lfs-book/chapter05/patch.xml

<sect1 id="ch-tools-patch">
<title>Installing Patch-&patch-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="patch.html" dir="chapter05"?>

<screen>&buildtime; &patch-time-tools;
&diskspace; &patch-compsize-tools;</screen>

&aa-patch-down;
&aa-patch-dep;

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Patch</title>

<para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>

<para>The preprocessor flag <emphasis>-D_GNU_SOURCE</emphasis> is only needed
on the PowerPC platform. On other architectures you can leave it out.</para>

<para>Compile the program:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para>
<para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-patch"/>.</para>
<para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>

</sect1>