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Added three configure parameters to the Chapter 6 Util-linux-ng instructions so that additional programs are installed.

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Randy McMurchy 17 years ago
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chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>2008-10-11</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Added three configure parameters to the Chapter 6
+          Util-linux-ng instructions so that additional programs are
+          installed. Also updated the installed programs list.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Added a sed command to the Sysvinit instructions to
           suppress the installation of the wall program and its man page as a

+ 136 - 78
chapter06/util-linux-ng.xml

@@ -58,7 +58,33 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Util-linux-ng</title>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --enable-arch --enable-partx --enable-write</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-arch</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Enables building the <command>arch</command> program</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-partx</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Enables building the <command>addpart</command>,
+          <command>delpart</command> and <command>partx</command>
+          programs</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--enable-write</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Enables building the <command>write</command> program</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
@@ -79,15 +105,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, col, colcrt,
-        colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, dmesg, elvtune, fdformat,
-        fdisk, flock, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump, hwclock, ipcrm,
-        ipcs, isosize, line, logger, look, losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs,
-        mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap, more, mount, namei, pg, pivot_root,
-        ramsize (link to rdev), raw, rdev, readprofile, rename, renice, rev,
-        rootflags (link to rdev), script, setfdprm, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
-        swapoff (link to swapon), swapon, tailf, tunelp, ul, umount,
-        vidmode (link to rdev), whereis, and write</seg>
+
+        <seg>addpart, agetty, arch, blockdev, cal, cfdisk, chkdupexe, chrt,
+        col, colcrt, colrm, column, ctrlaltdel, cytune, ddate, delpart, dmesg,
+        fdformat, fdisk, flock, fsck.cramfs, fsck.minix, getopt, hexdump,
+        hwclock, ionice, ipcrm, ipcs, isosize, ldattach, line, logger, look,
+        losetup, mcookie, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.cramfs, mkfs.minix, mkswap,
+        more, mount, namei, partx, pg, pivot_root, readprofile, rename, renice,
+        rev, rtcwake, script, scriptreplay, setarch, setsid, setterm, sfdisk,
+        swapon, tailf, taskset, tunelp, ul, umount, wall, whereis,
+        and write</seg>
       </seglistitem>
     </segmentedlist>
 
@@ -96,6 +123,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
+      <varlistentry id="addpart">
+        <term><command>addpart</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Informs the Linux kernel of new partitions</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng addpart">
+            <primary sortas="b-addpart">addpart</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="agetty">
         <term><command>agetty</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -158,6 +195,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="chrt">
+        <term><command>chrt</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Manipulates real-time attributes of a process</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng chrt">
+            <primary sortas="b-chrt">chrt</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="col">
         <term><command>col</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -232,23 +279,22 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="dmesg">
-        <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="delpart">
+        <term><command>delpart</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng dmesg">
-            <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
+          <para>Asks the Linux kernel to remove a partition</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng delpart">
+            <primary sortas="b-delpart">delpart</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="elvtune">
-        <term><command>elvtune</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="dmesg">
+        <term><command>dmesg</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Tunes the performance and interactivity of a block
-          device</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng elvtune">
-            <primary sortas="b-elvtune">elvtune</primary>
+          <para>Dumps the kernel boot messages</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng dmesg">
+            <primary sortas="b-dmesg">dmesg</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -339,6 +385,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="ionice">
+        <term><command>ionice</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Gets or sets the io scheduling class and priority for a program</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ionice">
+            <primary sortas="b-ionice">ionice</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="ipcrm">
         <term><command>ipcrm</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -369,6 +425,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="ldattach">
+        <term><command>ldattach</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Attaches a line discipline to a serial line</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ldattach">
+            <primary sortas="b-ldattach">ldattach</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="line">
         <term><command>line</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -503,6 +569,17 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="partx">
+        <term><command>partx</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Tells the kernel about the presence and numbering of on-disk
+          partitions</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng partx">
+            <primary sortas="b-partx">partx</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="pg">
         <term><command>pg</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -524,38 +601,6 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="ramsize">
-        <term><command>ramsize</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Sets the size of the RAM disk in a bootable image</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng ramsize">
-            <primary sortas="b-ramsize">ramsize</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-      <varlistentry id="raw">
-        <term><command>raw</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Used to bind a Linux raw character device to a block
-          device</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng raw">
-            <primary sortas="b-raw">raw</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
-      <varlistentry id="rdev">
-        <term><command>rdev</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Queries and sets the root device, among other things, in a
-          bootable image</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rdev">
-            <primary sortas="b-rdev">rdev</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry id="readprofile">
         <term><command>readprofile</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -597,12 +642,13 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="rootflags">
-        <term><command>rootflags</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="rtcwake">
+        <term><command>rtcwake</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sets the rootflags in a bootable image</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rootflags">
-            <primary sortas="b-rootflags">rootflags</primary>
+          <para>Used to enter a system sleep state until specified wakeup
+          time</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng rtcwake">
+            <primary sortas="b-rtcwake">rtcwake</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -617,12 +663,23 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="setfdprm">
-        <term><command>setfdprm</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="scriptreplay">
+        <term><command>scriptreplay</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Plays back typescripts using timing information</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng scriptreplay">
+            <primary sortas="b-scriptreplay">scriptreplay</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="setarch">
+        <term><command>setarch</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sets user-provided floppy disk parameters</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng setfdprm">
-            <primary sortas="b-setfdprm">setfdprm</primary>
+          <para>Changes reported architecture in a new program environment and
+          sets personality flags</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng setarch">
+            <primary sortas="b-setarch">setarch</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -657,16 +714,6 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="swapoff">
-        <term><command>swapoff</command></term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Disables devices and files for paging and swapping</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng swapoff">
-            <primary sortas="b-swapoff">swapoff</primary>
-          </indexterm>
-        </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
-
       <varlistentry id="swapon">
         <term><command>swapon</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -690,6 +737,16 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="taskset">
+        <term><command>taskset</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Retrieves or sets a process' CPU affinity</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng taskset">
+            <primary sortas="b-taskset">taskset</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="tunelp">
         <term><command>tunelp</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -721,12 +778,13 @@ mkdir -pv /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="vidmode">
-        <term><command>vidmode</command></term>
+      <varlistentry id="wall">
+        <term><command>wall</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Sets the video mode in a bootable image</para>
-          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng vidmode">
-            <primary sortas="b-vidmode">vidmode</primary>
+          <para>Displays the contents of a file or, by default, its standard
+          input, on the terminals of all currently logged in users</para>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-util-linux-ng wall">
+            <primary sortas="b-wall">wall</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>