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<!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" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>util-linux</productname>
<productnumber>&util-linux-version;</productnumber>
<address>&util-linux-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-tools-util-linux">
<primary sortas="a-Util-linux">Util-linux</primary>
<secondary>tools</secondary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&util-linux-tmp-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&util-linux-tmp-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
<para>The FHS recommends using the <filename
class="directory">/var/lib/hwclock</filename> directory instead of the
usual <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> directory as the
location for the <filename>adjtime</filename> file. Create this directory
with:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --libdir=/usr/lib \
--runstatedir=/run \
--disable-chfn-chsh \
--disable-login \
--disable-nologin \
--disable-su \
--disable-setpriv \
--disable-runuser \
--disable-pylibmount \
--disable-static \
--without-python \
ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version;</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This sets the location of the file recording information about
the hardware clock in accordance to the FHS. This is not strictly
needed for this temporary tool, but it prevents creating a file
at another location, which would not be overwritten or removed
when building the final util-linux package.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--libdir=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This switch ensures the
<filename class="extension">.so</filename> symlinks targeting
the shared library file in the same directory
(<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>) directly.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--disable-*</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>These switches prevent warnings about building components
that require packages not in LFS or not installed yet.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--without-python</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This switch disables using <application>Python</application>.
It avoids trying to build unneeded bindings.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>runstatedir=/run</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This switch sets the location of the socket used by
<command>uuidd</command> and
<filename class="libraryfile">libuuid</filename> correctly.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
<para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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