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diff --git a/chapter05/util-linux-ng.xml b/chapter05/util-linux-ng.xml
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--- a/chapter05/util-linux-ng.xml
+++ b/chapter05/util-linux-ng.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make BLKID_LIBS="-lblkid -luuid" -C mount mount umount
make -C text-utils more</userinput></screen>
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>BLKID_LIBS="-lblkid -luuid"</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>When building only a subset of the package, the
+ <filename class="libraryfile">libuuid.so</filename> library is not
+ pulled into the build as it is supposed to. This command overrides
+ the default from the <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
<!-- Not sure why this is in there. There is no test suite. Though
running 'make check' may build these programs, there is no
testing done.