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diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs-exp.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs-exp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..37ee99054 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs-exp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Command explanations</title> + +<para><userinput>--with-root-prefix=/:</userinput> The +reason for supplying this option is because of the setup of the +e2fsprogs Makefile. Some programs are essential for system use when, +for example, /usr isn't mounted (like the e2fsck program). These +programs and libraries therefore belong in directories like /lib and +/sbin. If this option isn't passed to e2fsprogs' configure, it places +these programs in /usr which is not what we want.</para> + +<para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs:</userinput> This creates shared +libraries that some programs in this package can make use of.</para> + +<para><userinput>make install-libs:</userinput> This installs the shared +libraries that are built.</para> + +</sect2> + |