Chris wrote:
> I know the basics of compiling software, but I do not understand how the
> BLFS-dev team
> comes up with the commands on some of the packages. Example, for the
> Fontconfig-2.4.2 package,
> the BLFS Book [1] states.
>
> /configure --prefix=/usr \
>
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Chris Staub wrote:
> Actually the pkg-user hint says to copy su to /tools/bin.
OK, I need to (re-)read before posting. Sheesh. ;-)
> Also, the LFS book explicitly disables the installation of su from
> Coreutils via a patch (always has I think
Bryan Kadzban wrote:
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> Greg Schafer wrote:
>> Sidenote: next Coreutils release will no longer install install `su'
>> by default.
>
> Even if you install as root, I assume.
>
> The pkg-user hint already has a workaround for this in chapter
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Greg Schafer wrote:
> The Shadow supplied `su' explicitly twiddles with PATH.
Oh cute.
Well, that really screws up whatever I was (half-) thinking, then.
Still, though: never mind. :-)
> Sidenote: next Coreutils release will no longer install
