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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter05')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/coreutils.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/glibc.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/gzip.xml | 9 |
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 8d367b1ba..e52e60d85 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> + <para>The version of the function <quote>futimens</quote> used + by Coreutils is incompatible with the version that current + Glibc provides, so we'll rename the function:</para> + +<screen><userinput>for file in src/{copy,touch}.c lib/utimens.{c,h} ; do \ + cp -v $file{,.orig} + sed 's/futimens/gl_&/' $file.orig > $file +done</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index 0710ea5da..dd35ef1d3 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ <screen><userinput>mkdir -v ../glibc-build cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen> + <para>Because Glibc no longer supports i386, its developers say to use the + compiler flag <parameter>-march=i486</parameter> when building it for x86 + machines. There are several ways to accomplish that, but testing shows that + the flag is best placed inside the build variable <quote>CFLAGS</quote>. + Instead of overriding completely what Glibc's internal build system uses + for CFLAGS, append the new flag to the existing contents of CFLAGS by + making use of the special file <filename>configparms</filename>:</para> + +<screen><userinput>echo "CFLAGS += -march=i486" > configparms</userinput></screen> + <para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>../glibc-&glibc-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \ diff --git a/chapter05/gzip.xml b/chapter05/gzip.xml index a75659e2e..eb2c6a7c8 100644 --- a/chapter05/gzip.xml +++ b/chapter05/gzip.xml @@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Gzip</title> + <para>The version of the function <quote>futimens</quote> used + by Gzip is incompatible with the version that current + Glibc provides, so we'll rename the function:</para> + +<screen><userinput>for file in gzip.c lib/utimens.{c,h} ; do \ + cp -v $file{,.orig} + sed 's/futimens/gl_&/' $file.orig > $file +done</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Gzip for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen> |