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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 27eea305f..836124841 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ <secondary>tools</secondary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> -<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/coreutils.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.9 SBU</seg><seg>69 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> -<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="../chapter06/coreutils.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/segmentedlist[2])"/> - </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -31,30 +28,12 @@ <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. Backwards compatibility is achieved by setting the -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 -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> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>(If you want to test the results, then issue: -<userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput>. The -<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> +<para>To test the result, issue: +<userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></para> <para>And install the package:</para> @@ -62,8 +41,4 @@ platforms but generally are not a problem on Linux.)</para> </sect2> -<sect2 role="content"><title/> -<para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-coreutils"/>.</para> -</sect2> - </sect1> |