| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para><command>( make WORLDOPTS="" World 2>&1 | tee xfree-compile.log
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| 5 | && exit $PIPESTATUS )</command>:
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| 6 | This command runs multiple makefiles to completely rebuild the system.
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| 7 | <envar>WORLDOPTS</envar>="" disables the default setting to continue after
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| 8 | encountering an error. <parameter>2>&1</parameter> redirects error messages
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| 9 | to the same location as normal output. The <command>tee</command> command
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| 10 | allows viewing of the output while logging the results to a file. The parentheses
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| 11 | around the command run the entire comand in a subshell and finally the
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| 12 | <command>exit $PIPESTATUS</command> ensures the result of the <command>make</command>
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| 13 | is returned as the result and not the result of the <command>tee</command> command.</para>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <note><para>When rebuilding <application>XFree86</application>, a separate command that may be used if only minor
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| 16 | changes are made to the sources is <command>make
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| 17 | Everything</command>. This does not automatically remove generated
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| 18 | files and only rebuilds those files or programs that are out
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| 19 | of date.</para></note>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <para><command>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11</command>,
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| 22 | <command>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11</command>, and
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| 23 | <command>ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command>: These
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| 24 | commands are present to enable other (broken) packages to build
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| 25 | against <application>XFree86</application>. We do this even though the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
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| 26 | says:
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| 27 | "In general, software must not be installed or managed via the above
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| 28 | symbolic links. They are intended for utilization by users only."</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <para><command>make CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -f Makefile.linux</command>: This builds the
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| 31 | <application>XFree86</application> compatible kernel modules using the same compiler used to compile
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| 32 | the kernel.</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <para><command>cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o
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| 35 | /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/</command>: Put the kernel
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| 36 | module(s) where the kernel can find them. You only need to copy the driver you
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| 37 | need to support your video card.</para>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para><command>depmod -a</command>: Update the modules.dep file for module
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| 40 | management.</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | </sect2>
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| 43 |
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