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diff --git a/chapter06/iproute2.xml b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
index b1e7374b4..aabafa2e9 100644
--- a/chapter06/iproute2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/iproute2.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of IPRoute2</title>
+ <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
+ dependent on Berkeley DB. Because <command>arpd</command> is not a very
+ common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on Berkeley DB by applying the <command>sed</command> command below. If the
+ <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for compiling
+ Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at
+ <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/>.
+ </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/^TARGETS/s@arpd@@g' misc/Makefile</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make DESTDIR=</userinput></screen>
@@ -73,14 +83,6 @@
<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR= SBINDIR=/sbin MANDIR=/usr/share/man \
DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2-&iproute2-version; install</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary links against the Berkeley DB
- libraries that reside in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> and
- uses a database in <filename>/var/lib/arpd/arpd.db</filename>. Thus,
- according to the FHS, it must be in <filename
- class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>. Move it there:</para>
-
- <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /sbin/arpd /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>arpd, ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat,
+ <seg>ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat,
nstat, routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss,
and tc.</seg>
</seglistitem>
@@ -101,18 +103,6 @@
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
- <varlistentry id="arpd">
- <term><command>arpd</command></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Userspace ARP daemon, useful in really large networks, where the
- kernelspace ARP implementation is insufficient, or when setting up a
- honeypot</para>
- <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 arpd">
- <primary sortas="b-arpd">arpd</primary>
- </indexterm>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry id="ctstat">
<term><command>ctstat</command></term>
<listitem>