Author: matthew Date: 2005-11-26 13:20:01 -0700 (Sat, 26 Nov 2005) New Revision: 7189
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml trunk/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml trunk/BOOK/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml trunk/BOOK/general.ent Log: Upgrade to module-init-tools 3.2.1 Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-11-26 19:59:14 UTC (rev 7188) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-11-26 20:20:01 UTC (rev 7189) @@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>November 26, 2005 [matt]: Upgrade to module-init-tools 3.2.1. +</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>November 26, 2005 [matt]: Prevent installing the internationalized man pages for Shadow's <command>groups</command> binary (thanks to Randy McMurchy for the report).</para></listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2005-11-26 19:59:14 UTC (rev 7188) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter03/packages.xml 2005-11-26 20:20:01 UTC (rev 7189) @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> -<term>Module-Init-Tools (&module-init-tools-version;) - 128 KB:</term> +<term>Module-Init-Tools (&module-init-tools-version;) - 164 KB:</term> <listitem> <para><ulink url="&kernel;linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/"/></para> </listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml 2005-11-26 19:59:14 UTC (rev 7188) +++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml 2005-11-26 20:20:01 UTC (rev 7189) @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ <segmentedlist> <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> <segmentedlist> @@ -29,32 +29,28 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <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> — 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 && -./configure && +<screen><userinput>./configure && make check && make distclean</userinput></screen> <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> <listitem><para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed kernel modules.</para></listitem> @@ -76,9 +72,8 @@ <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> <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> @@ -95,6 +90,14 @@ </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> + <varlistentry id="insmod"> <term><command>insmod</command></term> <listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-11-26 19:59:14 UTC (rev 7188) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2005-11-26 20:20:01 UTC (rev 7189) @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ <!ENTITY man-version "1.6b"> <!ENTITY man-pages-version "2.14"> <!ENTITY mktemp-version "1.5"> -<!ENTITY module-init-tools-version "3.1"> +<!ENTITY module-init-tools-version "3.2.1"> <!ENTITY ncurses-version "5.5"> <!ENTITY patch-version "2.5.4"> <!ENTITY perl-version "5.8.7"> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
