Author: dnicholson Date: 2006-03-25 14:40:58 -0700 (Sat, 25 Mar 2006) New Revision: 5746
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/bc.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Log: Fixed #1846 for bc. Replaced patches with sed's. Added testsuite commands. Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/bc.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/bc.xml 2006-03-25 17:54:25 UTC (rev 5745) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/bc.xml 2006-03-25 21:40:58 UTC (rev 5746) @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ <!ENTITY bc-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-&bc-version;.tar.gz";> <!ENTITY bc-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-&bc-version;.tar.gz";> <!ENTITY bc-md5sum "d44b5dddebd8a7a7309aea6c36fda117"> - <!ENTITY bc-size "278 KB"> - <!ENTITY bc-buildsize "2.31 MB"> - <!ENTITY bc-time "0.04 SBU"> + <!ENTITY bc-size "273 KB"> + <!ENTITY bc-buildsize "2.36 MB"> + <!ENTITY bc-time "less than 0.1 SBU (0.2 SBU if running the testsuite)"> ]> <sect1 id="bc" xreflabel="bc-&bc-version;"> @@ -58,24 +58,6 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead> - <itemizedlist spacing='compact'> - <listitem> - <para>Required patch: <ulink - url="&patch-root;/bc-&bc-version;-flex_invocation-1.patch"/></para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para>Required patch: <ulink - url="&patch-root;/bc-&bc-version;-readline-1.patch"/></para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Bc Dependencies</bridgehead> - - <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> - <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/";>libedit</ulink> - (as an alternative to readline)</para> - </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -83,12 +65,20 @@ <para>Install <application>bc</application> by running the following commands:</para> -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../bc-&bc-version;-flex_invocation-1.patch && -patch -Np1 -i ../bc-&bc-version;-readline-1.patch && +<screen><userinput>sed -i '/PROTO.*readline/d' bc/scan.l && +sed -i '/flex -I8/s/8//' configure && +sed -i '/stdlib/a #include <string.h>' lib/number.c && +sed -i 's/program.*save/static &/' bc/load.c && ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-readline && make</userinput></screen> - <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + <para>To test <application>bc</application>, run the commands below. + There is quite a bit of output, so you may want to redirect it to a file. + Some tests are known to fail, but <application>bc</application> is still + useable.</para> +<screen><userinput>for TEST in Test/{checklib,testfn}.b& do + echo "quit" | ./bc/bc -l $TEST +done</userinput></screen> <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> @@ -96,6 +86,27 @@ </sect2> + <sect2 role="commands"> + <title>Command Explanations</title> + + <para><command>sed -i '/PROTO.*readline/d' bc/scan.l</command>: This + command fixes the <application>Readline</application> library call.</para> + + <para><command>sed -i '/flex -I8/s/8//' configure</command>: This + command fixes the <application>Flex</application> invocation.</para> + + <para><command>sed -i '/stdlib/a #include <string.h>' lib/number.c</command>: + This command inserts a missing header.</para> + + <para><command>sed -i 's/program.*save/static &/' bc/load.c</command>: + This command fixes a segfault when running <application>bc</application> + with <command>bc -l</command>.</para> + + <para><parameter>--with-readline</parameter>: This option enables + <application>Readline</application> support in interactive mode.</para> + + </sect2> + <sect2 role="content"> <title>Contents</title> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-25 17:54:25 UTC (rev 5745) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2006-03-25 21:40:58 UTC (rev 5746) @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ updated) and corrected two instructions where $XORG_CONFIG should be used.</para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>[dnicholson] - Removed patches in Bc and replaced with + equivalent sed's. Fixed segmentation faults with bc -l. Fixes + #1846. Added commands for test suite.</para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
