lfs/chapter06/tar.xml
Bruce Dubbs 14accdf2a0 Update to tar-1.28
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-tar" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="tar.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>tar</productname>
<productnumber>&tar-version;</productnumber>
<address>&tar-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Tar-&tar-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar">
<primary sortas="a-Tar">Tar</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Tar package contains an archiving program.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&tar-ch6-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&tar-ch6-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Tar</title>
<!--
<para>Add a program that generates a man page for tar from the source code:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&tar-manpage-patch;</userinput></screen>
-->
<para>Prepare Tar for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 \
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/bin</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><envar>FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>This forces the test for <function>mknod</function> to be run
as root. It is generally considered dangerous to run this test as
the root user, but as it is being run on a system that has only been
partially built, overriding it is OK.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results (about 1 SBU), issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
make -C doc install-html docdir=/usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version;</userinput></screen>
<!--
<para>Finally, generate the man page and place it in the proper location:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">perl tarman &gt; /usr/share/man/man1/tar.1</userinput></screen>
-->
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-tar" role="content">
<title>Contents of Tar</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>rmt and tar</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/doc/tar-&tar-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="rmt">
<term><command>rmt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Remotely manipulates a magnetic
tape drive through an interprocess communication connection</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar rmt">
<primary sortas="b-rmt">rmt</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tar">
<term><command>tar</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Creates, extracts files from, and lists the contents of archives,
also known as tarballs</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-tar tar">
<primary sortas="b-tar">tar</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>