> program can be used either as a front-end to a -compiler or as a macro processor in its own right.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/make.xml b/chapter06/make.xml index 8f8313be1..7518b9387 100644 --- a/chapter06/make.xml +++ b/chapter06/make.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-make"><primary sortas="a-Make">Make</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Make package contains a program for compiling large packages.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>8.8 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Make installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,22 +42,7 @@ GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-make" role="content"><title>Contents of Make</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>make</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="make"> -<term><command>make</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-make make"><primary sortas="b-make">make</primary></indexterm> -<para>automatically determines which pieces of a large package need to be -recompiled, and then issues the relevant commands.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/man-pages.xml b/chapter06/man-pages.xml index b00f4cdb1..f4c467b03 100644 --- a/chapter06/man-pages.xml +++ b/chapter06/man-pages.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-man-pages"><primary sortas="a-Man-pages">Man-pages</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Man-pages package contains over 1200 manual pages.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,10 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>15 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>For its installation Man-pages depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Coreutils, Make</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -36,22 +31,7 @@ <sect2 id="contents-manpages" role="content"><title>Contents of Man-pages</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed files</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>various manual pages</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="manual-pages"> -<term><emphasis>manual pages</emphasis></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man-pages manual-pages"><primary sortas="e-manual-pages">manual pages</primary></indexterm> -<para>Examples of provided manual pages are the pages describing all the C and -C++ functions, important device files, and important configuration files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/man.xml b/chapter06/man.xml index 01c8c9c5d..5067eb177 100644 --- a/chapter06/man.xml +++ b/chapter06/man.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-man"><primary sortas="a-Man">Man</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Man package contains programs for finding and viewing manual pages.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,33 +17,20 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>1.9MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Man installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Gawk, GCC, -Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Man</title> -<para>We'll make three adjustments to the sources of Man.</para> - -<para>The first is a patch which allows Man to work better with recent releases -of Groff. In particular, man pages will now display using the full terminal -width instead of being limited to 80 characters:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../man-&man-version;-80cols-1.patch</userinput></screen> -<para>The second is a sed substitution to add the <parameter>-R</parameter> -switch to the <emphasis>PAGER</emphasis> variable so that escape sequences are -properly handled by Less:</para> +<para>Issue a sed substitution:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@-is@&R@g' configure</userinput></screen> -<para>The third is also a sed substitution to comment out the <quote>MANPATH -/usr/man</quote> line in the <filename>man.conf</filename> file to prevent -redundant results when using programs such as <command>whatis</command>:</para> +<para>Issue another sed substitution:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@MANPATH./usr/man@#&@g' src/man.conf.in</userinput></screen> @@ -52,17 +38,6 @@ redundant results when using programs such as <command>whatis</command>:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure -confdir=/etc</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>-confdir=/etc</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This tells the -<command>man</command> program to look for the <filename>man.conf</filename> -configuration file in the <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -71,108 +46,12 @@ configuration file in the <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory. <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<note><para>If you wish to disable SGR (Select Graphic Rendition) escape sequences, you should edit the -<filename>man.conf</filename> file and add the <parameter>-c</parameter> switch -to NROFF.</para></note> - -<para>If your character set uses 8-bit characters, search for the line -beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>, and verify that it coincides -with the following:</para> - -<screen>NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc</screen> - -<para>Note that you should use <quote>latin1</quote> even if it is not the character set -of your locale. The reason is that, -according to the specification, <application>groff</application> has -no means of typesetting characters outside ISO-8859-1 -without some strange escape codes, and localized manual -pages are therefore really a hack. When formatting manual pages, -<application>groff</application> thinks that they are in the ISO-8859-1 -encoding and this <parameter>-Tlatin1</parameter> switch tells -<application>groff</application> to use the same encoding for output. -Since <application>groff</application> does no recoding of input characters, -the formatted result is really in the same encoding as input (although -<application>groff</application> doesn't know that it is not ISO-8859-1) -and therefore it is usable as the input for a pager.</para> - -<para>Of course, this hack does not solve the problem of non-working -<command>man2dvi</command> program for localized manual -pages in non-ISO-8859-1 locales. -Also, it does not work at all with multibyte character sets. -The first problem does not have a solution currently. The second -one is not of a concern because the LFS installation does not support -multibyte character sets properly anyway. You may want to look at -internationalization related hints, though.</para> - -<para>You may want to also take a look at the BLFS page at -<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/compressdoc.html"/> which deals with -formatting and compression issues for man pages.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-man" role="content"><title>Contents of Man</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>apropos, makewhatis, man, -man2dvi, man2html and whatis</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="apropos"> -<term><command>apropos</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man apropos"><primary sortas="b-apropos">apropos</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches the whatis database and displays -the short descriptions of system commands that contain a given string.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="makewhatis"> -<term><command>makewhatis</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man makewhatis"><primary sortas="b-makewhatis">makewhatis</primary></indexterm> -<para>builds the whatis database. It reads -all the manual pages in the manpath and for each page writes the name and a -short description in the whatis database.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="man"> -<term><command>man</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man"><primary sortas="b-man">man</primary></indexterm> -<para>formats and displays the requested on-line manual page.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="man2dvi"> -<term><command>man2dvi</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2dvi"><primary sortas="b-man2dvi">man2dvi</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a manual page into dvi format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="man2html"> -<term><command>man2html</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man man2html"><primary sortas="b-man2html">man2html</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a manual page into html.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="whatis"> -<term><command>whatis</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-man whatis"><primary sortas="b-whatis">whatis</primary></indexterm> -<para>searches the whatis database and displays the short descriptions of system -commands that contain the given keyword as a separate word.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/mktemp.xml b/chapter06/mktemp.xml index 3e2e6226c..42a6c662f 100644 --- a/chapter06/mktemp.xml +++ b/chapter06/mktemp.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <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> @@ -19,16 +17,12 @@ files in shell scripts.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>317 KB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<para>The installation dependencies for Mktemp haven't been checked yet.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Mktemp</title> -<para>Many scripts still use the deprecated <command>tempfile</command> -program, which has functionality much the same as <command>mktemp</command>. -Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -36,17 +30,6 @@ Patch Mktemp to include a <command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para> - -<variablelist> -<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.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -61,30 +44,7 @@ make install-tempfile</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>mktemp, tempfile</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="mktemp"> -<term><command>mktemp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tempfile"> -<term><command>tempfile</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates temporary files in a less secure manner than -<command>mktemp</command>. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml index 736ae87c8..3765462ad 100644 --- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml +++ b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel -modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>650 KB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, -Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -49,108 +42,7 @@ Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>depmod, genksyms, insmod, -insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms -(link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod) -and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="depmod"> -<term><command>depmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a dependency file, based on the -symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used -by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="genksyms"> -<term><command>genksyms</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates symbol version information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="insmod"> -<term><command>insmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="insmod_ksymoops_clean"> -<term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm> -<para>deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="kallsyms"> -<term><command>kallsyms</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm> -<para>extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="kernelversion"> -<term><command>kernelversion</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the major version of the running kernel.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ksyms"> -<term><command>ksyms</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays exported kernel symbols.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lsmod"> -<term><command>lsmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows which modules are loaded.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="modinfo"> -<term><command>modinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>examines an object file associated with -a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="modprobe"> -<term><command>modprobe</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm> -<para>uses a dependency file, created by -<command>depmod</command>, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rmmod"> -<term><command>rmmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>unloads modules from the running kernel.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml index 88c276898..e7826c407 100644 --- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml +++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses"><primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent -handling of character screens.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ handling of character screens.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>27 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Ncurses installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -45,17 +38,15 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen> -<para>Now fix a library that shouldn't be executable:</para> +<para>Now fix a library:</para> <screen><userinput>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen> -<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, -where they're expected to reside:</para> +<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen> -<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are pointing to -non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para> +<para>Recreate some symlinks:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> @@ -64,138 +55,7 @@ ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"><title>Contents of Ncurses</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic), -reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput and tset</seg> -<seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so], libmenu.[a,so], -libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], libpanel.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="captoinfo"> -<term><command>captoinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"><primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a termcap description into a terminfo description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="clear"> -<term><command>clear</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"><primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary></indexterm> -<para>clears the screen, if this is possible.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infocmp"> -<term><command>infocmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"><primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares or prints out terminfo descriptions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infotocap"> -<term><command>infotocap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"><primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a terminfo description into a termcap description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="reset"> -<term><command>reset</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"><primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary></indexterm> -<para>reinitializes a terminal to its default values.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tack"> -<term><command>tack</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack"><primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the terminfo action checker. It is mainly -used to test the correctness of an entry in the terminfo database.