Changeset 81fd230 for chapter06/mktemp.xml

Timestamp:

02/19/2005 10:16:42 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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Children:

3d31fc4

Parents:

2f9131f

Message:

Trunk is now identical to Testing

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4648 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter06/mktemp.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

chapter06/mktemp.xml

@@ -4 +4 @@
   %general-entities;
 ]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" xreflabel="Mktemp" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-mktemp" role="wrap">
 <title>Mktemp-&mktemp-version;</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="mktemp.html"?>
@@ -11 +11 @@
 
 <sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The Mktemp package contains programs used to create secure temporary
+files in shell scripts.</para>
 
 <segmentedlist>
@@ -18 +20 @@
 </segmentedlist>
 
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Mktemp installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Coreutils, Make, and Patch</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -23 +29 @@
 <title>Installation of Mktemp</title>
 
-<para>Apply a patch:</para>
+<para>Many scripts still use the deprecated
+<command>tempfile</command> program, which has functionality similar
+to <command>mktemp</command>. Patch Mktemp to include a
+<command>tempfile</command> wrapper:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../mktemp-&mktemp-version;-add_tempfile-1.patch</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Now prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
+<para>Prepare Mktemp for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
+
+<variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--with-libc</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This causes the <command>mktemp</command> program to 
+use the <emphasis>mkstemp</emphasis> and <emphasis>mkdtemp</emphasis>
+functions from the system C library.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -35 +55 @@
 <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Now install it:</para>
+<para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install
@@ -45 +65 @@
 <sect2 id="contents-mktemp" role="content"><title>Contents of Mktemp</title>
 
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>mktemp and tempfile</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<varlistentry id="mktemp">
+<term><command>mktemp</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Creates temporary files in a secure manner; it is used in scripts</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp mktemp"><primary sortas="b-mktemp">mktemp</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="tempfile">
+<term><command>tempfile</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Creates temporary files in a less secure manner than 
+<command>mktemp</command>; it is installed for backwards-compatibility</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-mktemp tempfile"><primary sortas="b-tempfile">tempfile</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
 
 </sect2>
 
 </sect1>
+