Steve Crosby wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I was looking at the instructions for util-linux and notice that we use >> --enable-arch. Does anyone remember why? When I 'man arch', it says >> "arch is a deprecated command since util-linux 2.13. Use uname -m or >> use arch from the GNU coreutils package." >> >> I did check coreutils and --enable-install-program=arch has to be >> passed, but it seems to give the right output. >> >> Thoughts? > Added in 6,4 as follows - but no idea why - perhaps the mailing lists > in this date range will have a clue > > •2008-10-11 > > ◦[randy] - Added three configure parameters to the Chapter 6 > Util-linux-ng instructions so that additional programs are installed. > Also updated the installed programs list. OK, I see that discussion about write and partx but I don't see anything about arch. The arch parameter is in clfs, but I don't see any discussion about why it's there. Perhaps we should just drop it since neither util-linux nor coreutils builds it normally and it probably could be replaced with an alias or script that just does `uname -m`. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