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tic"> -<term><command>tic</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"><primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the terminfo entry-description compiler. -It translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed -for the ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the -capabilities of a certain terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="toe"> -<term><command>toe</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"><primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists all available terminal types, for each -giving its primary name and its description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tput"> -<term><command>tput</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"><primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes the values of terminal-dependent -capabilities available to the shell. It can also be used to reset or initialize -a terminal, or report its long name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tset"> -<term><command>tset</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"><primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to initialize terminals.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libncurses"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">>libncurses*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"><primary sortas="c-libncurses*">libncurses*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to display text in -many complicated ways on a terminal screen. A good example of the use of these -functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make menuconfig</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libform"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libform*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform"><primary sortas="c-libform*">libform*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement forms.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmenu"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu"><primary sortas="c-libmenu*">libmenu*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement menus.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libpanel"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel"><primary sortas="c-libpanel*">libpanel*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement panels.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/patch.xml b/chapter06/patch.xml index d00473296..eb5e2e76d 100644 --- a/chapter06/patch.xml +++ b/chapter06/patch.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch"><primary sortas="a-Patch">Patch</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Patch package contains a program for modifying files.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,19 +17,12 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>1.9 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Patch installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Patch</title> -<para>Prepare Patch for compilation (the preprocessor flag -<parameter>-D_GNU_SOURCE</parameter> is only needed on PowerPCs, on other -machines you can leave it out):</para> +<para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> @@ -47,25 +39,7 @@ machines you can leave it out):</para> <sect2 id="contents-patch" role="content"><title>Contents of Patch</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>patch</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="patch"> -<term><command>patch</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch"><primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary></indexterm> -<para>modifies files according to a patch file. -A patch file normally is a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command> program. -By applying these differences to the original files, <command>patch</command> creates the patched -versions. Using patches instead of entirely new tarballs to keep your sources -up-to-date can save you a lot of download time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml index 0b57357be..7ca249ca0 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-perl"><primary sortas="a-Perl">Perl</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report Language.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,48 +17,28 @@ <seglistitem><seg>2.9 SBU</seg><seg>143 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Perl installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Perl</title> -<para>If you want full control over the way Perl is set up, you can run the -interactive <command>Configure</command> script and hand-pick the way this -package is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible) -defaults it auto-detects, then prepare Perl for compilation with:</para> +<para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>-Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This corrects an error in the <command>perldoc</command> code with the invocation -of the <command>less</command> program.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>If you wish to run the test suite, you first have to create a basic -<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file, which is needed by a couple of tests to -resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para> +<para>Create a basic <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file:</para> <screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen> -<para>Now run the tests, if you wish:</para> +<para>Run the tests:</para> <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen> -<para>Finally, install the package:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -68,244 +47,7 @@ resolve the name <emphasis>localhost</emphasis>:</para> <sect2 id="contents-perl" role="content"><title>Contents of Perl</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>a2p, c2ph, dprofpp, enc2xs, -find2perl, h2ph, h2xs, libnetcfg, perl, perl&perl-version; (link to perl), -perlbug, perlcc, perldoc, perlivp, piconv, pl2pm, pod2html, pod2latex, pod2man, -pod2text, pod2usage, podchecker, podselect, psed (link to s2p), pstruct (link -to c2ph), s2p, splain and xsubpp</seg> -<seg>(too many to name)</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="a2p"> -<term><command>a2p</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl a2p"><primary sortas="b-a2p">a2p</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates awk to Perl.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="c2ph"> -<term><command>c2ph</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl c2ph"><primary sortas="b-c2ph">c2ph</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dprofpp"> -<term><command>dprofpp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl dprofpp"><primary sortas="b-dprofpp">dprofpp</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays Perl profile data.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="en2cxs"> -<term><command>en2cxs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl en2cxs"><primary sortas="b-en2cxs">en2cxs</primary></indexterm> -<para>builds a Perl extension for the Encode module, -from either Unicode Character Mappings or Tcl Encoding Files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="find2perl"> -<term><command>find2perl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl find2perl"><primary sortas="b-find2perl">find2perl</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates find commands to Perl.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="h2ph"> -<term><command>h2ph</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2ph"><primary sortas="b-h2ph">h2ph</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to -<filename class="extension">.ph</filename> Perl header files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="h2xs"> -<term><command>h2xs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl h2xs"><primary sortas="b-h2xs">h2xs</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts <filename class="extension">.h</filename> C header files to Perl extensions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libnetcfg"> -<term><command>libnetcfg</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl libnetcfg"><primary sortas="b-libnetcfg">libnetcfg</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to configure the <filename class="libraryfile">libnet</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="perl"> -<term><command>perl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perl"><primary sortas="b-perl">perl</primary></indexterm> -<para>combines some of the best features of C, sed, -awk and sh into a single swiss-army language.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="perlbug"> -<term><command>perlbug</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlbug"><primary sortas="b-perlbug">perlbug</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to generate bug reports about -Perl or the modules that come with it, and mail them.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="perlcc"> -<term><command>perlcc</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlcc"><primary sortas="b-perlcc">perlcc</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates executables from Perl programs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="perldoc"> -<term><command>perldoc</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perldoc"><primary sortas="b-perldoc">perldoc</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays a piece of documentation in pod -format that is embedded in the Perl installation tree or in a Perl script.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="perlivp"> -<term><command>perlivp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl perlivp"><primary sortas="b-perlivp">perlivp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the Perl Installation Verification Procedure. It can be used to verify that -Perl and its libraries have been installed correctly.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="piconv"> -<term><command>piconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl piconv"><primary sortas="b-piconv">piconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a Perl version of the character encoding -converter <command>iconv</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pl2pm"> -<term><command>pl2pm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pl2pm"><primary sortas="b-pl2pm">pl2pm</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a rough tool for converting Perl4 <filename class="extension">.pl</filename> -files to Perl5 <filename class="extension">.pm</filename> modules.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pod2html"> -<term><command>pod2html</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2html"><primary sortas="b-pod2html">pod2html</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts files from pod format to HTML format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pod2latex"> -<term><command>pod2latex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2latex"><primary sortas="b-pod2latex">pod2latex</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts files from pod format to LaTeX format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pod2man"> -<term><command>pod2man</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2man"><primary sortas="b-pod2man">pod2man</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts pod data to formatted *roff input.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pod2text"> -<term><command>pod2text</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2text"><primary sortas="b-pod2text">pod2text</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts pod data to formatted ASCII text.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pod2usage"> -<term><command>pod2usage</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pod2usage"><primary sortas="b-pod2usage">pod2usage</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints usage messages from embedded pod docs in files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="podchecker"> -<term><command>podchecker</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podchecker"><primary sortas="b-podchecker">podchecker</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks the syntax of pod format documentation files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="podselect"> -<term><command>podselect</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl podselect"><primary sortas="b-podselect">podselect</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays selected sections of pod documentation.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="psed"> -<term><command>psed</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl psed"><primary sortas="b-psed">psed</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a Perl version of the stream editor <command>sed</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pstruct"> -<term><command>pstruct</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl pstruct"><primary sortas="b-pstruct">pstruct</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps C structures as generated from <quote>cc -g -S</quote> stabs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="s2p"> -<term><command>s2p</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl s2p"><primary sortas="b-s2p">s2p</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates sed to Perl.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="splain"> -<term><command>splain</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl splain"><primary sortas="b-splain">splain</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to force verbose warning -diagnostics in Perl.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xsubpp"> -<term><command>xsubpp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-perl xsubpp"><primary sortas="b-xsubpp">xsubpp</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts Perl XS code into C code.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/procps.xml b/chapter06/procps.xml index 9a2a6417b..8b8d5a39e 100644 --- a/chapter06/procps.xml +++ b/chapter06/procps.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-procps"><primary sortas="a-Procps">Procps</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Procps package contains programs for monitoring processes.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>6.2 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Procps installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, -Make, Ncurses</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -41,149 +35,7 @@ Make, Ncurses</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-procps" role="content"><title>Contents of Procps</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>free, kill, pgrep, pkill, -pmap, ps, skill, snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w and watch</seg> -<seg>libproc.so</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="free"> -<term><command>free</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps free"><primary sortas="b-free">free</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the amount of free and used memory -in the system, both physical and swap memory.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="kill"> -<term><command>kill</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps kill"><primary sortas="b-kill">kill</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to send signals to processes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pgrep"> -<term><command>pgrep</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pgrep"><primary sortas="b-pgrep">pgrep</primary></indexterm> -<para>looks up processes based on their name and other attributes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pkill"> -<term><command>pkill</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pkill"><primary sortas="b-pkill">pkill</primary></indexterm> -<para>signals processes based on their name and other attributes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pmap"> -<term><command>pmap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps pmap"><primary sortas="b-pmap">pmap</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the memory map of the given process.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ps"> -<term><command>ps</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps ps"><primary sortas="b-ps">ps</primary></indexterm> -<para>gives a snapshot of the current processes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="skill"> -<term><command>skill</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps skill"><primary sortas="b-skill">skill</primary></indexterm> -<para>sends signals to processes matching the given criteria.