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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
+ <para>Coreutils sometimes fails to buld when using an old kernel so apply
+ a patch:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-old-kernel-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --enable-install-program=hostname</userinput></screen>