1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" xreflabel="Coreutils">
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2 | <title>Installing Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the
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6 | basic system characteristics.</para>
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7 |
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8 | <screen>&buildtime; &coreutils-time;
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9 | &diskspace; &coreutils-compsize;</screen>
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10 |
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11 | &aa-coreutils-down;
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12 | &aa-coreutils-dep;
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13 |
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14 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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15 |
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16 | <sect2>
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17 | <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
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18 |
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19 | <para>Apply the same Posixver patch we used previously:</para>
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20 |
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21 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-posixver-patch;</userinput></screen>
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22 |
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23 | <para>Normally the functionality of <command>uname</command> is somewhat
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24 | broken, in that the <emphasis>-p</emphasis> switch always returns "unknown".
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25 | The following patch fixes this behaviour for Intel architectures:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
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28 |
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29 | <para>We do not want Coreutils to install its version of the
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30 | <command>hostname</command> program, because it is inferior to the version
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31 | provided by Net-tools. Prevent its installation by applying a patch:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-hostname-patch;</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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40 |
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41 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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42 |
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43 | <para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
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44 | of files and users that aren't valid yet this early in the LFS build. We will
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45 | therefore have to set up a few things before being able to run the tests. If
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46 | you choose not to run these tests, skip down to "Install the package".</para>
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47 |
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48 | <para>To be able to run the full test suite, the <command>su</command> program
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49 | needs to be installed. We didn't bother to install this little program in
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50 | <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> because it requires root privileges,
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51 | so do it now:</para>
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52 |
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53 | <screen><userinput>make install-root</userinput></screen>
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54 |
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55 | <para>Create a 'table of mounted filesystems' file with:</para>
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56 |
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57 | <screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
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58 |
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59 | <para>And create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para>
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60 |
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61 | <screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000" >> /etc/group
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62 | echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group
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63 | echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>
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64 |
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65 | <para>Now you're all set to run the test suite. First run the few tests that
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66 | are meant to be run as <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput>make check-root</userinput></screen>
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69 |
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70 | <para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the <emphasis>dummy</emphasis>
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71 | user:</para>
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72 |
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73 | <screen><userinput>su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>
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74 |
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75 | <para>When you're done testing, remove the dummy user and groups:</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput>sed -i.bak '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen>
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78 |
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79 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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80 |
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81 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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82 |
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83 | <para>And move some programs to their proper locations:</para>
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84 |
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85 | <screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin
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86 | mv /usr/bin/{date,echo,false,head,install,ln,ls} /bin
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87 | mv /usr/bin/{mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm,rmdir,sync} /bin
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88 | mv /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,su,test,touch,true,uname} /bin
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89 | mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | <para>We'll be using the <filename>kill</filename> program from the Procps
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92 | package (installed as <filename>/bin/kill</filename> later in the chapter).
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93 | Remove the one installed by Coreutils:</para>
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94 |
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95 | <screen><userinput>rm /usr/bin/kill</userinput></screen>
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96 |
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97 | <para>Finally, create two symlinks to be FHS-compliant:</para>
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98 |
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99 | <screen><userinput>ln -s test /bin/[
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100 | ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
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101 |
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102 | </sect2>
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103 |
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104 | &aa-coreutils-shortdesc;
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105 | &aa-coreutils-desc;
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106 |
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107 | </sect1>
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108 |
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