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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 945a129bb..78833341f 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -1,38 +1,45 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> <sect1 id="ch-tools-coreutils"> -<title>Installing Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html" dir="chapter05"?> +<title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> +<?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> -<screen>&buildtime; &coreutils-time-tools; -&diskspace; &coreutils-compsize-tools;</screen> +<indexterm zone="ch-tools-coreutils"> +<primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary> +<secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> -<literallayout>Official download location for Coreutils (&coreutils-version;): -<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/"/> -And for the patch: -<ulink url="&patches-root;&coreutils-posixver-patch;"/></literallayout> +<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/coreutils.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/para[1])"/> -&aa-coreutils-dep; +<screen>&buildtime; 0.9 SBU +&diskspace; 69 MB</screen> + +<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/coreutils.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/para[2])"/> -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> <sect2> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> -<para>This package has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. -Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities (such as +<para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> + +<screen><userinput>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> + +<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. More -details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use of -this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to -deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that still use the -old syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-posixver-patch;</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> +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 +with the traditional syntax, then simply omit setting the DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION +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> <para>Compile the package:</para> @@ -50,9 +57,8 @@ platforms but generally are not a problem on Linux.)</para> </sect2> -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para> +<sect2><title> </title><para> </para> <para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-coreutils"/>.</para> -<para> </para></sect2> +<para> </para></sect2> </sect1> - |