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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
+<para>Util-linux has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these issues
+by applying the following patch:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../util-linux-&util-linux-version;-kernel-dj-2.6-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Util-linux doesn't use the freshly installed headers and libraries
from the /tools directory. This is fixed by altering the configure
script:</para>
-<screen><userinput>cp configure configure.backup
-sed "s@/usr/include@/tools/include@g" configure.backup > configure</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>sed -i "s@/usr/include@/tools/include@g" configure</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>