source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/inetutils.xml@ eb170af

Last change on this file since eb170af was f3a1e98, checked in by Joe Ciccone <jciccone@…>, 16 years ago

Change BLFS references to CBLFS.
Fix Findutils compilation issue by adding config.cache entriers.
Remove unneeded config.h modification from the gawk page.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-inetutils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="inetutils.html"?>
10
11 <title>Inetutils-&inetutils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils">
14 <primary sortas="a-Inetutils">Inetutils</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
21
22 </sect2>
23
24 <sect2 role="installation">
25 <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
26
27 <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
28 However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
29 man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
30 situation:</para>
31
32<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
33
34 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
35
36<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
37 --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc \
38 --localstatedir=/var --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
39 --with-ncurses-include-dir="${CLFS}/usr/include" \
40 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
41
42 <variablelist os="c">
43 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
44
45 <varlistentry>
46 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
47 <listitem>
48 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
49 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
50 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
51 Util-linux-ng installs a better version later.</para>
52 </listitem>
53 </varlistentry>
54
55 <varlistentry>
56 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
59 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
60 </listitem>
61 </varlistentry>
62
63 <varlistentry>
64 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
67 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
68 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
69 in the BLFS book.</para>
70 </listitem>
71 </varlistentry>
72
73 <varlistentry>
74 <term><parameter>--with-ncurses-include-dir="${CLFS}/usr/include"</parameter></term>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>This option instructs configure to look in
77 <filename>${CLFS}/usr/include</filename> for ncurses headers.</para>
78 </listitem>
79 </varlistentry>
80
81 <varlistentry>
82 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
83 <listitem>
84 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
85 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
86 deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system.</para>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89 </variablelist>
90
91 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
92
93<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
94
95 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
96
97<screen os="g"><userinput>make DESTDIR=${CLFS} SUIDMODE="-m 4775" install</userinput></screen>
98
99 <para os="h">Move the <command>ping</command> and <command>ping6</command>
100 programs to their FHS-compliant place:</para>
101
102<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v ${CLFS}/usr/bin/ping{,6} ${CLFS}/bin</userinput></screen>
103
104 </sect2>
105
106 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
107 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
108
109 <segmentedlist>
110 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
111
112 <seglistitem>
113 <seg>ftp, ifconfig, ping, ping6, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
114 </seglistitem>
115 </segmentedlist>
116
117 <variablelist>
118 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
119 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
120 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
121
122 <varlistentry id="ftp">
123 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
124 <listitem>
125 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
127 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
128 </indexterm>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131
132 <varlistentry id="ifconfig">
133 <term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>Utility for configuring network interfaces</para>
136 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ifconfig">
137 <primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary>
138 </indexterm>
139 </listitem>
140 </varlistentry>
141
142 <varlistentry id="ping">
143 <term><command>ping</command></term>
144 <listitem>
145 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
146 take</para>
147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
148 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
149 </indexterm>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152
153 <varlistentry id="ping6">
154 <term><command>ping6</command></term>
155 <listitem>
156 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
157 take this is the IPV6 version</para>
158 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping6">
159 <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
160 </indexterm>
161 </listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163
164 <varlistentry id="rcp">
165 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
168 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
169 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
170 </indexterm>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173
174 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
175 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
176 <listitem>
177 <para>Performs remote login</para>
178 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
179 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
180 </indexterm>
181 </listitem>
182 </varlistentry>
183
184 <varlistentry id="rsh">
185 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
186 <listitem>
187 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
188 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
189 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
190 </indexterm>
191 </listitem>
192 </varlistentry>
193
194 <varlistentry id="talk">
195 <term><command>talk</command></term>
196 <listitem>
197 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
198 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
199 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="telnet">
205 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
208 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
209 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
210 </indexterm>
211 </listitem>
212 </varlistentry>
213
214 <varlistentry id="tftp">
215 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
216 <listitem>
217 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
218 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
219 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
220 </indexterm>
221 </listitem>
222 </varlistentry>
223
224 </variablelist>
225
226 </sect2>
227
228</sect1>
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