Changes in BOOK/temp-system/common/coreutils.xml [dabbced:5d86a4f]

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• BOOK/temp-system/common/coreutils.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

BOOK/temp-system/common/coreutils.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
     <title>Installation of Coreutils</title>
 
-    <para os="aa">The following command updates the timestamps on the uname
-    and hostname man pages so that the Makefile does not attempt to regenerate
-    them:</para>
-
-<screen os="ab"><userinput>touch man/uname.1 man/hostname.1</userinput></screen>
-
     <para os="ba">Configure can not properly determine how to get free space
     when cross-compiling - as a result, the <command>df</command> program will
@@ -39 +33 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para os="p1">Apply a patch to not generate manpages :</para>
+
+<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-noman-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para os="bd">Prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
 
@@ -44 +42 @@
     --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
     --enable-install-program=hostname --cache-file=config.cache</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist os="be1">
+      <title>The meaning of the new configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-install-program=hostname</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Tells Coreutils to install <command>hostname</command>,
+          which is needed for the Perl testsuite.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
+    <para os="s1">Apply a sed to allow completion of the build:</para>
+
+<screen os="s2"><userinput>cp -v Makefile{,.orig}
+sed -e 's/^#run_help2man\|^run_help2man/#&amp;/' \
+  -e 's/^\##run_help2man/run_help2man/' Makefile.orig > Makefile</userinput></screen>
 
    <para os="bf">Compile the package:</para>