Changeset ac1639c for chapter08

Timestamp:

01/31/2024 07:23:41 PM (5 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

cac3cec

Parents:

8ccf082a (diff), cdf280e (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Location:

chapter08

Files:

• bash.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• binutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• coreutils.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• expect.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• glibc.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• stripping.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/bash.xml

@@ -40 +40 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Bash</title>
+
+    <para>First, fix some issues identified upstream:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&bash-upstream-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Bash for compilation:</para>

chapter08/binutils.xml

@@ -158 +158 @@
     <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> options are passed to GCC.</para>
 
-    <para>Three tests in the gprofng suite are also known to fail.</para>
+ <!--    <para>Three tests in the gprofng suite are also known to fail.</para>-->
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>

chapter08/coreutils.xml

@@ -1262 +1262 @@
         <term><command>yes</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Repeatedly outputs <quote>y,</quote> or a given string, until
-          killed</para>
+          <para>Repeatedly outputs <literal>y</literal> or a given string,
+          until killed</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils yes">
             <primary sortas="b-yes">yes</primary>

chapter08/expect.xml

@@ -93 +93 @@
 
     <para>If any test fails with the message
-    <quote><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system
-    administrator to create more</computeroutput>,</quote> it indicates
+    <computeroutput>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system
+    administrator to create more</computeroutput>, it indicates
     you've not mounted the
     <systemitem class="filesystem">devpts</systemitem> file system

chapter08/glibc.xml

@@ -74 +74 @@
              --enable-kernel=&min-kernel;                     \
              --enable-stack-protector=strong          \
-             --with-headers=/usr/include              \
              --disable-nscd                           \
              libc_cv_slibdir=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
@@ -111 +110 @@
           <para>This option increases system security by adding
           extra code to check for buffer overflows, such as stack
-          smashing attacks.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-<!-- do we need this one? -->
-      <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>--with-headers=/usr/include</parameter></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>This option tells the build system where to find the
-          kernel API headers.</para>
+          smashing attacks.  Note that Glibc always explicitly overrides
+          the default of GCC, so this option is still needed even though
+          we've already specified <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> for
+          GCC.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

chapter08/stripping.xml

@@ -53 +53 @@
   and ld-linux.so.2 on 32-bit systems.  The construct below selects the
   correct name for the current architecture, excluding anything ending
-  with <quote>g,</quote> in case the commands below have already been
+  with <literal>g</literal>, in case the commands below have already been
   run.</para></note>