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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/bash.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/findutils.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/inetutils.xml | 16 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/bash.xml b/chapter06/bash.xml index b0c6611eb..52e95dace 100644 --- a/chapter06/bash.xml +++ b/chapter06/bash.xml @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-patch;</userinput></screen> -<para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para> +<para>Now prepare Bash for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/findutils.xml b/chapter06/findutils.xml index 4b3ec4d22..1041a20ab 100644 --- a/chapter06/findutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/findutils.xml @@ -15,17 +15,16 @@ Estimated required disk space: &findutils-compsize;</screen> <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> <sect2> -<title>Installing Findutils</title> +<title>Installation of Findutils</title> <para>Prepare Findutils for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate</userinput></screen> -<para>By default, the location of the updatedb database is in -<filename>/usr/var</filename>. To make the location of -<filename>/var/lib/misc/locatedb</filename> file FHS compliant, pass the -<emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis> option to -<userinput>configure</userinput>.</para> +<para>The default location for the <emphasis>locate</emphasis> database is +<filename>/usr/var</filename>. To make the location of this database +FHS-compliant, add <emphasis>--localstatedir=/var/lib/misc</emphasis> +to the above configure options.</para> <para>Compile the package:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/inetutils.xml b/chapter06/inetutils.xml index c15d82aab..d78416bcd 100644 --- a/chapter06/inetutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/inetutils.xml @@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:</para> <para>Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-syslogd \ - --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --disable-logger \ +<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \ --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \ + --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \ --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen> <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> <itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option -prevents inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is -installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-logger</userinput>: This option -prevents inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by +prevents Inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it because Util-linux installs a better version later.</para></listitem> +<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-syslogd</userinput>: This option +prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is +installed with the Sysklogd package.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-whois</userinput>: This option disables -the building of the inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date. +the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date. Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><userinput>--disable-servers</userinput>: This disables the |