Util-linux 2.27.1

[chris@…]

​https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/util-linux-2.27.1.tar.xz

New version.

[Martin Ward]

Now up to version 2.26.2

[William Harrington]

tempsystem) add --without-systemdsystemunitdir ?

pass2) remove ADJTIME_PATH ?

pass1 and pass2) disable chfn-chsh login nologin su setpriv (shadow better?)

pass2) make check

pass2) bash tests/run.sh --srcdir=$PWD --builddir=$PWD

Don't need note about CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG

All 160 tests passed (though I have a lot of stuff from BLFS)

[Martin Ward]

From my notes i have --disable-su --disable-bash-completion (su from shadow) keep enable sulogin as it's needed by systemd

didn't use --without-systemdsystemunitdir in my case didn't need it as was building from a system without systemd

login etc doesn't get built unless it finds pam installed on the system

[William Harrington]

Okay from previous discussion we have the following:

Keep current commands as is with the following configure changes:

--disable-chfn-chsh (use shadow chfn and chsh)
--disable-login (use shadow login, even when LinuxPAM is around)
--disable-nologin (use shadow nologin, change shadow install to include nologin)
--disable-su (use shadow su)
--disable-setpriv (run a program with different Linux privilege settings. LFS disables)
--disable-runuser (run a command with substitute user and group ID. LFS disables)

The following can be added but aren't necessary:

--disable-pylibmount (Requires python. Not in our base build. LFS disables it, too)
--without-python (do not build python bindings)

If Python isn't found, configure will output:

checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2... none
configure: WARNING: python interpreter not found, do not build python bindings
configure: WARNING: libpython not found; not building pylibmount

[William Harrington]

For x86_64-64 book all 160 tests passed.

[William Harrington]

Util-linux 2.27 release is imminent.

[William Harrington]

Will need a patch for cross compiling util-linux in Chapter 6 as some users have stated. This is for when the target build is not the same arch as the host, or where the host arch can run the target host binaries. i.e. x86 -> x86_64 or x86_64 -> x86

[William Harrington]

2.27 is released:

Release: ​http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/v2.27-ReleaseNotes

Download: ​http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.27/util-linux-2.27.tar.xz

[William Harrington]

Replying to kb0iic:

Will need a patch for cross compiling util-linux in Chapter 6 as some users have stated. This is for when the target build is not the same arch as the host, or where the host arch can run the target host binaries. i.e. x86 -> x86_64 or x86_64 -> x86

I didn't need a patch to cross compile from i386 to x86_64. Has anyone else had issues cross-compiling version 2.27?

[William Harrington]

So for the final util-linux pass2 build we have:

./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
--enable-write \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.27 \
--disable-chfn-chsh \
--disable-login \
--disable-nologin \
--disable-su \
--disable-setpriv \
--disable-runuser

[William Harrington]

All 170 tests passed.

[Martin Ward]

Replying to kb0iic:

Replying to kb0iic:

Will need a patch for cross compiling util-linux in Chapter 6 as some users have stated. This is for when the target build is not the same arch as the host, or where the host arch can run the target host binaries. i.e. x86 -> x86_64 or x86_64 -> x86

I didn't need a patch to cross compile from i386 to x86_64. Has anyone else had issues cross-compiling version 2.27?

Nope neither did I, but will check asap.

[William Harrington]

Didn't need a patch for multilib x86_64 from i386 debian install.

[William Harrington]

Need to fix final system multilib pass1 instructions. They are inconsistent.

Also configure commands for multlilib pass1

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime --libdir=/lib --enable-write --disable-chfn-chsh --disable-login --disable-nologin --disable-su --disable-setpriv --disable-runuser --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.27

CC="gcc $BUILD64" ./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime --libdir=/lib64 --enable-write --disable-chfn-chsh --disable-login --disable-nologin --disable-su --disable-setpriv --disable-runuser --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.27

[William Harrington]

Okay pass1 is mulitlib of course, and I notice final util-linux isn't multilib for pass2.

For clarification, 32 bit libs are already installed from util linux pass1, thus the 64 bit binaries are of importance here, and of course, the libraries will be installed by default. We do not need a 32bit build for Util linux pass2 in multilib as far as I know.

64-bit util-linux commands for multilib:

mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
    --libdir=/lib64 --enable-write --disable-chfn-chsh --disable-login \
    --disable-nologin --disable-su --disable-setpriv --disable-runuser\
    --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.27

[William Harrington]

For mulitlib build:

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