From fd8b059b3328dc9c83749f2d969115deec833d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Canales Esparcia Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:08:26 +0000 Subject: Added commands to determine the version of the equired packages installed on the host. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the commands list and Randy McMurchy for review the wording. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7557 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- prologue/hostreqs.xml | 157 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 106 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) (limited to 'prologue/hostreqs.xml') 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 @@ Host System Requirements - 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 [package-name]-devel - or [package-name]-dev. Be sure to install those as well, if - your distribution provides them. + 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 + <package-name>-devel or + <package-name>-dev. 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. + - Bash-2.05a + Bash-2.05a + +bash --version + - Binutils-2.12 (Versions greater than &binutils-version; not - recommended) + Binutils-2.12 (Versions + greater than &binutils-version; are not recommended as they have + not been tested) + +ld --version + - Bzip2-1.0.2 + Bzip2-1.0.2 + +bzip2 --version + - Coreutils-5.0 (or Sh-Utils-2.0, Textutils-2.0, - and Fileutils-4.1) + Coreutils-5.0 (or Sh-Utils-2.0, + Textutils-2.0, and Fileutils-4.1) + +chonw --version + - Diffutils-2.8 + Diffutils-2.8 + +diff --version + - Findutils-4.1.20 + Findutils-4.1.20 + +find --version + - Gawk-3.0 + Gawk-3.0 + +gawk --version + - Gcc-2.95.3 (Versions greater than &gcc-version; not - recommended) + Gcc-2.95.3 (Versions + greater than &gcc-version; are not recommended as they have not + been tested) + +gcc --version + - Glibc-2.2.5 (Versions greater than &glibc-version; not - recommended) + Glibc-2.2.5 (Versions + greater than &glibc-version; are not recommended as they have + not been tested) + +/lib/libc.so.6 + - Grep-2.5 + Grep-2.5 + +grep --version + - Gzip-1.2.4 + Gzip-1.2.4 + +gzip --version + - Linux Kernel-2.6.x (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0) + Linux Kernel-2.6.x + (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0) + + 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. + + In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements + outlined above, run the following command: + +cat /proc/version + + This will produce output similar to: + +Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 + Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004 + + 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 . + - Make-3.79.1 + Make-3.79.1 + +make --version + - Patch-2.5.4 + Patch-2.5.4 + +patch --version + - Sed-3.0.2 + Sed-3.0.2 + +sed --version + - Tar-1.14 + Tar-1.14 + +tar --version - 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. - - In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements - outlined above, run the following command: - -cat /proc/version - - This will produce output similar to: - -Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 - Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004 - - 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 . - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf