Changeset 9b6a7d0 for chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

Timestamp:

11/26/2005 08:20:01 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

e7de1b23

Parents:

70326af

Message:

Upgrade to module-init-tools 3.2.1

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7189 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/module-init-tools.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

@@ -17 +17 @@
 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>4.9 MB</seg></seglistitem>
+<seglistitem><seg>0.3 SBU</seg><seg>3.3 MB</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -30 +30 @@
 <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
 
-<para>Module-Init-Tools attempts to rewrite its
-<filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page during the build process. This is
-unnecessary and also relies on <command>docbook2man</command> &mdash; which is not
-installed in LFS. Run the following command to avoid this:</para>
+<para>Issue the following commands to perform the tests (note that the
+<command>make distclean</command> command is required to clean up the source
+tree, as the source gets recompiled as part of the testing process):</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>touch modprobe.conf.5</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>If you wish to run the test suite for Module-Init-Tools, you will need to
-download the separate testsuite tarball.  Issue the following commands to
-perform the tests (note that the <command>make distclean</command> command is
-required to clean up the source tree, as the source gets recompiled as part of
-the testing process):</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>tar -xvf ../module-init-tools-testsuite-&module-init-tools-version;.tar.bz2 --strip-components=1 &amp;&amp;
-./configure &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
 make check &amp;&amp;
 make distclean</userinput></screen>
@@ -50 +40 @@
 <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+  --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
 
 <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
 
 <variablelist>
+<varlistentry>
+<term><parameter>--mandir=/usr/share/man</parameter></term>
+<listitem><para>This ensures the man pages are installed in the correct
+location.</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
 <varlistentry>
 <term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term>
@@ -77 +73 @@
 <segmentedlist>
 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>depmod, insmod,
-insmod.static, lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to
-insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem>
+<seglistitem><seg>depmod, generate-modprobe.conf, insmod,
+insmod.static, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -93 +88 @@
 automatically load the required modules</para>
 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="generate-modprobe.conf">
+<term><command>generate-modprobe.conf</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Creates a modprobe.conf file from an existing 2.2 or 2.4 module setup</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools generate-modprobe.conf"><primary sortas="b-generate-modprobe.conf">generate-modprobe.conf</primary></indexterm>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>