source: final-system/common/inetutils.xml@ ee3f926

Last change on this file since ee3f926 was 1d0c3c6, checked in by Jeremy Utley <jerutley@…>, 18 years ago

Changed the name of the inetutils patch to inetutils-1.4.2-inet_addr_fix-1.patch

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[bf8c11f]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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
[155e089]27 <para os="p1">Not all programs that come with Inetutils will be installed.
[bf8c11f]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
[e6423a01]32<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]33
[6eb4900]34 <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>
[bf8c11f]35
[e6423a01]36<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]37
[946ca2d]38 <para os="p5">This patch addresses an issue where telnet on certain machines will
39 only send to 255.255.255.255. This was due to change in the way glibc handles
40 inet_addr. Apply the following patch to correct this issue:</para>
41
[1d0c3c6]42<screen os="p6"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-inet_addr_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
[946ca2d]43
[e6423a01]44 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
[bf8c11f]45
[e6423a01]46<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
[bf8c11f]47 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
48 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
49 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
50
[e6423a01]51 <variablelist os="c">
[bf8c11f]52 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
53
54 <varlistentry>
55 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
56 <listitem>
57 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
58 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
59 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
60 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
61 </listitem>
62 </varlistentry>
63
64 <varlistentry>
65 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
68 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
69 </listitem>
70 </varlistentry>
71
72 <varlistentry>
73 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
74 <listitem>
75 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
76 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
77 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
78 in the BLFS book.</para>
79 </listitem>
80 </varlistentry>
81
82 <varlistentry>
83 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
84 <listitem>
85 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
86 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
[b71fa50]87 deemed not appropriate in a basic CLFS system. Some are insecure by
[bf8c11f]88 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
89 information can be found at <ulink
90 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
91 better replacements are available for many of these
92 servers.</para>
93 </listitem>
94 </varlistentry>
95 </variablelist>
96
[e6423a01]97 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
[bf8c11f]98
[e6423a01]99<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]100
[b6f2a61]101 <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
[bf8c11f]102
[b6f2a61]103 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
[bf8c11f]104
[b6f2a61]105<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
106
107 <para os="i">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
[bf8c11f]108 place:</para>
109
[b6f2a61]110<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]111
112 </sect2>
113
114 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
115 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
116
117 <segmentedlist>
118 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
119
120 <seglistitem>
121 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
122 </seglistitem>
123 </segmentedlist>
124
125 <variablelist>
126 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
127 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
128 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
129
130 <varlistentry id="ftp">
131 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
132 <listitem>
133 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
134 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
135 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
136 </indexterm>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 <varlistentry id="ping">
141 <term><command>ping</command></term>
142 <listitem>
143 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
144 take</para>
145 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
146 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
147 </indexterm>
148 </listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150
151 <varlistentry id="rcp">
152 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
153 <listitem>
154 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
155 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
156 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
157 </indexterm>
158 </listitem>
159 </varlistentry>
160
161 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
162 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
163 <listitem>
164 <para>Performs remote login</para>
165 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
166 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
167 </indexterm>
168 </listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170
171 <varlistentry id="rsh">
172 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
173 <listitem>
174 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
175 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
176 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
177 </indexterm>
178 </listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180
181 <varlistentry id="talk">
182 <term><command>talk</command></term>
183 <listitem>
184 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
185 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
186 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="telnet">
192 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
195 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
196 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
197 </indexterm>
198 </listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200
201 <varlistentry id="tftp">
202 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
203 <listitem>
204 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
205 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
206 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
207 </indexterm>
208 </listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210
211 </variablelist>
212
213 </sect2>
214
215</sect1>
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