Util-linux-2.12a

The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs. Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles, partitions, and messages.

Approximate build time:  0.2 SBU
Required disk space:     16 MB

Util-linux installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed, Zlib.

Installation of Util-linux

Util-linux doesn't use the freshly installed headers and libraries from the /tools directory. This is fixed by altering the configure script:

cp configure configure.backup
sed "s@/usr/include@/tools/include@g" configure.backup > configure

Prepare Util-linux for compilation:

./configure

Compile some support routines:

make -C lib

Since you'll only need a couple of the utilities contained in this package, build just those:

make -C mount mount umount
make -C text-utils more

Now copy these programs to the temporary tools directory:

cp mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more /tools/bin

The details on this package are found in the section called “Contents of Util-linux”.