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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
]>

<sect1 id="ch-tools-util-linux-ng" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="util-linux-ng.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>util-linux-ng</productname>
    <productnumber>&util-linux-ng-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&util-linux-ng-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Util-linux-ng-&util-linux-ng-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux-ng">
    <primary sortas="a-Util-linux-ng">Util-linux-ng</primary>
    <secondary>tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"
    href="../chapter06/util-linux-ng.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&util-linux-ng-ch5-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&util-linux-ng-ch5-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Util-linux-ng</title>

    <para>Prepare Util-linux-ng for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

    <para>Only a few of the utilities contained in this package need to be
    built:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make BLKID_LIBS="-lblkid -luuid" -C mount mount umount
make -C text-utils more</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>BLKID_LIBS="-lblkid -luuid"</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>When building only a subset of the package, the
          <filename class="libraryfile">libuuid.a</filename> library is not
          pulled into the build as it is supposed to. This command overrides
          the default from the <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <!-- Not sure why this is in there. There is no test suite. Though
         running 'make check' may build these programs, there is no
         testing done.
    <para>This package comes with a test suite, but running it will cause all of
    the binaries to be built and tested.  If you still wish to run the tests,
    issue:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> -->

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Copy these programs to the temporary tools directory:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more /tools/bin</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title/>

    <para>Details on this package are located in
    <xref linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>

  </sect2>

</sect1>