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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index f00f4e1ba..efc9e8ba7 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ <screen><userinput>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> -<para>This package has an issue when compiled against versions of glibc +<para>This package has an issue when compiled against versions of Glibc later than 2.3.2. Some of the Coreutils utilities (such as (<command>head</command>, <command>tail</command> and <command>sort</command>) will reject their traditional syntax, a syntax that has been in use for approximately 30 years. This old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated. Backwards compatibility is achieved by setting the -DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION environment variable to "199209" in the above -command. If you don't want coreutils to be backwards compatible +DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION environment variable to <quote>199209</quote> in the above +command. If you don't want coreutils to be backwards compatible with the traditional syntax, then simply omit setting the DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION -environment variable. Realise though, that doing so will mean you'll have +environment variable. Realise though, that doing so will mean you'll have to deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that still use the old syntax. We therefore recommend using the instructions exactly as given above.</para> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ above.</para> <para>(If you insist on testing the results, then issue: <userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput>. The -<emphasis>RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes</emphasis> parameter tells the test suite to +<parameter>RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes</parameter> parameter tells the test suite to run several additional tests that are considered relatively expensive on some platforms but generally are not a problem on Linux.)</para> |