From aa96607722d50eba6981b772394f93f40fb04502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Staub Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 05:52:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added command explanation for libcap git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10585 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter01/changelog.xml | 10 ++++++++++ chapter06/libcap.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 799df39a8..3b4182702 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ --> + + 2014-06-28 + + + [Chris] - Added command explanation to Libcap page. + Fixes #3619. + + + + 2014-06-23 diff --git a/chapter06/libcap.xml b/chapter06/libcap.xml index 63e9d0017..ca0e3e805 100644 --- a/chapter06/libcap.xml +++ b/chapter06/libcap.xml @@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ make RAISE_SETFCAP=no prefix=/usr install chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libcap.so + + The meaning of the make option: + + + RAISE_SETFCAP=no + + This parameter skips trying to use setcap + on itself. This avoids an installation error if the kernel or file + system does not support extended capabilities. + + + + + The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in