From 5c36a0eb7cdb0360f9afd5d747c321f423b35984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:25:37 +0100 Subject: Imported from util-linux-2.9i tarball. --- INSTALL | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 INSTALL (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6a463e88 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ + +WARNING: THE PROGRAMS IN THIS SUITE DO *NOT* SUPPORT SHADOW PASSWORD FILES! + UNLESS YOU USE PAM. + +WARNING: THIS COLLECTION CONFLICTS WITH SYSTEM V INITTAB. + UNLESS YOU CONFIGURE IT NOT TO. + +WARNING: USE GNU TAR -- OTHER TARS WILL FAIL SILENTLY! + +WARNING: DO *NOT* INSTALL WITHOUT THINKING. + +WARNING: The simpleinit and some other programs in this package are + *NOT* System V compliant. These utilities are meant to be + used by people who build their own systems. If you are not + a wizard, do *NOT* blindly install these utilities: they could + prevent you from logging into your system. Have a boot floppy + ready, especially if you don't know what you are doing. It's a + great way to learn though ;-) + + +To install from source: + +1) Get source distribution (see the .lsm file for locations) +2) Untar util-linux-2.9.tar.gz somewhere +3) cd util-linux-2.9 +4) Edit MCONFIG +5) make +6) make install +7) If you want to use simpleinit and agetty, then make softlinks from + /sbin/init to simpleinit and from /sbin/getty to agetty, but make sure + that your /etc/inittab is set up right (this is *NOT* the System V + compatible init!), or you will be hosed. If you are using the SysV + init and/or some other getty, they you can keep using those. + + +If you have compilation problems: + +- with -lcrypt: you forgot to edit MCONFIG and write HAVE_LIBCRYPT=no. +- in cfdisk or setterm: you forgot to edit MCONFIG and write HAVE_NCURSES=no + (or you forgot to write CURSESFLAGS=-I/usr/include/ncurses -DNCH=0)? +- in fdisksunlabel.c: change #if 1 into #if 0 if there is no . +- in mount/nfsmount.c: change #if 1 into #if 0 if there is no inet_aton(). +- in sys-utils/ipcs.c: change #if 0 into #if 1 if is needed. +- in sys-utils/cytune.c: change #if 0 into #if 1 if is needed. + +elsewhere: tell util-linux@math.uio.no about it. + + +If you have runtime problems: + +- with non-ASCII characters: perhaps you forgot to set LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL? + (For example, in Norway one can say LC_ALL=no_NO; export LC_ALL and + then various utilities will treat Scandinavian non-ASCII letters as + letters.) + +otherwise: tell util-linux@math.uio.no about it. + -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522