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diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml index 0a36e2f64..2df4ea164 100644 --- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml +++ b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml @@ -41,18 +41,23 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title> - <para>First correct a potential problem when modules are specified - using regular expressions:</para> + <para>The tarball only contains sgml source for the manpages. The following + patch contains the result of processing this through <command>docbook2man</command> + (see <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/pst/docbook-utils.html"/>) + which we do not build as part of a basic LFS installation:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&module-init-modprobe-patch;</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&module-init-manpages-patch;</userinput></screen> - <para>Issue the following commands to perform the tests (note that the - <command>make distclean</command> command is required to clean up the source - tree, as the source gets recompiled as part of the testing process):</para> + <para>The testsuite of this package is geared towards the needs of its + Maintainer. The command <command>make check</command> builds a specially + wrapped version of modprobe which is useless for normal operation. To run + this, issue the following commands (note that the <command>make clean</command> + command is required to clean up the source tree before recompiling for + normal use):</para> <screen><userinput remap="test">./configure make check -make distclean</userinput></screen> +make clean</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para> |