lfs-book/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Diffutils</title>

<para>When installing Diffutils using glibc-2.1.x on your base system, it may 
be necessary to use a fix to prevent a variable name conflict.  The
following commands can be used in this case.  Note that these commands
can also be used for other glibc versions so if you aren't sure, then
use the first version.</para>

<para><screen><userinput>export CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2 &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>unset CPPFLAGS &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make LDFLAGS=-static &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

<para>If you are using a newer glibc version (2.2.x), you can use the following
commands to install Diffutils:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make LDFLAGS=-static &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>

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