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="snice"> -<term><command>snice</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps snice"><primary sortas="b-snice">snice</primary></indexterm> -<para>changes the scheduling priority of processes matching the given criteria.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sysctl"> -<term><command>sysctl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps sysctl"><primary sortas="b-sysctl">sysctl</primary></indexterm> -<para>modifies kernel parameters at run time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tload"> -<term><command>tload</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps tload"><primary sortas="b-tload">tload</primary></indexterm> -<para>prints a graph of the current system load average.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="top"> -<term><command>top</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps top"><primary sortas="b-top">top</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays the top CPU processes. It provides -an ongoing look at processor activity in real time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="uptime"> -<term><command>uptime</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps uptime"><primary sortas="b-uptime">uptime</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports how long the system has been -running, how many users are logged on, and the system load averages.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vmstat"> -<term><command>vmstat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps vmstat"><primary sortas="b-vmstat">vmstat</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports virtual memory statistics, giving information about processes, -memory, paging, block IO, traps, and CPU activity.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="w"> -<term><command>w</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps w"><primary sortas="b-w">w</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows which users are currently logged on, where and since when.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="watch"> -<term><command>watch</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps watch"><primary sortas="b-watch">watch</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a given command repeatedly, displaying the first screen-full of its -output. This allows you to watch the output change over time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libproc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libproc</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-procps libproc"><primary sortas="c-libproc">libproc</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains the functions used by most programs in this package.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/psmisc.xml b/chapter06/psmisc.xml index 419633f0f..bce27356d 100644 --- a/chapter06/psmisc.xml +++ b/chapter06/psmisc.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc"><primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information on -processes.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ processes.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>2.2 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Psmisc installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -33,19 +26,6 @@ GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This causes the -binaries to be installed in <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of -<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. As the Psmisc programs are often used in -bootscripts, they should be available also when the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> -file system isn't mounted.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -54,21 +34,12 @@ file system isn't mounted.</para></listitem> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and -<command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in -<filename class="directory">/bin</filename>. We therefore move them to -<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Also, there is no need -for <command>pstree.x11</command> to exist as a separate program. We -therefore make it a symbolic link to <command>pstree</command>:</para> +<para>Move a program:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /bin/pstree* /usr/bin ln -sf pstree /usr/bin/pstree.x11</userinput></screen> -<para>By default Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program isn't installed. -Generally, this isn't a problem because we later install the Sysvinit package, -which provides a better <command>pidof</command> program. But if you're not -going to use Sysvinit, you should complete the installation of Psmisc by -creating the following symlink:</para> +<para>If you're not going to use Sysvinit, you should create the following symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen> @@ -77,46 +48,7 @@ creating the following symlink:</para> <sect2 id="contents-psmisc" role="content"><title>Contents of Psmisc</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>fuser, killall, pstree and pstree.x11 (link to pstree)</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="fuser"> -<term><command>fuser</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc fuser"><primary sortas="b-fuser">fuser</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the PIDs of processes that use the given files or file systems.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="killall"> -<term><command>killall</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc killall"><primary sortas="b-killall">killall</primary></indexterm> -<para>kills processes by name. It sends a signal -to all processes running any of the given commands.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pstree"> -<term><command>pstree</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree"><primary sortas="b-pstree">pstree</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays running processes as a tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pstree.x11"> -<term><command>pstree.x11</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc pstree.x11"><primary sortas="b-pstree.x11">pstree.x11</primary></indexterm> -<para>same as pstree except that it waits for confirmation before exiting.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml index bb7a09066..d82e5d48b 100644 --- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -7,30 +7,13 @@ <title>The passwd, group and log files</title> <?dbhtml filename="pwdgroup.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/etc/passwd">/etc/passwd</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/etc/group">/etc/group</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/var/run/utmp">/var/run/utmp</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/var/log/btmp">/var/log/btmp</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/var/log/lastlog">/var/log/lastlog</primary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-pwdgroup"><primary sortas="e-/var/log/wtmp">/var/log/wtmp</primary></indexterm> - -<para>In order for <emphasis>root</emphasis> to be able to login and for the -name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there need to be relevant entries in -the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files. -</para> - -<para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file by running the following -command:</para> +<para>Create the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/passwd << "EOF" root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The actual password for <emphasis>root</emphasis> (the <quote>x</quote> -here is just a placeholder) will be set later.</para> - -<para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file by running the following -command:</para> +<para>Create the <filename>/etc/group</filename> file:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/group << "EOF" root:x:0: @@ -50,44 +33,14 @@ utmp:x:13: usb:x:14: EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The created groups aren't part of any standard -- they are some of the -groups that the Udev configuration we will be using in the next section -uses. The LSB (<ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org/">Linux Standard -Base</ulink>) recommends only that, beside the group <quote>root</quote> with a -GID of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other group -names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator, since -well-written packages don't depend on GID numbers but use the group's name. -</para> - -<para>To get rid of the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, we will start a -new shell. Since we installed a full Glibc in -<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, and have just created the -<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> files, -user name and group name resolution will now work.</para> +<para>Start a new shell:</para> <screen><userinput>exec /tools/bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen> -<para>Note the use of the <parameter>+h</parameter> directive. This tells -<command>bash</command> not to use its internal path hashing. Without this -directive, <command>bash</command> would remember the paths to binaries it -has executed. Since we want to use our newly compiled binaries as soon as -they are installed, we turn off this function for the duration of this -chapter.</para> - -<para>The <command>login</command>, <command>agetty</command> and -<command>init</command> programs (and some others) use a number of log -files to record information such as who was logged into the system and when. -These programs, however, won't write to the log files if they don't already -exist. Initialize the log files and give them their proper permissions:</para> +<para>Initialize the log files and give them their proper permissions:</para> <screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp} chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog chmod 664 /var/run/utmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput></screen> -<para>The <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename> file records the users that are -currently logged in. The <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> file records all -logins and logouts. The <filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename> file records for -each user when he or she last logged in. The <filename>/var/log/btmp</filename> -file records the bad login attempts.</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/readjusting.xml b/chapter06/readjusting.xml index cf27100b8..18a6795de 100644 --- a/chapter06/readjusting.xml +++ b/chapter06/readjusting.xml @@ -7,48 +7,12 @@ <title>Readjusting the toolchain</title> <?dbhtml filename="readjusting.html"?> -<para>Now that the new and final C libraries have been installed, it's time to -adjust our toolchain again. We'll adjust it so that it will link any newly -compiled program against these new libraries. This is in fact the same thing we -did in the <quote>Adjusting</quote> phase in the beginning of the previous -chapter, even though it looks like the reverse: then we guided the chain from -the host's <filename class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename> to the new -<filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename>, now we guide it from that -same <filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename> to the LFS's <filename -class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename>.</para> - -<para>First we adjust the linker. For this we retained the -source and build directories from the second pass over Binutils. Install the -adjusted linker by running the following from within the +<para>Install the adjusted linker by running the following from within the <filename class="directory">binutils-build</filename> directory:</para> <screen><userinput>make -C ld INSTALL=/tools/bin/install install</userinput></screen> -<note><para>If you somehow missed the earlier warning to retain the Binutils -source and build directories from the second pass in -<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, or otherwise accidentally deleted them or just -don't have access to them, don't worry, all is not lost. Just ignore the above -command. The result will be that the next package, Binutils, will link against -the C libraries in <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> rather -than in <filename class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename>. This is not ideal, -however, our testing has shown that the resulting Binutils program binaries -should be identical.</para></note> - -<para>From now on every compiled program will link <emphasis>only</emphasis> -against the libraries in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> and -<filename class="directory">/lib</filename>. The extra -<parameter>INSTALL=/tools/bin/install</parameter> is needed because the Makefile -created during the second pass still contains the reference to -<command>/usr/bin/install</command>, which we obviously haven't installed yet. -Some host distributions contain a <filename class="symlink">ginstall</filename> -symbolic link which takes precedence in the Makefile and thus can cause a -problem here. The above command takes care of this also.</para> - -<para>You can now remove the Binutils source and build directories.</para> - -<para>The next thing to do is to amend our GCC specs file so that it points -to the new dynamic linker. Just like earlier on, we use a sed to accomplish -this:</para> +<para>Amend the GCC specs file:</para> <!-- Ampersands are needed to allow cut and paste --> @@ -56,40 +20,16 @@ this:</para> -e 's@\*startfile_prefix_spec:\n@$_/usr/lib/@g;' \ `gcc --print-file specs`</userinput></screen> -<para>Again, cutting and pasting the above is recommended. And just like -before, it is a good idea to visually inspect the specs file to verify the -intended change was actually made.</para> - -<important><para>If you are working on a platform where the name of the dynamic -linker is something other than <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, you -<emphasis>must</emphasis> substitute <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename> with the -name of your platform's dynamic linker in the above commands. Refer back to -<xref linkend="ch-tools-toolchaintechnotes"/> if necessary.</para></important> - - -<caution><para>It is imperative at this point to stop and ensure that the -basic functions (compiling and linking) of the adjusted toolchain are working -as expected. For this we are going to perform a simple sanity check:</para> +<caution><para>Perform a simple sanity check:</para> <screen><userinput>echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c cc dummy.c readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'</userinput></screen> -<para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors, and the -output of the last command will be (allowing for platform specific differences -in dynamic linker name):</para> +<para>The output of the last command will be:</para> <screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]</computeroutput></screen> -<para>Note especially that <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> is now -the prefix of our dynamic linker.</para> - -<para> If you did not receive the output -as shown above, or received no output at all, then something is seriously wrong. -You will need to investigate and retrace your steps to find out where the -problem is and correct it. There is no point in continuing until this is done. -Most likely something went wrong with the specs file amendment above.</para> - <para>Once you are satisfied that all is well, clean up the test files:</para> <screen><userinput>rm dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml index c69cf4ed4..3a2910f7d 100644 --- a/chapter06/readline.xml +++ b/chapter06/readline.