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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/findutils-inst.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml index b05c8089f..985242b33 100644 --- a/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/findutils-inst.xml @@ -5,8 +5,25 @@ <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 that fixes some variable conflicts you'd otherwise end up -with:</para> +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 an incorrect way to use library files. 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 and 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> |