Changes in BOOK/final-system/common/psmisc.xml [5dcf5b3a:2b220db9]

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     <para os="a">Prepare Psmisc for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
+    <variablelist os="c">
+      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
 
-<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--exec-prefix=""</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This ensures that the Psmisc binaries will install into
+          <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> instead of
+          <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This is the
+          correct location according to the FHS, because some of the Psmisc
+          binaries are used by the CLFS-Bootscripts package.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
 
-    <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
 
-    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
+<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
 
-<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+    <para os="f">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
+    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para os="i">There is no reason for the <command>pstree</command> and
+    <command>pstree.x11</command> programs to reside in <filename
+    class="directory">/bin</filename>. Therefore, move them to <filename
+    class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>:</para>
+
+<screen os="j"><userinput>mv -v /bin/pstree* /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para os="k">By default, Psmisc's <command>pidof</command> program is not installed.
+    This usually is not a problem because it is installed later in the Sysvinit
+    package, which provides a better <command>pidof</command> program. If
+    Sysvinit will not be used for a particular system, complete the installation
+    of Psmisc by creating the following symlink:</para>
+
+<screen os="l" role="nodump"><userinput>ln -sv killall /bin/pidof</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>