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,18 +17,12 @@ <seglistitem><seg>XXX SBU</seg><seg>3.8 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Readline installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, Gawk, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Readline</title> -<para>The following patch fixes various issues including a problem where Readline -sometimes will only show 33 characters on a line and then wrap to the next line.</para> +<para>Apply a patch.</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -62,10 +55,9 @@ ln -sf ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content"><title>Contents of Readline</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Not checked</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> + +<para>See testing</para> + </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml index c82675fec..80f66cb1d 100644 --- a/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml +++ b/chapter06/revisedchroot.xml @@ -7,35 +7,11 @@ <title>Cleaning up</title> <?dbhtml filename="revisedchroot.html"?> -<para>From now on, when you exit the chroot environment and wish to reenter -it, you should use the following modified chroot command:</para> +<para>Modified chroot command:</para> <screen><userinput>chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM="$TERM" PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ /bin/bash --login</userinput></screen> -<para>The reason for this is that, since the programs in <filename -class="directory">/tools</filename> are no longer needed, you may want to -delete the whole directory and regain the space. Before actually deleting the -directory, exit from chroot and reenter it with the above command. Also, before -removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, you may want to tar it -up and store it in a safe place, in case you want to build another LFS system -soon.</para> - -<note><para>Removing <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> will also -remove the temporary copies of Tcl, Expect and DejaGNU, which were used for -running the toolchain tests. If you want to use these programs later on, you -will need to recompile and re-install them. The installation instructions are -the same as in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, apart from changing -the prefix from <filename class="directory">/tools</filename> to <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>. The -BLFS book discusses a slightly different approach to installing Tcl, see -<ulink url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para></note> - -<para>You may also want to move the packages and patches stored in <filename -class="directory">/sources</filename> to a more usual location, such as -<filename class="directory">/usr/src/packages</filename>, and remove the -directory -- or simply delete the whole directory if you've burned its contents -on a CD).</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/sed.xml b/chapter06/sed.xml index cf4598f0d..fa32ac033 100644 --- a/chapter06/sed.xml +++ b/chapter06/sed.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-sed"><primary sortas="a-Sed">Sed</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Sed package contains a stream editor.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>5.2 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Sed installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,21 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-sed" role="content"><title>Contents of Sed</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed program</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="sed"> -<term><command>sed</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sed sed"><primary sortas="b-sed">sed</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to filter and transform text files in a single pass.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 096d7c6bc..34a386534 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow"><primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Shadow package contains programs for handling passwords in a secure -way.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ way.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>11 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Shadow installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -41,47 +34,34 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Shadow uses two files to configure authentication settings for the -system. Install these two config files:</para> +<para>Install two config files:</para> <screen><userinput>cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen> -<para>Instead of using the default <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method, we want -to use the more secure <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password encryption, -which also allows passwords longer than 8 characters. We also need to -change the obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> -location for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename -class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently. We accomplish -both these things by changing the relevant configuration file while copying it -to its destination (it's probably better to cut-and-paste this rather than try -and type it all in):</para> +<para>Change a configuration file while copying it:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -e's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \ -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' \ < etc/login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen> -<para>Move some misplaced symlinks/programs to their proper locations:</para> +<para>Move a program:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/passwd /bin</userinput></screen> -<para>And move Shadow's static library to a more appropriate location:</para> +<para>Move a library:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /lib/libshadow.*a /usr/lib</userinput></screen> -<para>As some packages expect to find the libraries in -<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>, create the following symlinks:</para> +<para>Create the following symlinks:</para> <screen><userinput>rm /lib/libshadow.so ln -sf ../../lib/libshadow.so.0 /usr/lib/libshadow.so</userinput></screen> -<para>The <parameter>-D</parameter> option of the <command>useradd</command> program requires this -directory for it to work properly:</para> +<para>Create a dir:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir /etc/default</userinput></screen> -<para>Coreutils has already installed a better <command>groups</command> -program in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. Remove the one -installed by Shadow:</para> +<para>Remove a program:</para> <screen><userinput>rm /bin/groups</userinput></screen> @@ -89,20 +69,8 @@ installed by Shadow:</para> <sect2 id="conf-shadow" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Shadow</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-shadow"> -<primary sortas="a-Shadow">Shadow</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> -<para>This package contains utilities to add, modify and delete users and -groups, set and change their passwords, and other such administrative tasks. -For a full explanation of what <emphasis>password shadowing</emphasis> means, -see the <filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> file within the unpacked source tree. -There's one thing to keep in mind if you decide to use Shadow support: programs -that need to verify passwords (display managers, ftp programs, pop3 daemons, -and the like) need to be <emphasis>shadow-compliant</emphasis>, that is they -need to be able to work with shadowed passwords.</para> - -<para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para> +<para>To enable shadowed passwords:</para> <screen><userinput>pwconv</userinput></screen> @@ -110,11 +78,6 @@ need to be able to work with shadowed passwords.</para> <screen><userinput>grpconv</userinput></screen> -<para>Under normal circumstances, you won't have created any passwords yet. -However, if returning to this section later to enable shadowing, you should -reset any current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command> command or -any group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command> command.</para> - </sect2> @@ -130,294 +93,7 @@ any group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command> command.</para> <sect2 id="contents-shadow" role="content"><title>Contents of Shadow</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>chage, chfn, chpasswd, chsh, expiry, faillog, gpasswd, -groupadd, groupdel, groupmod, groups, grpck, grpconv, grpunconv, lastlog, login, -logoutd, mkpasswd, newgrp, newusers, passwd, pwck, pwconv, pwunconv, sg -(link to newgrp), useradd, userdel, usermod, vigr (link to vipw) and vipw</seg> -</seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="chage"> -<term><command>chage</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chage"><primary sortas="b-chage">chage</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to change the maximum number of -days between obligatory password changes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chfn"> -<term><command>chfn</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to change a user's full name and some other info.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chpasswd"> -<term><command>chpasswd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chpasswd"><primary sortas="b-chpasswd">chpasswd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to update the passwords of a -whole series of user accounts in one go.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chsh"> -<term><command>chsh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chsh"><primary sortas="b-chsh">chsh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to change a user's default login shell.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="expiry"> -<term><command>expiry</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow expiry"><primary sortas="b-expiry">expiry</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks and enforces the current password expiration policy.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="faillog"> -<term><command>faillog</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow faillog"><primary sortas="b-faillog">faillog</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to examine the log of login failures, to set a maximum number of -failures before an account is blocked, or to reset the failure count.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="gpasswd"> -<term><command>gpasswd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow gpasswd"><primary sortas="b-gpasswd">gpasswd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to add and delete members and administrators to groups.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groupadd"> -<term><command>groupadd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupadd"><primary sortas="b-groupadd">groupadd</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a group with the given name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groupdel"> -<term><command>groupdel</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupdel"><primary sortas="b-groupdel">groupdel</primary></indexterm> -<para>deletes the group with the given name.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groupmod"> -<term><command>groupmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groupmod"><primary sortas="b-groupmod">groupmod</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to modify the given group's name or GID.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="groups"> -<term><command>groups</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow groups"><primary sortas="b-groups">groups</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the groups of which the given users are members.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grpck"> -<term><command>grpck</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpck"><primary sortas="b-grpck">grpck</primary></indexterm> -<para>verifies the integrity of the group files, <filename>/etc/group</filename> -and <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grpconv"> -<term><command>grpconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpconv"><primary sortas="b-grpconv">grpconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates or updates the shadow group file from the normal group file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="grpunconv"> -<term><command>grpunconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow grpunconv"><primary sortas="b-grpunconv">grpunconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>updates <filename>/etc/group</filename> -from <filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lastlog"> -<term><command>lastlog</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow lastlog"><primary sortas="b-lastlog">lastlog</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the most recent login of all users, or of a given user.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="login"> -<term><command>login</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow login"><primary sortas="b-login">login</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used by the system to let users sign on.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="logoutd"> -<term><command>logoutd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow logoutd"><primary sortas="b-logoutd">logoutd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a daemon used to enforce restrictions on log-on time and ports.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkpasswd"> -<term><command>mkpasswd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow mkpasswd"><primary sortas="b-mkpasswd">mkpasswd</primary></indexterm> -<para>encrypts the given password using the also given perturbation.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="newgrp"> -<term><command>newgrp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newgrp"><primary sortas="b-newgrp">newgrp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to change the current GID during a login session.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="newusers"> -<term><command>newusers</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow newusers"><primary sortas="b-newusers">newusers</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create or update a whole series of user accounts in one go.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="passwd"> -<term><command>passwd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow passwd"><primary sortas="b-passwd">passwd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to change the password for a user or group account.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pwck"> -<term><command>pwck</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwck"><primary sortas="b-pwck">pwck</primary></indexterm> -<para>verifies the integrity of the password files, -<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pwconv"> -<term><command>pwconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwconv"><primary sortas="b-pwconv">pwconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates or updates the shadow password file -from the normal password file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pwunconv"> -<term><command>pwunconv</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow pwunconv"><primary sortas="b-pwunconv">pwunconv</primary></indexterm> -<para>updates <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> -from <filename>/etc/shadow</filename> and then deletes the latter.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sg"> -<term><command>sg</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow sg"><primary sortas="b-sg">sg</primary></indexterm> -<para>executes a given command while the user's GID -is set to that of the given group.