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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/devices.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/sed.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/shadow.xml | 11 |
4 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/devices.xml b/chapter06/devices.xml index 9737999db..4b3b0ba30 100644 --- a/chapter06/devices.xml +++ b/chapter06/devices.xml @@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ <para>When the kernel boots the system, it requires the presence of a few device nodes, in particular the <filename class="devicefile">console</filename> and -<filename class="devicefile">null</filename> devices. Create these by -running the following commands:</para> +<filename class="devicefile">null</filename> devices. The device nodes will +be created on the hard disk so that they are available before +<command>udev</command> has been started, and additionally when Linux is started +in single user mode (hence the restrictive permissions on +<filename class="devicefile">console</filename>). Create the devices by running +the following commands:</para> <screen><userinput>mknod -m 600 /dev/console c 5 1 mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index 913c9f4d5..1e2d4f377 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ Gawk, GCC, Gettext, Grep, Make, Perl, Sed, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> +<note><para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in +order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's home page +(<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/"/>) says <quote>This library +provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation, for use on systems +which don't have one, or whose implementation cannot convert from/to Unicode. +</quote> Glibc provides an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can +convert from/to Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS +system.</para></note> + <para>This package is known to have issues when its default optimization flags (including the <parameter>-march</parameter> and <parameter>-mcpu</parameter> options) are changed. If any environment @@ -98,7 +107,8 @@ circumstance.</para></important> <para>Test the results:</para> -<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>make -k check >glibc-check-log 2>&1 +grep Error glibc-check-log</userinput></screen> <para>The Glibc test suite is highly dependent on certain functions of the host system, in particular the kernel. In general, the Glibc test diff --git a/chapter06/sed.xml b/chapter06/sed.xml index f8d5f3b3f..5102dd3e8 100644 --- a/chapter06/sed.xml +++ b/chapter06/sed.xml @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Texinfo</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Sed</title> +<para>By default, Sed installs its man page in +<filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc</filename>. Alter this to +<filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/sed-&sed-version;</filename> by +applying the following <command>sed</command>:</para> + +<screen><userinput>sed -i 's@/doc@&/sed-&sed-version;@' doc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Sed for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 9dbac598e..81e711ff2 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Shadow</title> +<note><para>If you would like to enforce the use of strong passwords, refer to +<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/cracklib.html"/> for installing Cracklib +prior to building Shadow. Then add <parameter>--with-libcrack</parameter> to the +<command>configure</command> command below.</para></note> + <para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen> @@ -68,6 +73,12 @@ file while copying it to its destination:</para> <indexterm zone="shadow-login_defs"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary></indexterm> +<note><para>If you built Shadow with Cracklib support, insert the following into +the <command>sed</command> given below:</para> + +<screen><literal>-e 's@DICTPATH.*@DICTPATH\t/lib/cracklib/pw_dict@'</literal></screen> +</note> + <screen><userinput>sed -e's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \ -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' \ etc/login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen> |