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diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml index a0c82c309..5cff2fe84 100644 --- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -10,92 +10,147 @@ <title>Host System Requirements</title> - <para>Your host system should have the following software with the minimum - versions indicated. This should not be an issue for most modern Linux - distributions. Also note that many distributions will place software headers - into separate packages, often in the form of <quote>[package-name]-devel</quote> - or <quote>[package-name]-dev</quote>. Be sure to install those as well, if - your distribution provides them.</para> + <para>Your host system should have the following software with the + minimum versions indicated. This should not be an issue for most + modern Linux distributions. Also note that many distributions will + place software headers into separate packages, often in the form of + <quote><package-name>-devel</quote> or + <quote><package-name>-dev</quote>. Be sure to install those if + your distribution provides them. For each package a command has been + added to help you to determine what version is installed on your + host.</para> <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> + <listitem> - <para>Bash-2.05a</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Bash-2.05a</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Binutils-2.12 (Versions greater than &binutils-version; not - recommended)</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Binutils-2.12</emphasis> (Versions + greater than &binutils-version; are not recommended as they have + not been tested)</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>ld --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Bzip2-1.0.2</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Bzip2-1.0.2</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bzip2 --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Coreutils-5.0 (or Sh-Utils-2.0, Textutils-2.0, - and Fileutils-4.1)</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Coreutils-5.0</emphasis> (or Sh-Utils-2.0, + Textutils-2.0, and Fileutils-4.1)</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chonw --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Diffutils-2.8</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Diffutils-2.8</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>diff --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Findutils-4.1.20</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Findutils-4.1.20</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>find --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Gawk-3.0</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Gawk-3.0</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gawk --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Gcc-2.95.3 (Versions greater than &gcc-version; not - recommended)</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Gcc-2.95.3</emphasis> (Versions + greater than &gcc-version; are not recommended as they have not + been tested)</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gcc --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Glibc-2.2.5 (Versions greater than &glibc-version; not - recommended)</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Glibc-2.2.5</emphasis> (Versions + greater than &glibc-version; are not recommended as they have + not been tested)</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>/lib/libc.so.6</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Grep-2.5</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Grep-2.5</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>grep --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Gzip-1.2.4</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Gzip-1.2.4</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gzip --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Linux Kernel-2.6.x (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0)</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.x</emphasis> + (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0)</para> + + <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that thread-local + storage support in Binutils will not be built and the Native POSIX + Threading Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel + isn't at least a 2.6.x version compiled with a 3.0 or later release of + GCC.</para> + + <para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements + outlined above, run the following command:</para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen> + + <para>This will produce output similar to:</para> + +<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 + Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen> + + <para>If the results of the above command do not state that the host + kernel is either 2.6.x, or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 + (or later) compiler, you will have to replace the kernel with one + adhering to the specifications. There are two methods you can take + to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6 kernel + package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't + offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, + then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling + the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) + are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Make-3.79.1</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Make-3.79.1</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Patch-2.5.4</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Patch-2.5.4</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>patch --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Sed-3.0.2</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Sed-3.0.2</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> + <listitem> - <para>Tar-1.14</para> + <para><emphasis role="strong">Tar-1.14</emphasis></para> + +<screen role="nodump"><userinput>tar --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that thread-local - storage support in Binutils will not be built and the Native POSIX Threading - Library (NPTL) test suite will segfault if the host's kernel isn't a 2.6 - kernel and has not been compiled with GCC-3.0 or a later version.</para> - - <para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements - outlined above, run the following command:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen> - - <para>This will produce output similar to:</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 - Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen> - - <para>If the results of the above command do not state that the host kernel - is either 2.6.x, or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or - later) compiler, one will need to be installed. There are two methods you - can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6 - kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor - doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to - install it, then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for - compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host - uses GRUB) are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> - </sect1> |