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="su"> -<term><command>su</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow su"><primary sortas="b-su">su</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs a shell with substitute user and group IDs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="useradd"> -<term><command>useradd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow useradd"><primary sortas="b-useradd">useradd</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a new user with the given name, -or updates the default new-user information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="userdel"> -<term><command>userdel</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow userdel"><primary sortas="b-userdel">userdel</primary></indexterm> -<para>deletes the given user account.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="usermod"> -<term><command>usermod</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow usermod"><primary sortas="b-usermod">usermod</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to modify the given user's login name, UID (User Identification), -shell, initial group, home directory, and the like.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vigr"> -<term><command>vigr</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vigr"><primary sortas="b-vigr">vigr</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/group</filename> or -<filename>/etc/gshadow</filename> files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vipw"> -<term><command>vipw</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow vipw"><primary sortas="b-vipw">vipw</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to edit the <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or -<filename>/etc/shadow</filename> files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmisc"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmisc</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libmisc"><primary sortas="c-libmisc">libmisc</primary></indexterm> -<para>...</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libshadow"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libshadow</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow libshadow"><primary sortas="c-libshadow">libshadow</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions used by most programs in this package.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml b/chapter06/strippingagain.xml index 1630cd2af..932db9f6f 100644 --- a/chapter06/strippingagain.xml +++ b/chapter06/strippingagain.xml @@ -4,44 +4,21 @@ <title>Stripping again</title> <?dbhtml filename="strippingagain.html"?> -<para>If you are not a programmer and don't plan to do any debugging on your -system software, you can shrink your system by about 200 MB by removing the -debugging symbols from binaries and libraries. This causes no inconvenience -other than not being able to debug the software fully any more.</para> - -<para>Most people who use the command mentioned below don't experience any -problems. But it is easy to make a typo and render your new system unusable, so -before running the strip command it is probably a good idea to make a backup of -the current situation.</para> - -<para>If you are going to perform the stripping, special care is needed to -ensure you're not running any of the binaries that are about to be stripped. -If you're not sure whether you entered chroot with the command given in -<xref linkend="ch-system-chroot"/>, then first exit from chroot:</para> +<para>Exit from chroot:</para> <screen><userinput>logout</userinput></screen> -<para>Then reenter it with:</para> +<para>Reenter with:</para> <screen><userinput>chroot $LFS /tools/bin/env -i \ HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \ /tools/bin/bash --login</userinput></screen> -<para>Now you can safely strip the binaries and libraries:</para> +<para>Strip the binaries and libraries:</para> <screen><userinput>/tools/bin/find /{,usr/}{bin,lib,sbin} -type f \ -exec /tools/bin/strip --strip-debug '{}' ';'</userinput></screen> -<para>A large number of files will be reported as having their file format not -recognized. These warnings can be safely ignored, they just mean that those -files are scripts instead of binaries, no harm is done.</para> - -<para>If you are really tight on disk space, you may want to use -<parameter>--strip-all</parameter> on the binaries in -<filename class="directory">/{,usr/}{bin,sbin}</filename> to gain several more megabytes. But do -<emphasis>not</emphasis> use this option on libraries: they would be -destroyed.</para> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/syslogng.xml b/chapter06/syslogng.xml index d5bad78af..6af059199 100644 --- a/chapter06/syslogng.xml +++ b/chapter06/syslogng.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-syslogng"><primary sortas="a-Syslogng">Syslog-ng</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Syslog-ng package contains programs for logging system messages, such -as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,10 +17,6 @@ as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> <seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Syslog-ng installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -44,14 +38,8 @@ as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> <sect2 id="conf-syslogng" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Syslog-ng</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-syslogng"> -<primary sortas="a-Syslogng">Syslog-ng</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="conf-syslogng"><primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf">/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</primary></indexterm> - -<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</filename> file by -running the following:</para> +<para>Create a <filename>/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</filename> file:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/syslog-ng cat > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf << "EOF" @@ -133,25 +121,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-syslogng" role="content"><title>Contents of Syslog-ng</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="syslog-ng"> -<term><command>syslog-ng</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-syslogng"><primary sortas="b-syslog-ng">syslog-ng</primary></indexterm> -<para>logs the messages that system programs -offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a -hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how -trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para> -</listitem> - -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml index 47d078778..8148dc672 100644 --- a/chapter06/sysvinit.xml +++ b/chapter06/sysvinit.xml @@ -28,13 +28,7 @@ running, and shutdown of your system.</para> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Sysvinit</title> -<para>When run-levels are changed (for example, when halting the system), -<command>init</command> sends termination signals to those processes that -<command>init</command> itself started and that shouldn't be running in the new -run-level. While doing this, <command>init</command> outputs messages like -<quote>Sending processes the TERM signal</quote> which seem to imply that it is sending these signals to all currently running processes. To avoid this -misinterpretation, you can modify the source so that these messages read like -<quote>Sending processes started by init the TERM signal</quote> instead:</para> +<para>Issue a sed sustitution:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@Sending processes@& started by init@g' \ src/init.c</userinput></screen> @@ -51,14 +45,8 @@ misinterpretation, you can modify the source so that these messages read like <sect2 id="conf-sysvinit" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Sysvinit</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-sysvinit"> -<primary sortas="a-Sysvinit">Sysvinit</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> -<indexterm zone="conf-sysvinit"><primary sortas="e-/etc/inittab">/etc/inittab</primary></indexterm> - -<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file by running the -following:</para> +<para>Create a <filename>/etc/inittab</filename> file:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/inittab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/inittab @@ -89,172 +77,24 @@ su:S016:once:/sbin/sulogin # End /etc/inittab EOF</userinput></screen> -<para> The <parameter>-I '\033(K'</parameter> switch tells <command>agetty</command> to send this escape sequence to -the terminal before doing anything else. This escape sequence switches the -console character set to a user-defined one, which can be modified by -running the <command>setfont</command> program. -Actually, the <command>console</command> initscript from the LFS-Bootscripts -package calls the <command>setfont</command> program during system -startup. Sending this escape sequence is necessary for -people who use non-ISO-8859-1 screen font, but does not hurt native English -speakers.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-sysvinit" role="content"><title>Contents of Sysvinit</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>halt, init, killall5, last, lastb (link to last), mesg, pidof (link to -killall5), poweroff (link to halt), reboot (link to halt), runlevel, shutdown, sulogin, telinit -(link to init), utmpdump and wall</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="halt"> -<term><command>halt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt"><primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary></indexterm> -<para>normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the <parameter>-h</parameter> flag, -except when already in run-level 0, then it tells the kernel to halt the system. -But first it notes in the file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the -system is being brought down.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="init"> -<term><command>init</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init"><primary sortas="b-init">init</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the mother of all processes. It reads its -commands from <filename>/etc/inittab</filename>, which normally tell it which -scripts to run for which run-level, and how many gettys to spawn.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="killall5"> -<term><command>killall5</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5"><primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary></indexterm> -<para>sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own session -- -so it won't kill the shell running the script that called it.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="last"> -<term><command>last</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit last"><primary sortas="b-last">last</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows which users last logged in (and out), -searching back through the file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename>. It can -also show system boots and shutdowns, and run-level changes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="lastb"> -<term><command>lastb</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit lastb"><primary sortas="b-lastb">lastb</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows the failed login attempts, as logged in -<filename>/var/log/btmp</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> +<para>See testing</para> -<varlistentry id="mesg"> -<term><command>mesg</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit mesg"><primary sortas="b-mesg">mesg</primary></indexterm> -<para>controls whether other users can send -messages to the current user's terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> +<!-- This should be added to testing: <varlistentry id="mountpoint"> <term><command>mountpoint</command></term> <listitem> +<para>Checks if the directory is a mountpoint</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit mountpoint"><primary sortas="b-mountpoint">mountpoint</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks if the directory is a mountpoint.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pidof"> -<term><command>pidof</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit pidof"><primary sortas="b-pidof">pidof</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the PIDs of the given programs.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> -<varlistentry id="poweroff"> -<term><command>poweroff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit poweroff"><primary sortas="b-poweroff">poweroff</primary></indexterm> -<para>tells the kernel to halt the system and -switch off the computer. But see <command>halt</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="reboot"> -<term><command>reboot</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit reboot"><primary sortas="b-reboot">reboot</primary></indexterm> -<para>tells the kernel to reboot the system. But see <command>halt</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="runlevel"> -<term><command>runlevel</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit runlevel"><primary sortas="b-runlevel">runlevel</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the previous and the current run-level, as noted in the last run-level -record in <filename>/var/run/utmp</filename>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="shutdown"> -<term><command>shutdown</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit shutdown"><primary sortas="b-shutdown">shutdown</primary></indexterm> -<para>brings the system down in a secure way, -signaling all processes and notifying all logged-in users.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sulogin"> -<term><command>sulogin</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit sulogin"><primary sortas="b-sulogin">sulogin</primary></indexterm> -<para>allows the superuser to log in. It is -normally invoked by <command>init</command> when the system goes into single user mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="telinit"> -<term><command>telinit</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit telinit"><primary sortas="b-telinit">telinit</primary></indexterm> -<para>tells <command>init</command> which run-level to enter.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="utmpdump"> -<term><command>utmpdump</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit utmpdump"><primary sortas="b-utmpdump">utmpdump</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays the content of the given login file in a friendlier format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="wall"> -<term><command>wall</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit wall"><primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary></indexterm> -<para>writes a message to all logged-in users.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +--> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/tar.xml b/chapter06/tar.xml index d6de8d795..62f25d3df 100644 --- a/chapter06/tar.xml +++ b/chapter06/tar.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-tar"><primary sortas="a-Tar">Tar</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,11 +17,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>10 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Tar installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -48,30 +42,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 id="contents-tar" role="content"><title>Contents of Tar</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>rmt and tar</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="rmt"> -<term><command>rmt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar rmt"><primary sortas="b-rmt">rmt</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to remotely manipulate a magnetic -tape drive, through an interprocess communication connection.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tar"> -<term><command>tar</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar tar"><primary sortas="b-tar">tar</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create and extract files from archives, also known as tarballs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml index 5032f10c2..40bf18ccd 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo"><primary sortas="a-Texinfo">Texinfo</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and -converting Info documents.