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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml index 3d8288366..3d7be3c19 100644 --- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml @@ -41,12 +41,6 @@ <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 remap="pre">sed -i 's/futimens/gl_&/' src/{copy,touch}.c lib/utimens.{c,h}</userinput></screen> - <para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from this package is that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch @@ -54,11 +48,6 @@ <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen> - <para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be installed by - other packages later:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen> - <para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character boundaries correctly even in multibyte locales. The following patch fixes this non-compliance and other internationalization-related bugs:</para> @@ -78,7 +67,20 @@ <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-install-program=hostname --enable-no-install-program=kill</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>--enable-no-install-program=kill</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>The purpose of this switch is to prevent Coreutils from + installing binaries that will be installed by other packages later. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> <para>Compile the package:</para> @@ -100,6 +102,11 @@ <screen><userinput remap="test">echo "dummy:x:1000:nobody" >> /etc/group</userinput></screen> + <para>Fix some of the permissions so that the non-root user can compile and + run the tests:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="test">chown -v nobody gnulib-tests/.deps</userinput></screen> + <para>Now run the tests:</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">su-tools nobody -s /bin/bash -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> |