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- <sect1 id="ch06-ed">
- <title>Installing Ed-&ed-version;</title>
- <?dbhtml filename="ed.html" dir="chapter06"?>
- <screen>Estimated build time: &ed-time;
- Estimated required disk space: &ed-compsize;</screen>
- &aa-ed-shortdesc;
- &aa-ed-dep;
- <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
- <sect2>
- <title>Installation of Ed</title>
- <note><para>Ed isn't something which many people use. It's installed here
- because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch
- file. This happens rarely because diff-based patches are preferred these
- days.</para></note>
- <para>Ed normally uses the mktemp function to create temporary files in
- <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>, but this function contains a
- vulnerability (see the section on Temporary Files in <ulink
- url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>). The
- following patch makes Ed use mkstemp instead, which is the recommended way to
- create temporary files.</para>
- <para>Apply the patch:</para>
- <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&ed-patch;</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now prepare Ed for compilation:</para>
- <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=""</userinput></screen>
- <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><userinput>--exec-prefix=""</userinput>: This forces the
- programs to be installed into the <filename>/bin</filename> directory. Having
- the programs available there is useful in the event of the
- <filename>/usr</filename> partition being unavailable.</para></listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>Compile the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
- <para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
- checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
- following command will do so:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install the package:</para>
- <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
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