%general-entities; ]> Inetutils Inetutils has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues by applying the following patch: patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils. However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation: patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-&inetutils-version;-no_server_man_pages-1.patch Now prepare Inetutils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \ --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \ --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \ --disable-whois --disable-servers The meaning of the configure options: --disable-logger This option prevents Inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it because Util-linux installs a better version later. --disable-syslogd This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package. --disable-whois This option disables the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date. Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book. --disable-servers This disables the installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More information can be found at . Note that better replacements are available for many of these servers. Compile the package: make Install it: make install Move the ping program to its FHS-compliant place: mv /usr/bin/ping /bin Installed programs ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet and tftp ftp ftp is the ARPANET file transfer program. ping ping sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies take. rcp rcp does remote file copy. rlogin rlogin does remote login. rsh rsh runs a remote shell. talk talk is used to chat up another user. telnet telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol. tftp tftp is a trivial file transfer program.