lfs-book/chapter06/utillinux-inst.xml

<sect2>
<title>FHS compliance notes</title>

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

<blockquote><literallayout>
	<userinput>sed "s|etc/adjtime\"\$|var/lib/hwclock/adjtime\"|"
		\</userinput>
	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hwclock/hwclock.c &gt; hwclock~
		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>mv hwclock~ hwclock/hwclock.c &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>mkdir /var/lib/hwclock</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>
</sect2>

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

<para>
Install Util-Linux by running the following commands:
</para>

<blockquote><literallayout>
	<userinput>sed s/HAVE_SLN=no/HAVE_SLN=yes/ \</userinput>
	<userinput>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;MCONFIG &gt; MCONFIG~
		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>mv MCONFIG~ MCONFIG &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
	<userinput>make install</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>

</sect2>