%general-entities; ]> Coreutils Apply a patch: patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch Apply another patch: patch -Np1 -i \ ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-suppress_uptime_kill_su-1.patch Now prepare Coreutils for compilation: DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name: echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd Run the root tests: make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root Run the user tests: src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check" Remove the dummy user and groups: sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group Install the package: make install And move some programs to their proper locations: mv /usr/bin/{[,basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin mv /usr/bin/{date,echo,false,head,hostname,install,ln} /bin mv /usr/bin/{ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm,rmdir,sync} /bin mv /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,test,touch,true,uname} /bin mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin Create a symlink: ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin See testing