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,19 +17,12 @@ converting Info documents.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>17 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Texinfo installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Texinfo</title> -<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para> - -<para>The patch listed below fixes a known segfault in texinfo:</para> +<para>Apply a patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch</userinput></screen> @@ -54,24 +45,8 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>The TEXMF -makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for -example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -<para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of -menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. -Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, -it can sometimes get out of step with the Info manuals actually installed on the -system. If ever you need to recreate the -<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands -will accomplish the task:</para> +<para>If ever you need to recreate the +<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, run this:</para> <screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info rm dir @@ -84,68 +59,7 @@ done</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info, -makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="info"> -<term><command>info</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to read Info documents. Info -documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just -explaining all the flags. Compare for example <command>man tar</command> -and <command>info tar</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infokey"> -<term><command>infokey</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm> -<para>compiles a source file containing Info -customizations into a binary format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="install-info"> -<term><command>install-info</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="makeinfo"> -<term><command>makeinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>translates the given Texinfo source -documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texi2dvi"> -<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to format the given Texinfo -document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texindex"> -<term><command>texindex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml index 6e0456bea..5d8cf5351 100644 --- a/chapter06/udev.xml +++ b/chapter06/udev.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev"><primary sortas="a-Udev">Udev</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device nodes.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -27,26 +26,16 @@ <screen><userinput>make udevdir=/dev</userinput></screen> -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>udevdir=/dev</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This tells <command>udev</command> which directory it is to -create device nodes in.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Install it:</para> <screen><userinput>make udevdir=/dev install</userinput></screen> -<para>Udev's configuration is far from ideal by default, so we install our own -configuration files here:</para> +<para>Install our configuration files:</para> <screen><userinput>cp ../udev-config-2.permissions /etc/udev/permissions.d/25-lfs.permissions cp ../udev-config-1.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/25-lfs.rules</userinput></screen> -<para>Finally, we'll allow udev to create the full compliment of device -nodes, since earlier we only created a minimal set.</para> +<para>Create the full compliment of device nodes:</para> <screen><userinput>/sbin/udevstart</userinput></screen> @@ -55,86 +44,8 @@ nodes, since earlier we only created a minimal set.</para> <sect2 id="contents-udev" role="content"><title>Contents of Udev</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>udev, udevd, udevsend, udevstart, udevinfo, udevtest</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> +<para>See testing</para> -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="udev"> -<term><command>udev</command></term> -<listitem><indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udev"><primary -sortas="b-udev">udev</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create device nodes in <filename -class="directory">/dev</filename> or to rename network interfaces (not in LFS) -in response to hotplug events.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="udevd"> -<term><command>udevd</command></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevd"><primary -sortas="b-udevd">udevd</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a daemon that reorders hotplug events before submitting them to -<command>udev</command>, -thus avoiding various race conditions.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="udevsend"> -<term><command>udevsend</command></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevsend"><primary -sortas="b-udevsend">udevsend</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to deliver hotplug events to <command>udevd</command>.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="udevstart"> -<term><command>udevstart</command></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevstart"><primary -sortas="b-udevstart">udevstart</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to create device nodes in <filename -class="directory">/dev</filename> that correspond to drivers compiled directly -into the kernel. It performs that task by simulating hotplug events presumably -dropped by the kernel before invocation of this program (e.g. because the root -filesystem has not been mounted) and submitting such synthetic hotplug events -to <command>udev</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="udevinfo"> -<term><command>udevinfo</command></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevinfo"><primary -sortas="b-udevinfo">udevinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>allows users to query the <command>udev</command> database for -information on any device currently present on the system. It also -provides a way to query any device in the sysfs tree to help creating udev -rules.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="udevtest"> -<term><command>udevtest</command></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev udevtest"><primary -sortas="b-udevtest">udevtest</primary></indexterm> -<para>simulates a <command>udev</command> run for the given device, -and prints out the name of the node the real <command>udev</command> would -have created, or (not in LFS) the name of the renamed network interface.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="etc-dev-d"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/dev.d</filename></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-dev-d"><primary -sortas="e-etc-dev-d">/etc/dev.d</primary></indexterm> -<para>directory is supposed to contain user-written handlers for device -creation hotplug events.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="etc-udev"> -<term><filename class="directory">/etc/udev</filename></term> -<listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-udev etc-udev"><primary -sortas="e-etc-udev">/etc/udev</primary></indexterm> -<para>directory contains <command>udev</command> configuration files, -device permissions and rules for device naming.</para> -</listitem></varlistentry> -</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter06/util-linux.xml b/chapter06/util-linux.xml index 37ca200d9..ab65e24e7 100644 --- a/chapter06/util-linux.xml +++ b/chapter06/util-linux.xml @@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux"><primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among -them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and -messages.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -20,20 +17,12 @@ messages.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>16 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Util-linux installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed, Zlib</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>FHS compliance notes</title> -<para>The FHS recommends that we use <filename class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename>, -instead of the usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>, as the location for the -<filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the <command>hwclock</command> -program FHS-compliant, run the following:</para> +<para>Issue a sed sustitution:</para> <screen><userinput>sed -i 's@etc/adjtime@var/lib/hwclock/adjtime@g' hwclock/hwclock.c mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen> @@ -51,25 +40,6 @@ mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput>make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the make parameters:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>HAVE_KILL=yes</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This prevents the -<command>kill</command> program (already installed by Procps) from being -built and installed again.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>HAVE_SLN=yes</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>This prevents the -<command>sln</command> program (a statically linked -<command>ln</command> already installed by Glibc) from being built and -installed again.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - <para>Now install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes install</userinput></screen> @@ -79,527 +49,7 @@ installed again.</para></listitem> <sect2 id="contents-utillinux" role="content"><title>Contents of Util-linux</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt, -colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat, fdisk, -fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, line, -logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, -more, mount, namei, pg, pivot_root, ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, -rename, renice, rev, rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, -sfdisk, swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tunelp, ul, umount, vidmode (link to rdev), -whereis and write</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="agetty"> -<term><command>agetty</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux agetty"><primary sortas="b-agetty">agetty</primary></indexterm> -<para>opens a tty port, prompts for a login name, -and then invokes the <command>login</command> program.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="arch"> -<term><command>arch</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux arch"><primary sortas="b-arch">arch</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the machine's architecture.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="blockdev"> -<term><command>blockdev</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux blockdev"><primary sortas="b-blockdev">blockdev</primary></indexterm> -<para>allows you to call block device ioctls from the command line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cal"> -<term><command>cal</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cal"><primary sortas="b-cal">cal</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays a simple calendar.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cfdisk"> -<term><command>cfdisk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cfdisk"><primary sortas="b-cfdisk">cfdisk</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chkdupexe"> -<term><command>chkdupexe</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux chkdupexe"><primary sortas="b-chkdupexe">chkdupexe</primary></indexterm> -<para>finds duplicate executables.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="col"> -<term><command>col</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux col"><primary sortas="b-col">col</primary></indexterm> -<para>filters out reverse line feeds.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="colcrt"> -<term><command>colcrt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colcrt"><primary sortas="b-colcrt">colcrt</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to filter nroff output for terminals -that lack some capabilities such as overstriking and half-lines.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="colrm"> -<term><command>colrm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux colrm"><primary sortas="b-colrm">colrm</primary></indexterm> -<para>filters out the given columns.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="column"> -<term><command>column</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux column"><primary sortas="b-column">column</primary></indexterm> -<para>formats a given file into multiple columns.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ctrlaltdel"> -<term><command>ctrlaltdel</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ctrlaltdel"><primary sortas="b-ctrlaltdel">ctrlaltdel</primary></indexterm> -<para>sets the function of the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination to a hard or a -soft reset.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cytune"> -<term><command>cytune</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux cytune"><primary sortas="b-cytune">cytune</primary></indexterm> -<para>was used to tune the parameters of the -serial line drivers for Cyclades cards.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ddate"> -<term><command>ddate</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ddate"><primary sortas="b-ddate">ddate</primary></indexterm> -<para>gives the Discordian date, or converts the -given Gregorian date to a Discordian one.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="dmesg"> -<term><command>dmesg</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux dmesg"><primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps the kernel boot messages.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="elvtune"> -<term><command>elvtune</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux elvtune"><primary sortas="b-elvtune">elvtune</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to tune the performance -and interactivity of a block device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fdformat"> -<term><command>fdformat</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdformat"><primary sortas="b-fdformat">fdformat</primary></indexterm> -<para>low-level formats a floppy disk.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fdisk"> -<term><command>fdisk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fdisk"><primary sortas="b-fdisk">fdisk</primary></indexterm> -<para>could be used to manipulate the partition table of the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fsck.cramfs"> -<term><command>fsck.cramfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-fsck.cramfs">fsck.cramfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>performs a consistency check on the -Cramfs file system on the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="fsck.minix"> -<term><command>fsck.minix</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux fsck.minix"><primary sortas="b-fsck.minix">fsck.minix</primary></indexterm> -<para>performs a consistency check on the -Minix file system on the given device.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="getopt"> -<term><command>getopt</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux getopt"><primary sortas="b-getopt">getopt</primary></indexterm> -<para>parses options in the given command line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hexdump"> -<term><command>hexdump</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hexdump"><primary sortas="b-hexdump">hexdump</primary></indexterm> -<para>dumps the given file in hexadecimal, or in another given format.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="hwclock"> -<term><command>hwclock</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux hwclock"><primary sortas="b-hwclock">hwclock</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to read or set the system's hardware clock, also called the RTC -(Real-Time Clock) or BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) clock.