1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-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 file systems, consoles, partitions, and
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7 | messages.</para>
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8 |
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9 | <screen>&buildtime; &util-linux-time;
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10 | &diskspace; &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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