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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 31d59312b..70362f9fc 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -15,7 +15,19 @@ Estimated required disk space: &coreutils-compsize-tools;</screen> <sect2> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> -<para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> +<para>Coreutils has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. +Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities (head, tail, sort etc) +will reject their traditional syntax which has been in use for approximately 30 +years. The old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility must be preserved until +the many places where it is used can be updated. More details are provided in +the comments inside the patch itself. Use of this patch is by no means +compulsory but opting not to use it means you'll have deal with the consequences +yourself, i.e. patch the many software packages that use the old syntax. 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> |