Ticket #2165 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 8 months ago

Last modified 2 months ago

Autoconf overwrites a Binutils info file

Reported by: randy@linuxfromscratch.org Assigned to: randy@linuxfromscratch.org
Priority: normal Milestone: 6.4
Component: Book Version: SVN
Severity: normal Keywords:
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Description

Not sure if it is worth mentioning in the book, but the Autoconf package overwrites /usr/share/info/standards.info which is initially installed by the Binutils package.

They are different in that one of them (I didn't look that closely to see which one) has more recent updates. I have modifications in my scripts to rename the binutils one before the Autoconf installation.

Close this ticket if the issue is too insignificant to mention in the book.

Attachments

lfs-binutils-info-fix.patch (1.2 kB) - added by willimm on 10/09/08 16:26:58.
Supress installing of Binutil
lfs-binutils-info-fix.2.patch (1.2 kB) - added by willimm on 10/09/08 16:27:18.
Supress installing of Binutils' standerds.info.

Change History

03/30/08 21:50:31 changed by alexander@linuxfromscratch.org

Thanks for the report, the ticket is valid even if it is insignificant for the current book. Some action related to this issue will be required when package management enters the book.

03/30/08 21:56:45 changed by dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org

DIY has this fix: 

rm -fv etc/standards.info
sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in

10/05/08 14:18:28 changed by bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org

  • milestone changed from 7.0 to 6.4.

10/07/08 12:58:17 changed by randy@linuxfromscratch.org

  • owner changed from lfs-book@linuxfromscratch.org to randy@linuxfromscratch.org.
  • status changed from new to assigned.

10/09/08 16:26:58 changed by willimm

  • attachment lfs-binutils-info-fix.patch added.

Supress installing of Binutil

10/09/08 16:27:18 changed by willimm

  • attachment lfs-binutils-info-fix.2.patch added.

Supress installing of Binutils' standerds.info.

10/11/08 12:13:33 changed by randy@linuxfromscratch.org

  • status changed from assigned to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

Added Greg's fix to the Binutils instructions to suppress the installation of the outdated file.

I'd have mentioned William as well, but with the spelling errors and XML that won't validate, I couldn't use any of his patch.