lfs-book/chapter06/utillinux-inst.xml

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<title>FHS compliance notes</title>

<para>The FHS recommends that we use /var/lib/hwclock, instead of the
usual /etc, as the location of the adjtime file. To make hwclock
FHS-compliant, run the following:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>cp hwclock/hwclock.c{,.backup} &amp;&amp;
sed 's%etc/adjtime%var/lib/hwclock/adjtime%' \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hwclock/hwclock.c.backup &gt; hwclock/hwclock.c &amp;&amp;
mkdir -p /var/lib/hwclock</userinput></screen></para>

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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Util-linux</title>

<para>Prepare Util-linux to be compiled:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen></para>

<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make HAVE_SLN=yes</userinput></screen></para>

<para>The <emphasis>HAVE_SLN</emphasis> option prevents this package,
which was already was installed by Glibc, from being built again.</para>

<para>Finish installing the package:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>make HAVE_SLN=yes install</userinput></screen></para>

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