source: chapter06/coreutils.xml@ b2f0a207

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<sect1 id="ch-tools-coreutils" role="wrap">
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  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>coreutils</productname>
    <productnumber>&coreutils-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&coreutils-url;</address>
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  <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-tools-coreutils">
    <primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary>
    <secondary>tools</secondary>
  </indexterm>

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../chapter08/coreutils.xml"
    xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&coreutils-tmp-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&coreutils-tmp-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>

    <para>Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
            --enable-install-program=hostname \
            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist>
      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>--enable-install-program=hostname</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This enables the <command>hostname</command> binary to be built
          and installed &ndash; it is disabled by default but is required by the
          Perl test suite.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><envar>gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y</envar></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This is needed to work around an issue in the gnulib copy
          shipped by the package which would break cross compilation.</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 DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen>
<!--
    <para>The above command refuses to install <filename>su</filename>
    because the program cannot be installed setuid root as a non-privileged
    user. By manually installing it, we can use it for running tests in the
    final system as a non-privileged user. Install it with:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v src/su /tools/bin</userinput></screen>
-->
    <para>Move programs to their final expected locations. Although this is
    not necessary in this temporary environment, we must do so because some
    programs hardcode executable locations:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v $LFS/usr/bin/chroot              $LFS/usr/sbin
mkdir -pv $LFS/usr/share/man/man8
mv -v $LFS/usr/share/man/man1/chroot.1 $LFS/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8
sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/'                    $LFS/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

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

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

  </sect2>

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