Author: manuel Date: 2005-05-28 07:25:54 -0600 (Sat, 28 May 2005) New Revision: 5488
Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/x86/coreutils.xml Log: Indented and tagged x86/coreutils.xml. POC for range-to xpointer expresions. Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/x86/coreutils.xml =================================================================== --- branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/x86/coreutils.xml 2005-05-28 13:24:35 UTC (rev 5487) +++ branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-system/x86/coreutils.xml 2005-05-28 13:25:54 UTC (rev 5488) @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent"> %general-entities; @@ -7,849 +8,55 @@ ]> <sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" role="wrap"> -<title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> + <?dbhtml filename="coreutils.html"?> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"><primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary></indexterm> + <title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title> -<sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Coreutils package contains utilities for showing and setting the -basic system characteristics.</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"> + <primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary> + </indexterm> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> -<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>0.9 SBU</seg><seg>69 MB</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, -Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Perl, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> -</sect2> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; + href="../common/coreutils.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/> -<sect2 role="installation"> -<title>Installation of Coreutils</title> + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> -<para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from -this package is that the <parameter>-p</parameter> switch always -returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch -fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para> + <seglistitem> + <seg>Not checked yet</seg> + <seg>Not checked yet</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-x86_uname-patch;</userinput></screen> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; + href="../common/coreutils.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/segmentedlist[2])"/> -<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be later be -installed by other packages:</para> + </sect2> -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen> + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> -<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para> + <para>A known issue with the <command>uname</command> program from + this package is that the <option>-p</option> switch always + returns <computeroutput>unknown</computeroutput>. The following patch + fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para> -<screen><userinput>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-x86_uname-patch;</userinput></screen> -<para>Compile the package:</para> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; + href="../common/coreutils.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[2]/para[1]/range-to(/sect1/sect2[2]/para[last()]))"/> -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> + </sect2> -<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the -presence of files and users that are not valid this early in the LFS -build. Therefore, additional items need to be set up before running -the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if -not running the test suite.</para> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; + href="../common/coreutils.xml" + xpointer="xpointer(id('contents-coreutils'))"/> -<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para> - -<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" >> /etc/group -echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" >> /etc/group -echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now the test suite is ready to be run. First, run the tests that -are meant to be run as user <emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen> - -<para>Then run the remainder of the tests as the -<emphasis>dummy</emphasis> user:</para> - -<screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen> - -<para>When testing is complete, remove the dummy user and -groups:</para> - -<screen><userinput>sed -i '/dummy/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group</userinput></screen> - -<para>Install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - -<para>Move programs to the proper locations:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{[,basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin -mv /usr/bin/{date,echo,false,head,hostname,install,ln} /bin -mv /usr/bin/{ls,mkdir,mknod,mv,pwd,rm,rmdir,sync} /bin -mv /usr/bin/{sleep,stty,test,touch,true,uname} /bin -mv /usr/bin/chroot /usr/sbin</userinput></screen> - -<para>Finally, create a symlink to be FHS-compliant:</para> - -<screen><userinput>ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - - -<sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Coreutils</title> - -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>basename, cat, chgrp, chmod, chown, chroot, cksum, -comm, cp, csplit, cut, date, dd, df, dir, dircolors, dirname, du, -echo, env, expand, expr, factor, false, fmt, fold, groups, head, -hostid, hostname, id, install, join, link, ln, logname, ls, md5sum, -mkdir, mkfifo, mknod, mv, nice, nl, nohup, od, paste, pathchk, pinky, -pr, printenv, printf, ptx, pwd, readlink, rm, rmdir, seq, sha1sum, -shred, sleep, sort, split, stat, stty, sum, sync, tac, tail, tee, -test, touch, tr, true, tsort, tty, uname, unexpand, uniq, unlink, -users, vdir, wc, who, whoami, and yes</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> -<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> -<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - -<varlistentry id="basename"> -<term><command>basename</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Strips any path and a given suffix from a file name</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils basename"><primary sortas="b-basename">basename</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="cat"> -<term><command>cat</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Concatenates files to standard output</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils cat"><primary sortas="b-cat">cat</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chgrp"> -<term><command>chgrp</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Changes the group ownership of each given file to the given -group; the group can either be either given a name or a numeric -ID</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chgrp"><primary sortas="b-chgrp">chgrp</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="chmod"> -<term><command>chmod</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Changes the permissions of each file to the given mode; the mode -can be either a symbolic representation of the changes to make or an -octal number representing the new permissions</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils chmod"><primary sortas="b-chmod">chmod</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - 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