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Round 2 of several minor wording changes in chapter 6 (matt).
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fixes this behavior for Intel architectures:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-uname-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be later be
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<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will later be
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installed by other packages:</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-suppress-patch;</userinput></screen>
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@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ installed by other packages:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several invalid assumptions about the
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presence of system users and groups. Therefore, additional items need to be set
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up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if
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not running the test suite.</para>
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<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
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of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal environment
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that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need to be set up before
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running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if not
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running the test suite.</para>
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<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>
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@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the
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<command>e2fsck</command> program) are considered essential programs.
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When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not
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mounted, these essential programs need to be available. They belong in
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directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
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<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not
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passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into the
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<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not
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where they should be.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command> program)
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are considered essential programs. When, for example, <filename
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class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted, these essential programs need
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to be available. They belong in directories like <filename
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class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
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class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not passed to E2fsprogs'
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configure, the programs are installed into the <filename
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class="directory">/usr</filename> directory.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ information regarding EVMS.</para></listitem>
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<para>To test the results, issue:
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<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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<para>Install most of the package:</para>
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<para>Install the binaries and documentation:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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@ -264,8 +264,7 @@ class="libraryfile">libss</filename> subsystem library</para>
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<varlistentry id="mke2fs">
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<term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Is used to create a second extended file system on the given
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device</para>
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<para>Creates an ext2 or ext3 file system on the given device</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-file"><primary sortas="a-File">File</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of files.</para>
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<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given
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file or files.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib/locate \
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--localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
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<para>The <parameter>localstatedir</parameter> directive above changes the
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<para>The <parameter>localstatedir</parameter> option above changes the
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location of the <command>locate</command> database to be in <filename
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class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>, which is FHS-compliant.</para>
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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ program</para>
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<varlistentry id="lex">
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<term><command>lex</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Script that runs <command>flex</command> in <command>lex</command>
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<para>A script that runs <command>flex</command> in <command>lex</command>
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emulation mode</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex lex"><primary sortas="b-lex">lex</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ to the given <filename class="extension">.po</filename> files</para>
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<varlistentry id="msgfmt">
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<term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog</para>
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<para>Generates a binary message catalog from a translation catalog</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ within troff input files into commands that are understood by <command>troff</co
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="geqn">
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<term><command>eqn</command></term>
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<term><command>geqn</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A link to <command>eqn</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff geqn"><primary sortas="b-geqn">geqn</primary></indexterm>
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@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ a form suitable for typewriter-like devices</para>
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<varlistentry id="gtbl">
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<term><command>gtbl</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command></para>
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<para>A link to <command>tbl</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ appropriate order and with the appropriate options</para>
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<varlistentry id="zsoelim">
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<term><command>zsoelim</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command></para>
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<para>A link to <command>soelim</command></para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew</seg></seglistitem>
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<varlistentry id="compress">
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<term><command>compress</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Compresses and uncompresses compressed files</para>
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<para>Compresses and decompresses files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip compress"><primary sortas="b-compress">compress</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew</seg></seglistitem>
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<varlistentry id="gzexe">
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<term><command>gzexe</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Creates self-uncompressing executable files</para>
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<para>Creates self-decompressing executable files</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe"><primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ using the script included with LFS-Bootscripts:</para>
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<screen><userinput>rm -rf /etc/init.d</userinput></screen>
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<para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS bootscripts yet. For
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<para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS-Bootscripts yet. For
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that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
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<screen><userinput>rm -f /etc/hotplug/net.agent</userinput></screen>
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@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Iana-Etc</title>
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<para>Parse the data:</para>
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<para>The following command converts the raw data provided by IANA into the
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correct formats for the <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> and
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<filename>/etc/services</filename> data files:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of transmitted
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and received packages by interface</para>
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and received packets by interface</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
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<primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="getunimap">
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<term><command>getunimap</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Prints the currently used unimap</para>
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<para>Prints the currently used unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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<note><para>To disable Select Graphic Rendition (SGR) escape
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sequences, edit the <filename>man.conf</filename> file and
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add the <parameter>-c</parameter> switch to
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the <envar>NROFF</envar> variable.</para></note>
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<note><para>If you will be working on a terminal that does not support text
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attributes such as color and bold, you can disable Select Graphic Rendition
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(SGR) escape sequences by editing the <filename>man.conf</filename> file and
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adding the <parameter>-c</parameter> option to the <envar>NROFF</envar>
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variable. If you use multiple terminal types for one computer it may be better
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to selectively add the <envar>GROFF_NO_SGR</envar> environment variable for the
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terminals that do not support SGR.</para></note>
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<para>If the character set uses 8-bit characters, search for the line
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beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in
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<filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>, and verify that it looks as
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follows:</para>
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<para>If the character set of the locale uses 8-bit characters, search for the
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line beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>,
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and verify that it looks as follows:</para>
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<screen>NROFF /usr/bin/nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc</screen>
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<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term>
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<listitem><para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed
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kernel modules.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
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<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are pointing to
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<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks point to
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non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
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<screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To run the test suite, first create a basic
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<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of
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tests to resolve the network name localhost:</para>
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<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of the tests to
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resolve the network name localhost:</para>
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<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" > /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-psmisc"><primary sortas="a-Psmisc">Psmisc</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information on
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processes.</para>
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<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about
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running processes.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-readline"><primary sortas="a-Readline">Readline</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para>
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<para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
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editing and history capabilities.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Readline</title>
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<para>The following patch includes a fix for the problem where
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Readline sometimes only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps
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to the next line. It also includes other fixes recommended by the
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Readline author.</para>
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<para>The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline sometimes
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only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line. It also
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includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&readline-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
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<para>Now we move the static libraries to a more appropriate
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location:</para>
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<para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
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<screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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<para>Next we will remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
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<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into
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<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
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<para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
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<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
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class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
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<screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so
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ln -sf ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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<para id="shadow-limits-login_access">Shadow uses two files to configure
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authentication settings for the system. Install these two config files:</para>
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authentication settings for the system. Install these two configuration
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files:</para>
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<indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/limits">/etc/limits</primary></indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.access">/etc/login.access</primary></indexterm>
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<varlistentry id="chfn">
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<term><command>chfn</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Used to change a user's full name and other info</para>
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<para>Used to change a user's full name and other information</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>To test the results, issue:
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<userinput>make test</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a
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lot of chaotic characters to the screen, which can cause issues with
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the settings of the current terminal. Therefore, running the test
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suite here is optional.</para>
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<para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>. However,
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this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the screen, which can cause
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issues with the settings of the current terminal. This can be resolved by
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redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<sect2 id="conf-vim" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Vim</title>
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<indexterm zone="conf-vim"><primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary></indexterm>
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<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
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This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
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<quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
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fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who
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would change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should appear
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first. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and
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<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode. This may
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be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
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<quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the fact that
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a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would change to
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<quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first setting in the
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configuration file. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and
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overrides must come after this setting. Create a default <command>vim</command>
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configuration file by running the following:</para>
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<varlistentry id="shtags.pl">
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<term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generates a tag file for Perl scripts</para>
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<para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="tcltags">
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<term><command>tcltags</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generates a tag file for TCL code</para>
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<para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -305,9 +304,10 @@ commands can be started and <command>vim</command> cannot be suspended</para>
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<varlistentry id="vimspell.sh">
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<term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary
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to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command>
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command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS</para>
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<para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements necessary to
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highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix
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<command>spell</command> command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in
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BLFS</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-zlib"><primary sortas="a-Zlib">Zlib</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package"><title/>
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<para>The Zlib package contains compression and un-compression routines used by
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<para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines used by
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some programs.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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