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ipcrm"> -<term><command>ipcrm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcrm"><primary sortas="b-ipcrm">ipcrm</primary></indexterm> -<para>removes the given IPC resource.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ipcs"> -<term><command>ipcs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ipcs"><primary sortas="b-ipcs">ipcs</primary></indexterm> -<para>provides IPC status information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="isosize"> -<term><command>isosize</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux isosize"><primary sortas="b-isosize">isosize</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the size of an iso9660 file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="line"> -<term><command>line</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux line"><primary sortas="b-line">line</primary></indexterm> -<para>copies a single line.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="logger"> -<term><command>logger</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux logger"><primary sortas="b-logger">logger</primary></indexterm> -<para>enters the given message into the system log.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="look"> -<term><command>look</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux look"><primary sortas="b-look">look</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays lines that begin with the given string.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="losetup"> -<term><command>losetup</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux losetup"><primary sortas="b-losetup">losetup</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to set up and control loop devices.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mcookie"> -<term><command>mcookie</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mcookie"><primary sortas="b-mcookie">mcookie</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates magic cookies, 128-bit random hexadecimal numbers, -for <command>xauth</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkfs"> -<term><command>mkfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs">mkfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to build a file system on a device -(usually a hard disk partition).</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkfs.bfs"> -<term><command>mkfs.bfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.bfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.bfs">mkfs.bfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates an SCO (Santa Cruz Operations) bfs file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkfs.cramfs"> -<term><command>mkfs.cramfs</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.cramfs"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.cramfs">mkfs.cramfs</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a cramfs file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkfs.minix"> -<term><command>mkfs.minix</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkfs.minix"><primary sortas="b-mkfs.minix">mkfs.minix</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a Minix file system.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mkswap"> -<term><command>mkswap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mkswap"><primary sortas="b-mkswap">mkswap</primary></indexterm> -<para>initializes the given device or file to be used as a swap area.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="more"> -<term><command>more</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux more"><primary sortas="b-more">more</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a filter for paging through text one -screen full at a time. But <command>less</command> is much better.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mount"> -<term><command>mount</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux mount"><primary sortas="b-mount">mount</primary></indexterm> -<para>attaches the file system on the given device to a specified directory (thus -hiding the contents of that directory) in the file-system tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="namei"> -<term><command>namei</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux namei"><primary sortas="b-namei">namei</primary></indexterm> -<para>shows the symbolic links in the given pathnames.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pg"> -<term><command>pg</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pg"><primary sortas="b-pg">pg</primary></indexterm> -<para>displays a text file one screen full at a time.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pivot_root"> -<term><command>pivot_root</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux pivot_root"><primary sortas="b-pivot_root">pivot_root</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes the given file system the new -root file system of the current process.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ramsize"> -<term><command>ramsize</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ramsize"><primary sortas="b-ramsize">ramsize</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to set the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rdev"> -<term><command>rdev</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rdev"><primary sortas="b-rdev">rdev</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to query and set the root -device and other things in a bootable image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="readprofile"> -<term><command>readprofile</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux readprofile"><primary sortas="b-readprofile">readprofile</primary></indexterm> -<para>reads kernel profiling information.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rename"> -<term><command>rename</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rename"><primary sortas="b-rename">rename</primary></indexterm> -<para>renames the given files, replacing a given string with another.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="renice"> -<term><command>renice</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux renice"><primary sortas="b-renice">renice</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to alter the priority of running processes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rev"> -<term><command>rev</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rev"><primary sortas="b-rev">rev</primary></indexterm> -<para>reverses the lines of a given file.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rootflags"> -<term><command>rootflags</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux rootflags"><primary sortas="b-rootflags">rootflags</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to set the rootflags in a bootable image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="script"> -<term><command>script</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux script"><primary sortas="b-script">script</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes a typescript of a terminal session, of everything printed to -the terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setfdprm"> -<term><command>setfdprm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setfdprm"><primary sortas="b-setfdprm">setfdprm</primary></indexterm> -<para>sets user-provided floppy disk parameters.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setsid"> -<term><command>setsid</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setsid"><primary sortas="b-setsid">setsid</primary></indexterm> -<para>runs the given program in a new session.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="setterm"> -<term><command>setterm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux setterm"><primary sortas="b-setterm">setterm</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to set terminal attributes.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="sfdisk"> -<term><command>sfdisk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux sfdisk"><primary sortas="b-sfdisk">sfdisk</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a disk partition table manipulator.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="swapdev"> -<term><command>swapdev</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapdev"><primary sortas="b-swapdev">swapdev</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to set the swap device in a bootable image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="swapoff"> -<term><command>swapoff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapoff"><primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary></indexterm> -<para>disables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="swapon"> -<term><command>swapon</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux swapon"><primary sortas="b-swapon">swapon</primary></indexterm> -<para>enables devices and files for paging and swapping.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tunelp"> -<term><command>tunelp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux tunelp"><primary sortas="b-tunelp">tunelp</primary></indexterm> -<para>is used to tune the parameters of the line printer.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ul"> -<term><command>ul</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux ul"><primary sortas="b-ul">ul</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a filter for translating underscores into -escape sequences indicating underlining for the terminal in use.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="umount"> -<term><command>umount</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux umount"><primary sortas="b-umount">umount</primary></indexterm> -<para>disconnects a file system from the system's file tree.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vidmode"> -<term><command>vidmode</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux vidmode"><primary sortas="b-vidmode">vidmode</primary></indexterm> -<para>could be used to set the video mode in a bootable image.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="whereis"> -<term><command>whereis</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux whereis"><primary sortas="b-whereis">whereis</primary></indexterm> -<para>reports the location of binary, the -source, and the manual page for the given command.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="write"> -<term><command>write</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux write"><primary sortas="b-write">write</primary></indexterm> -<para>sends a message to the given user, -<emphasis>if</emphasis> that user has not disabled such messages.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml index 64ca6296a..ee83d2134 100644 --- a/chapter06/vim.xml +++ b/chapter06/vim.xml @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-vim"><primary sortas="a-Vim">Vim</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Vim package contains a powerful text editor.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -18,28 +17,12 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.4 SBU</seg><seg>34 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Vim installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, -GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<tip> -<title>Alternatives to Vim</title> -<para>If you prefer another editor -- like Emacs, Joe, or Nano -- to Vim, -have a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/stable/postlfs/editors.html"/> for -suggested installation instructions.</para> -</tip> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Vim</title> -<para>First, unpack both -<filename>vim-&vim-version;.tar.bz2</filename> and (optionally) -<filename>vim-&vim-version;-lang.tar.gz</filename> archives into the same -directory. Then change the default locations of the <filename>vimrc</filename> and -<filename>gvimrc</filename> configuration files to <filename class="directory">/etc</filename>.</para> +<para>Change the default locations of the configuration files:</para> <screen><userinput>echo '#define SYS_VIMRC_FILE "/etc/vimrc"' >> src/feature.h echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput></screen> @@ -48,55 +31,27 @@ echo '#define SYS_GVIMRC_FILE "/etc/gvimrc"' >> src/feature.h</userinput>< <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-multibyte</userinput></screen> -<para>The optional but highly recommended -<parameter>--enable-multibyte</parameter> switch -includes support for editing files in multibyte character encodings into -<command>vim</command>. -It is needed for those people who ignore our recommendation not to -use LFS in locales with multibyte character sets. It is also needed for -people who want to be able to edit text files initially created -in Linux distributions like Fedora Core -that use UTF-8 as a default character set.</para> - <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>To test the results, you can issue: -<userinput>make test</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a lot of -seemingly garbage characters to the screen, and this can wreak havoc with the -settings of the current terminal. Therefore the running of the test suite here -is strictly optional.</para> +<para>To test the results, issue: +<userinput>make test</userinput></para> <para>Now install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command>, instead of -<command>vim</command>. To let them execute <command>vim</command> when -they habitually enter <command>vi</command>, create a symlink:</para> +<para>Create a symlink:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s vim /usr/bin/vi</userinput></screen> -<para>If you are going to install the X Window System on your LFS system, you -may want to re-compile Vim after having installed X. Vim comes with a nice GUI -version of the editor that requires X and a few other libraries to be -installed. For more information read the Vim documentation.</para> - </sect2> <sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Vim</title> -<indexterm zone="conf-vim"><primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary></indexterm> - -<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode. Some -people might not like this, but we prefer to run <command>vim</command> in its -own mode (else we wouldn't have included it in this book, but the original -<command>vi</command>). We've included the setting of <quote>nocompatible</quote> -below to high-light the fact that the new behavior is being used. It -also reminds those who would change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should -appear first because it changes other settings and overrides must come -after this setting. Create a default vim configuration file by running + +<para>Create a default vim configuration file by running the following:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/vimrc << "EOF" @@ -113,13 +68,6 @@ endif " End /etc/vimrc EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The <parameter>set nocompatible</parameter> makes -<command>vim</command> behave in a more useful way (the default) than the -vi-compatible manner. Remove the <quote>no</quote> if you want the old <command>vi</command> -behavior. The <parameter>set backspace=2</parameter> allows -backspacing over line breaks, autoindents and the start of insert. The -<parameter>syntax on</parameter> enables <command>vim</command>'s -syntax highliting. <!-- XXX: the ascii-only files are considered to be in utf-8 - that's not what one expects . That's why fileencodings stuff is commented out for now @@ -133,12 +81,6 @@ like Fedora Core use UTF-8, and conservative ones like Debian use traditional 8-bit encodings for text files. If you have not passed the <parameter>- -enable-multibyte</parameter> switch to the <command>./configure</command> command above, this line will not work. --> -Finally, the <emphasis>if</emphasis> statement with the -<parameter>set background=dark</parameter> corrects <command>vim</command>'s -guess about the background color of some terminal emulators. This gives the -highliting a better color scheme for use on the black background of -these programs. -</para> <para>Documentation for other available options can be obtained by running the following command:</para> @@ -150,182 +92,7 @@ the following command:</para> <sect2 id="contents-vim" role="content"><title>Contents of Vim</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>efm_filter.pl, efm_perl.pl, ex (link to vim), less.sh, mve.awk, -pltags.pl, ref, rview (link to vim), rvim (link to vim), shtags.pl, tcltags, vi (link to vim), -view (link to vim), vim, vim132, vim2html.pl, vimdiff (link to vim), vimm, vimspell.sh, -vimtutor and xxd</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="efm_filter.pl"> -<term><command>efm_filter.