lfs/chapter06/coreutils.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-coreutils" xreflabel="Coreutils" role="wrap">
<title>Coreutils-&coreutils-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils"><primary sortas="a-Coreutils">Coreutils</primary></indexterm>

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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.9 SBU</seg><seg>69 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Coreutils</title>

<para>Apply a patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Apply another patch:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i \
    ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-suppress_uptime_kill_su-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user name:</para>

<screen><userinput>echo "dummy1:x:1000:" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
echo "dummy2:x:1001:dummy" &gt;&gt; /etc/group
echo "dummy:x:1000:1000:::/bin/bash" &gt;&gt; /etc/passwd</userinput></screen>

<para>Run the <emphasis>root</emphasis> tests:</para>

<screen><userinput>make NON_ROOT_USERNAME=dummy check-root</userinput></screen>

<para>Run the user tests:</para>

<screen><userinput>src/su dummy -c "make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check"</userinput></screen>

<para>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>And move some programs to their 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>Create a symlink:</para>

<screen><userinput>ln -s ../../bin/install /usr/bin</userinput></screen>

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<sect2 id="contents-coreutils" role="content"><title>Contents of Coreutils</title>

<para>See testing</para>

</sect2>

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