The Lfs-Utils package contains a few helper files.
Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU Required disk space: 1.1 MB |
Official download location for Lfs-Utils (0.4.2):
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~winkie/downloads/lfs-utils/
The installation dependencies for Lfs-Utils haven't been checked yet.
Prepare Lfs-Utils for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-libc |
The meaning of the configure option:
--with-libc: This causes the mktemp program to use the mkstemp and mkdtemp functions from the system C library.
Compile the package:
make |
And install it:
make install |
Now copy two supporting files included in the Lfs-Utils tarball to their destination:
cp etc/{services,protocols} /etc
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The /etc/services file is used to resolve service numbers to human-readable names, and the /etc/protocols does the same for protocol numbers.
Installed programs: mktemp, tempfile, http-get and iana-net
Installed files: protocols, services
mktemp creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.
tempfile creates temporary files in a less secure manner than mktemp. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.
The http-get script takes advantage of a little known feature of bash called "net redirection". It is used to download from websites without using any other programs.
iana-net uses the http-get script to simplify the process of procuring IANA's services and protocols configuration files.