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_filter.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_filter.pl">efm_filter.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a filter for creating an error file that can be read by <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="efm_perl.pl"> -<term><command>efm_perl.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim efm_perl.pl"><primary sortas="b-efm_perl.pl">efm_perl.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>reformats the error messages of the -Perl interpreter for use with the <quote>quickfix</quote> mode of <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ex"> -<term><command>ex</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ex"><primary sortas="b-ex">ex</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> in ex mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="less.sh"> -<term><command>less.sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim less.sh"><primary sortas="b-less.sh">less.sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script that starts <command>vim</command> with less.vim.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="mve.awk"> -<term><command>mve.awk</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim mve.awk"><primary sortas="b-mve.awk">mve.awk</primary></indexterm> -<para>processes <command>vim</command> errors.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="pltags.pl"> -<term><command>pltags.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim pltags.pl"><primary sortas="b-pltags.pl">pltags.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>creates a tags file for Perl code, for use by <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="ref"> -<term><command>ref</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim ref"><primary sortas="b-ref">ref</primary></indexterm> -<para>checks the spelling of arguments.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rview"> -<term><command>rview</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rview"><primary sortas="b-rview">rview</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a restricted version of <command>view</command>: no shell -commands can be started and <command>view</command> can't be suspended.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="rvim"> -<term><command>rvim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim rvim"><primary sortas="b-rvim">rvim</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a restricted version of <command>vim</command>: no shell -commands can be started and <command>vim</command> can't be suspended.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="shtags.pl"> -<term><command>shtags.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a tag file for Perl scripts.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tcltags"> -<term><command>tcltags</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm> -<para>generates a tag file for TCL code.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="view"> -<term><command>view</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim view"><primary sortas="b-view">view</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> in read-only mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim"> -<term><command>vim</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim"><primary sortas="b-vim">vim</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the editor.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim132"> -<term><command>vim132</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim132"><primary sortas="b-vim132">vim132</primary></indexterm> -<para>starts <command>vim</command> with the terminal in 132-column mode.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vim2html.pl"> -<term><command>vim2html.pl</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vim2html.pl"><primary sortas="b-vim2html.pl">vim2html.pl</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts Vim documentation to HTML.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimdiff"> -<term><command>vimdiff</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimdiff"><primary sortas="b-vimdiff">vimdiff</primary></indexterm> -<para>edits two or three versions of a file with <command>vim</command> and show differences.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimm"> -<term><command>vimm</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimm"><primary sortas="b-vimm">vimm</primary></indexterm> -<para>enables the DEC locator input model on a remote terminal.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimspell.sh"> -<term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm> -<para>is a script which spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary -to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command> -command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="vimtutor"> -<term><command>vimtutor</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimtutor"><primary sortas="b-vimtutor">vimtutor</primary></indexterm> -<para>teaches you the basic keys and commands of <command>vim</command>.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="xxd"> -<term><command>xxd</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim xxd"><primary sortas="b-xxd">xxd</primary></indexterm> -<para>makes a hex dump of the given file. It can -also do the reverse, so it can be used for binary patching.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/zlib.xml b/chapter06/zlib.xml index f907e1455..80c58029c 100644 --- a/chapter06/zlib.xml +++ b/chapter06/zlib.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib"><primary sortas="a-Zlib">Zlib</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Zlib package contains compression and un-compression routines used by -some programs.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -19,21 +17,11 @@ some programs.</para> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>1.5 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Zlib installation depends on</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Zlib</title> -<note><para>Zlib is known to build its shared library incorrectly if CFLAGS is -specified in the environment. If you are using your own CFLAGS variable, be -sure to add the <parameter>-fPIC</parameter> directive to your CFLAGS for the -duration of the below <command>configure</command> command, then remove it -afterwards.</para></note> - <para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --shared --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen> @@ -76,22 +64,7 @@ make</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-zlib" role="content"><title>Contents of Zlib</title> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>libz[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short description</title> - -<varlistentry id="libz"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libz*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib libz"><primary sortas="c-libz*">libz*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains compression and un-compression -functions used by some programs.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 9469cc94a..d7e643ec3 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ <title>Configuring the Linux console</title> <?dbhtml filename="console.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-console"> -<primary sortas="d-console">console</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> +<para>Create the configuration file:</para> <screen><userinput>cat >/etc/sysconfig/console <<"EOF" KEYMAP="<replaceable>[arguments for loadkeys]</replaceable>" diff --git a/chapter07/hostname.xml b/chapter07/hostname.xml index f51f08a62..29ecc0ce0 100644 --- a/chapter07/hostname.xml +++ b/chapter07/hostname.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>Configuring the localnet script</title> <?dbhtml filename="hostname.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hostname"> -<primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> <para>Create the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/network</filename> file and enter a hostname by running:</para> diff --git a/chapter07/hosts.xml b/chapter07/hosts.xml index b945d9c21..7e5dde0b0 100644 --- a/chapter07/hosts.xml +++ b/chapter07/hosts.xml @@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ <title>Creating the /etc/hosts file</title> <?dbhtml filename="hosts.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts"><primary sortas="e-/etc/hosts">/etc/hosts</primary></indexterm> - -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts"> -<primary sortas="d-localnet">localnet</primary> -<secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm> - -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-hosts"> -<primary sortas="d-network">network</primary> -<secondary>/etc/hosts</secondary></indexterm> - <para>If a network card is not going to be configured, create the <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file by running:</para> diff --git a/chapter07/inputrc.xml b/chapter07/inputrc.xml index 2f8a33912..17f9058a9 100644 --- a/chapter07/inputrc.xml +++ b/chapter07/inputrc.xml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <title>Creating the /etc/inputrc file</title> <?dbhtml filename="inputrc.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-inputrc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/inputrc">/etc/inputrc</primary></indexterm> +<para>Create the /etc/inputrc file:</para> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/inputrc << "EOF" # Begin /etc/inputrc diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml index 44e5ad01b..8d19791dd 100644 --- a/chapter07/network.xml +++ b/chapter07/network.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>Configuring the network script</title> <?dbhtml filename="network.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-network"> -<primary sortas="d-network">network</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> <sect2> <title>Creating network interface configuration files</title> diff --git a/chapter07/profile.xml b/chapter07/profile.xml index 5bf3c281c..f487dacf5 100644 --- a/chapter07/profile.xml +++ b/chapter07/profile.xml @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ <title>The Bash Shell Startup Files</title> <?dbhtml filename="profile.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-profile"><primary sortas="e-/etc/profile">/etc/profile</primary></indexterm> <para>Create the <filename>/etc/profile</filename> file:</para> diff --git a/chapter07/setclock.xml b/chapter07/setclock.xml index fd15f66de..f5af3b32a 100644 --- a/chapter07/setclock.xml +++ b/chapter07/setclock.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>Configuring the setclock script</title> <?dbhtml filename="setclock.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-setclock"> -<primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename> by running the following:</para> diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml index 9382a7226..5714dc07e 100644 --- a/chapter07/usage.xml +++ b/chapter07/usage.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>How do these bootscripts work?</title> <?dbhtml filename="usage.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-usage"> -<primary sortas="a-Bootscripts">Bootscripts</primary> -<secondary>usage</secondary></indexterm> <para>See testing</para> diff --git a/chapter08/fstab.xml b/chapter08/fstab.xml index 50cfd8315..8ecd88e2f 100644 --- a/chapter08/fstab.xml +++ b/chapter08/fstab.xml @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ <title>Creating the /etc/fstab file</title> <?dbhtml filename="fstab.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-fstab"><primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary></indexterm> <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/fstab << "EOF" # Begin /etc/fstab diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml index 98a339698..85841997a 100644 --- a/chapter08/grub.xml +++ b/chapter08/grub.xml @@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ <title>Making the LFS system bootable</title> <?dbhtml filename="grub.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-bootable-grub"> -<primary sortas="a-Grub">Grub</primary> -<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> <para>We highly recommend that you create a Grub boot floppy diskette just in case. Insert a blank floppy diskette and run the following commands:</para> diff --git a/chapter09/getcounted.xml b/chapter09/getcounted.xml index 24ae18c7b..c44770d88 100644 --- a/chapter09/getcounted.xml +++ b/chapter09/getcounted.xml @@ -9,14 +9,4 @@ <para>See testing</para> -<!-- -<para>Want to be counted as an LFS user now that you have finished the -book? Head over -to <ulink url="&lfs-root;cgi-bin/lfscounter.cgi"/> and -register as an LFS user by entering your name and the first LFS version -you have used.</para> - -<para>Let's reboot into LFS now...</para> ---> - </sect1> diff --git a/chapter09/theend.xml b/chapter09/theend.xml index 8099c8cf9..89fe25c37 100644 --- a/chapter09/theend.xml +++ b/chapter09/theend.xml @@ -7,18 +7,7 @@ <title>The End</title> <?dbhtml filename="theend.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-finish-theend"><primary sortas="e-/etc/lfs-release">/etc/lfs-release</primary></indexterm> - -<!-- -<para>Well done! You have finished installing your LFS system. It may have -been a long process, but we hope it was worth it. We wish you a lot of fun -with your new shiny custom built Linux system.</para> - -<para>It may be a good idea to create an <filename>/etc/lfs-release</filename> -file. By having this file it is very easy for you (and for us if you are going -to ask for help with something at some point) to find out which LFS version -you have installed on your system. Create this file by running:</para> ---> +<para>Create the /etc/lfs-release file:</para> <screen><userinput>echo &version; > /etc/lfs-release</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter09/whatnow.xml b/chapter09/whatnow.xml index 50e48d63f..e52de463c 100644 --- a/chapter09/whatnow.xml +++ b/chapter09/whatnow.xml @@ -9,41 +9,4 @@ <para>See testing</para> -<!-- -<para>We thank you for reading the LFS Book and hope that you've found this -book useful and worth your time.</para> - -<para>Now that you have finished installing your LFS system, you may be -wondering <quote>What now?</quote>. To answer that question, we have -composed a list of resources for you.</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>Beyond Linux From Scratch</para> - -<para>The Beyond Linux From Scratch book covers installation procedures -for a wide range of software beyond the scope of the LFS Book. The BLFS -project can be found at <ulink url="&blfs-root;"/>.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>LFS Hints</para> - -<para>The LFS Hints are a collection of small, educational documents -submitted by volunteers in the LFS community. The Hints are available at -<ulink url="&hints-index;"/>.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Mailing lists</para> - -<para>There are several LFS mailing lists you may subscribe to if you are -in need of help. See <xref linkend="ch-scatter-maillists"/> for more -information.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>The Linux Documentation Project</para> - -<para>The goal of the Linux Documentation Project is to collaborate in -all of the issues of Linux documentation. The LDP features a large collection -of HOWTOs, Guides and man pages; it may be found at -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/"/>.</para></listitem> - -</itemizedlist> ---> - </sect1> |