Matthew Burgess wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:34 -0500, Randy McMurchy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 3. Do #1 and suppress the installation of the wall program in the Sysvinit >> instructions. > > Agreed. > >> 2. Pass a configure switch to the Util-Linux-ng configure command so that >> the write program is built and installed. > > I don't think I've ever used it, but then I'm only usually on single-user > systems. Either option is good for me, with a slight preference for the > above. > >> The CLFS build passes a configure switch so that the "partx" and related >> programs are built and installed. > > Again, I've never used them. Slight preference to have them installed but > not particularly fussed either way.
partprobe is very useful. If you create a new partition, you can use partprobe to make the current system recognize it without rebooting. > The one question this does raise though is why is upstream not installing > these by default? Is it because these utilities are now out of favour, and > if so, should we be looking into installing alternative, upstream-preferred, > utilities? Maybe it's because they're no longer maintained? I'm still > subscribed to the util-linux-ng mailing list so can certainly ask these kinds > of questions if you think it would be useful? One determining factor is if those programs are required by the LSB or not. I don't have time to check today. I'd have to install the test suite and run it. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
