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diff --git a/chapter05/glibc-inst.sgml b/chapter05/glibc-inst.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..122f37ac2 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter05/glibc-inst.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Installation of Glibc</title> + +<para> +Unpack the glibc-crypt and glibc-linuxthreads in the glibc-2.1.3 +directory, not in $LFS/usr/src. Don't enter the created directories. Just +unpack them and leave it with that. +</para> + +<para> +A few default parameters of Glibc need to be changed, such as the +directory where the shared libraries are supposed to be installed in and +the directory that contains the system configuration files. For this +purpose you need to create the <filename class="directory"> +$LFS/usr/src/glibc-build</filename> directory and cd into that directory +with: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>mkdir $LFS/usr/src/glibc-build &&</userinput> + <userinput>cd $LFS/usr/src/glibc-build</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +In that directory you create a new file <filename>configparms</filename> +by running the following: +</para> + +<literallayout> + +<userinput>cat > configparms << "EOF"</userinput> +# Begin configparms + +slibdir=/lib +sysconfdir=/etc + +# End configparms +<userinput>EOF</userinput> + +</literallayout> + +<para> +Before we actually install Glibc you need to unpack the Glibc patch +file. +</para> + +<para> +Please note that the configure script of Glibc may complain about +certain files in the /usr/include directory being too old and will be +replaced, or that some symlink is not supposed to be there anymore (like +the /usr/include/scsi symlink that's present on older Linux systems). If +it asks you to move a symlink like scsi out of the way, please do so. If +it says it will replace old files by the newer Glibc files you can +ignore that. Glibc does not know that it will end up on $LFS when the +configure script is run. +</para> + +<para> +If your system had already a suitable GCC version installed, change to the +<filename class="directory">$LFS/usr/src/glibc-build</filename> +directory and install Glibc by running the following +commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd ../glibc-2.1.3 &&</userinput> + <userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-2.1.3.patch &&</userinput> + <userinput>cd $LFS/usr/src/glibc-build &&</userinput> + <userinput>../glibc-2.1.3/configure \</userinput> + <userinput> --prefix=/usr --enable-add-ons + \</userinput> + <userinput> --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include + \</userinput> + <userinput> --libexecdir=/usr/bin && + </userinput> + <userinput>make &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install_root=$LFS install &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install_root=$LFS localedata/install-locales</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +<para> +If your system didn't have a suitable GCC version installed, change to the +<filename class="directory">$LFS/usr/src/glibc-build</filename> +directory and install Glibc using the gcc-2.95.2 you just installed by +running the following commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>cd ../glibc-2.1.3 &&</userinput> + <userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-2.1.3.patch &&</userinput> + <userinput>cd $LFS/usr/src/glibc-build &&</userinput> + <userinput>CC=/usr/local/gcc2952/bin/gcc \</userinput> + <userinput> ../glibc-2.1.3/configure --prefix=/usr + --enable-add-ons \</userinput> + <userinput> --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \ + </userinput> + <userinput> --libexecdir=/usr/bin && + </userinput> + <userinput>make &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install_root=$LFS install &&</userinput> + <userinput>make install_root=$LFS localedata/install-locales</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +</sect2> + |