source: final-system/common/inetutils.xml@ cc07a72

Last change on this file since cc07a72 was f32f537, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r788@server (orig r786): jim | 2005-12-01 12:07:35 -0800

r851@server: jim | 2005-12-01 12:07:08 -0800
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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 <segmentedlist>
23 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
24
25 <seglistitem>
26 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep,
27 Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
28 </seglistitem>
29 </segmentedlist>
30
31 </sect2>
32
33 <sect2 role="installation">
34 <title>Installation of Inetutils</title>
35
36 <para os="p1">All programs that come with Inetutils will not be installed.
37 However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the
38 man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this
39 situation:</para>
40
41<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-man_pages-patch;</userinput></screen>
42
43 <para os="p3">This patch addresses build issues with GCC 4.x:</para>
44
45<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&inetutils-gcc4_fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
46
47 <para os="a">Prepare Inetutils for compilation:</para>
48
49<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
50 --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
51 --disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
52 --disable-whois --disable-servers</userinput></screen>
53
54 <variablelist os="c">
55 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
56
57 <varlistentry>
58 <term><parameter>--disable-logger</parameter></term>
59 <listitem>
60 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the
61 <command>logger</command> program, which is used by scripts to
62 pass messages to the System Log Daemon. Do not install it because
63 Util-linux installs a better version later.</para>
64 </listitem>
65 </varlistentry>
66
67 <varlistentry>
68 <term><parameter>--disable-syslogd</parameter></term>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log
71 Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.</para>
72 </listitem>
73 </varlistentry>
74
75 <varlistentry>
76 <term><parameter>--disable-whois</parameter></term>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>This option disables the building of the Inetutils
79 <command>whois</command> client, which is out of date.
80 Instructions for a better <command>whois</command> client are
81 in the BLFS book.</para>
82 </listitem>
83 </varlistentry>
84
85 <varlistentry>
86 <term><parameter>--disable-servers</parameter></term>
87 <listitem>
88 <para>This disables the installation of the various network
89 servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are
90 deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by
91 nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More
92 information can be found at <ulink
93 url="&blfs-root;view/svn/basicnet/inetutils.html"/>. Note that
94 better replacements are available for many of these
95 servers.</para>
96 </listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98 </variablelist>
99
100 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
101
102<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
103
104 <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
105
106<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
107
108 <para os="h">Move the <command>ping</command> program to its FHS-compliant
109 place:</para>
110
111<screen os="i"><userinput>mv /usr/bin/ping /bin</userinput></screen>
112
113 </sect2>
114
115 <sect2 id="contents-inetutils" role="content">
116 <title>Contents of Inetutils</title>
117
118 <segmentedlist>
119 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
120
121 <seglistitem>
122 <seg>ftp, ping, rcp, rlogin, rsh, talk, telnet, and tftp</seg>
123 </seglistitem>
124 </segmentedlist>
125
126 <variablelist>
127 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
128 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
129 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
130
131 <varlistentry id="ftp">
132 <term><command>ftp</command></term>
133 <listitem>
134 <para>Is the file transfer protocol program</para>
135 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ftp">
136 <primary sortas="b-ftp">ftp</primary>
137 </indexterm>
138 </listitem>
139 </varlistentry>
140
141 <varlistentry id="ping">
142 <term><command>ping</command></term>
143 <listitem>
144 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
145 take</para>
146 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils ping">
147 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
148 </indexterm>
149 </listitem>
150 </varlistentry>
151
152 <varlistentry id="rcp">
153 <term><command>rcp</command></term>
154 <listitem>
155 <para>Performs remote file copy</para>
156 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rcp">
157 <primary sortas="b-rcp">rcp</primary>
158 </indexterm>
159 </listitem>
160 </varlistentry>
161
162 <varlistentry id="rlogin">
163 <term><command>rlogin</command></term>
164 <listitem>
165 <para>Performs remote login</para>
166 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rlogin">
167 <primary sortas="b-rlogin">rlogin</primary>
168 </indexterm>
169 </listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171
172 <varlistentry id="rsh">
173 <term><command>rsh</command></term>
174 <listitem>
175 <para>Runs a remote shell</para>
176 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils rsh">
177 <primary sortas="b-rsh">rsh</primary>
178 </indexterm>
179 </listitem>
180 </varlistentry>
181
182 <varlistentry id="talk">
183 <term><command>talk</command></term>
184 <listitem>
185 <para>Is used to chat with another user</para>
186 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils talk">
187 <primary sortas="b-talk">talk</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="telnet">
193 <term><command>telnet</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>An interface to the TELNET protocol</para>
196 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils telnet">
197 <primary sortas="b-telnet">telnet</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="tftp">
203 <term><command>tftp</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>A trivial file transfer program</para>
206 <indexterm zone="ch-system-inetutils tftp">
207 <primary sortas="b-tftp">tftp</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 </variablelist>
213
214 </sect2>
215
216</sect1>
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