| 1 | <sect1 id="ch06-util-linux" xreflabel="Util-linux">
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| 2 | <title>Installing Util-linux-&util-linux-version;</title>
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| 3 | <?dbhtml filename="util-linux.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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| 4 |
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| 5 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among
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| 6 | them are utilities for handling filesystems, consoles, partitions, and
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| 7 | messages.</para>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <screen>Estimated build time: &util-linux-time;
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| 10 | Estimated required disk space: &util-linux-compsize;</screen>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | &aa-utillinux-down;
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| 13 | &aa-utillinux-dep;
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2>
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| 18 | <title>FHS compliance notes</title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The FHS recommends that we use <filename>/var/lib/hwclock</filename>,
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| 21 | instead of the usual <filename>/etc</filename>, as the location for the
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| 22 | <filename>adjtime</filename> file. To make the <userinput>hwclock</userinput>
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| 23 | program FHS-compliant, run the following:</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <screen><userinput>cp hwclock/hwclock.c{,.backup}
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| 26 | sed 's%etc/adjtime%var/lib/hwclock/adjtime%' \
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| 27 | hwclock/hwclock.c.backup > hwclock/hwclock.c
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| 28 | mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | </sect2>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect2>
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| 33 | <title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <screen><userinput>./configure</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 HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>The meaning of the make parameters:</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <itemizedlist>
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| 46 | <listitem><para><userinput>HAVE_KILL=yes</userinput>: This prevents the
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| 47 | <userinput>kill</userinput> program (already installed by Procps) from being
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| 48 | built and installed again.</para></listitem>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <listitem><para><userinput>HAVE_SLN=yes</userinput>: This prevents the
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| 51 | <userinput>sln</userinput> program (a statically linked
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| 52 | <userinput>ln</userinput>, already installed by Glibc) from being built and
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| 53 | installed again.</para></listitem>
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| 54 | </itemizedlist>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>And install the package:</para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <screen><userinput>make HAVE_KILL=yes HAVE_SLN=yes install</userinput></screen>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | </sect2>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | &aa-utillinux-shortdesc;
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| 63 | &aa-utillinux-desc;
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| 64 |
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| 65 | </sect1>
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| 66 |
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