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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index f99768465..e7bf67d37 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> +<indexterm zone="ch-tools-coreutils"> +<primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary> +<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> @@ -15,6 +20,8 @@ <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"> @@ -24,17 +31,44 @@ <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 +<envar>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION</envar> environment variable to +<quote>199209</quote> in the above command. If you do not want +Coreutils to be backwards compatible with the traditional syntax, then +omit setting the <envar>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION</envar> +environment variable. It is important to remember that doing so will +have consequences, including the need to patch the many packages that +still use the old syntax. Therefore, it is recommended that the +instructions be followed exactly as given above.</para> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>To test the result, issue: -<userinput>make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></para> +<para>To test the results, 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 (in terms of CPU power and memory usage) on some +platforms, but generally are not a problem on Linux.</para> -<para>And install the package:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> </sect2> +<sect2 role="content"><title/> +<para>Details on this package are located in <xref +linkend="contents-coreutils" role="."/></para> +</sect2> + </sect1> + |