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-rw-r--r--chapter08/autoconf.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter08/bash.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter08/coreutils.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter08/texinfo.xml8
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/autoconf.xml b/chapter08/autoconf.xml
index 22e0a1002..23fdf1b75 100644
--- a/chapter08/autoconf.xml
+++ b/chapter08/autoconf.xml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Autoconf</title>
-
+<!--
<para>First, apply a patch fixes several problems that occur with the latest
perl, libtool, and bash versions.</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&autoconf-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
+-->
<para>Prepare Autoconf for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter08/bash.xml b/chapter08/bash.xml
index b8dd5fe40..4ab6f7d81 100644
--- a/chapter08/bash.xml
+++ b/chapter08/bash.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Bash</title>
- <para>Incorporate some upstream fixes:</para>
+ <para>First, fix a race condition if using multiple cores:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/^bashline.o:.*shmbchar.h/a bashline.o: ${DEFDIR}/builtext.h' Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/coreutils.xml b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
index 55006e1c7..e308d5743 100644
--- a/chapter08/coreutils.xml
+++ b/chapter08/coreutils.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/test.lock/s/^/#/' gnulib-tests/gnulib.mk</userinput></screen>
+<para>Fix a problem with autoconf-2.70 in an included gnulib .m4 file:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">echo '# deleted' > m4/std-gnu11.m4</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">autoreconf -fiv
diff --git a/chapter08/texinfo.xml b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
index 7257ae5b5..9cbbda6a6 100644
--- a/chapter08/texinfo.xml
+++ b/chapter08/texinfo.xml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@
<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static</userinput></screen>
-
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<!--
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--disable-static</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>- -disable-static</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>In this case, the top-level configure script will complain that
this is an unrecognized option, but the configure script for
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
-
+-->
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>