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Fixed issue where module-init-tools would not re-install its binaries. Thanks to Manuel for the report and Dan for the fix.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7571 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Archaic 19 years ago
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chapter01/changelog.xml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
     <listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>May 1, 2006</para>
       <para>May 1, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[archaic] - Fixed issue where module-init-tools would not
+          re-install its binaries.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[archaic] - Updated to linux-2.6.16.11.</para>
           <para>[archaic] - Updated to linux-2.6.16.11.</para>
         </listitem>
         </listitem>

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chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

@@ -53,7 +53,20 @@ make distclean</userinput></screen>
 
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 
-<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Normally, make install will not install the binaries if they
+          already exist. This option overrides that behavior by calling
+          <command>install</command> instead of using the default wrapper
+          script.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
 
 
   </sect2>
   </sect2>