source: chapter05/util-linux-ng.xml@ 16471f8

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    <productname>util-linux-ng</productname>
    <productnumber>&util-linux-ng-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&util-linux-ng-url;</address>
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  <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>
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  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

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    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>
<!--
    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>- -with-fsprobe</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This tells Util-Linux-NG to use its own version of the libblkid
          library, rather than a system-installed version.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
-->
    <para>Only a few of the utilities contained in this package need to be
    built:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make -C disk-utils mkswap
make -C mount mount umount
make -C text-utils more</userinput></screen>

    <!-- 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>Install the shared libraries required by E2fsprogs:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make -C shlibs/uuid install
make -C shlibs/blkid install</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v disk-utils/mkswap 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>

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