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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils.xml b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
index f89e607dc..b82d23293 100644
--- a/chapter06/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter06/coreutils.xml
@@ -48,22 +48,22 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>POSIX requires that programs from Coreutils recognize character
+ <para>Coreutils sometimes fails to buld when using an old kernel so apply
+ a patch:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-old-kernel-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>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>In order for the tests added by this patch to pass, the permissions for
- the test file have to be changed:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">chmod +x tests/sort/sort-mb-tests</userinput></screen>
-
<note>
<para>In the past, many bugs were found in this patch. When reporting new
bugs to Coreutils maintainers, please check first if they are reproducible
without this patch.</para>
- </note>
+ </note> -->
<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, echo, env,
expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, hostid, hostname,
id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, mkdir, mkfifo, mknod,
- mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr, printenv, printf,
+ mktemp, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, pr, printenv, printf,
ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum, sha224sum, sha256sum,
sha384sum, sha512sum, shred, shuf, sleep, sort, split, stat, stty, sum,
sync, tac, tail, tee, test, touch, tr, true, tsort, tty, uname,
@@ -607,6 +607,16 @@ mv -v /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="mktemp">
+ <term><command>mktemp</command></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts</para>
+ <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils mktemp">
+ <primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id="mv">
<term><command>mv</command></term>
<listitem>