Installation of Avahi
There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
of the avahi-daemon daemon after it is
started. Issue the following commands as the
root user:
groupadd -fg 84 avahi &&
useradd -c "Avahi Daemon Owner" -d /run/avahi-daemon -u 84 \
-g avahi -s /bin/false avahi
There should also be a dedicated privileged access group for
Avahi clients. Issue the following command as
the root user:
groupadd -fg 86 netdev
Fix a regression that results in a race condition when IPv6 is in use
and multiple network adapters are present on the system:
patch -Np1 -i ../avahi-0.8-ipv6_race_condition_fix-1.patch
Fix a security vulnerability in avahi-daemon:
sed -i '426a if (events & AVAHI_WATCH_HUP) { \
client_free(c); \
return; \
}' avahi-daemon/simple-protocol.c
Install Avahi by running the following
commands:
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--localstatedir=/var \
--disable-static \
--disable-libevent \
--disable-mono \
--disable-monodoc \
--disable-python \
--disable-qt3 \
--disable-qt4 \
--enable-core-docs \
--with-distro=none \
--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no \
--with-dbus-system-address='unix:path=/run/dbus/system_bus_socket' &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Command Explanations
--disable-static: This switch prevents
installation of static versions of the libraries.
--disable-libevent: This parameter disables the
use of libevent-2.1.12. Remove if you have it installed.
--disable-mono: This parameter disables the
Mono bindings.
--disable-monodoc: This parameter disables
documentation for the Mono bindings.
--disable-python: This parameter disables the
scripts that depend on Python. It also
allows a regular install to complete successfully.
--disable-qt3: This parameter disables the
attempt to build the obsolete Qt3
portions of the package.
--disable-qt4: This parameter disables the
attempt to build the obsolete Qt4Core
portions of the package.
--enable-core-docs: This parameter enables the
building of documentation.
--with-distro=none: There is an obsolete
boot script in the distribution for LFS. This option disables it.
--with-systemdsystemunitdir=no: Without it, the
daemon fails to start in BLFS, which does not support
systemd.
--with-dbus-system-address=...: This option
prevents the package from referring to the deprecated
/var/run directory.
--disable-dbus: This parameter disables the use
of D-Bus.
--disable-gtk: This parameter disables the use
of GTK+2.
--disable-gtk3: This parameter disables the use
of GTK+3.
--disable-qt5: This parameter disables the use
of Qt5, and allows building without it.
--disable-libdaemon: This parameter disables the use
of libdaemon. If you use this option,
avahi-daemon won't be built.
--enable-tests: This option enables the building of
tests and examples.
--enable-compat-howl: This option enables the
compatibility layer for HOWL.
--enable-compat-libdns_sd: This option enables the
compatibility layer for libdns_sd.