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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/findutils-inst.xml | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/tar-inst.xml | 9 |
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diff --git a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml index 44fdb894d..f654dc521 100644 --- a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml @@ -3,30 +3,6 @@ <sect2> <title>Installing Findutils</title> -<para>The Findutils package is quite old and it has problems compiling -against newer Glibc versions (Glibc-2.0.x and up). You need to apply the -patch, which fixes the following issues:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para>Findutils declares a function called basename, but this -function name is already used by the C standard libraries. This patch -changes the Findutils version of basename function so that it is called -basename2 instead.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Findutils uses library files in an incorrect way. It -declares library functions, to tell the compiler what the name of the -function will be when the libraries are linked in. This syntax is invalid -and causes compiler warnings/errors. This patch removes this improper -syntax.</para></listitem> - -<listitem><para>Every GNU package is supposed use a macro called _GNU_SOURCE. -This macro enables declarations of GNU library extension functions so the -compiler will be able to detect name conflicts between functions more easily. -This patch adds this macro to the source code.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../findutils-&findutils-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para> - <para>Prepare Findutils to be compiled:</para> <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/stage1 diff --git a/chapter05/tar-inst.xml b/chapter05/tar-inst.xml index 0d7a5c5d0..9c94af6df 100644 --- a/chapter05/tar-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/tar-inst.xml @@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of Tar</title> -<para>A patch may be applied to give tar direct support for -bzip2 files. This patch adds the <emphasis>-j</emphasis> option -to tar, which is similar to the <emphasis>-z</emphasis> option -used for gzip files.</para> - -<para>Apply the patch by running the following command:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../tar-&tar-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para> - <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/stage1 make make check |