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Chapter 6. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

6.5. Coreutils-9.3

The Coreutils package contains the basic utility programs needed by every operating system.

Approximate build time: 0.3 SBU
Required disk space: 162 MB

6.5.1. Installation of Coreutils

Prepare Coreutils for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr                     \
            --host=$LFS_TGT                   \
            --build=$(build-aux/config.guess) \
            --enable-install-program=hostname \
            --enable-no-install-program=kill,uptime \
            gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y

The meaning of the configure options:

--enable-install-program=hostname

This enables the hostname binary to be built and installed – it is disabled by default but is required by the Perl test suite.

gl_cv_macro_MB_CUR_MAX_good=y

This is needed to work around an issue in the gnulib copy shipped by the package which would break cross compilation.

Compile the package: 

make

Install the package: 

make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Move programs to their final expected locations. Although this is not necessary in this temporary environment, we must do so because some programs hardcode executable locations: 

mv -v $LFS/usr/bin/chroot              $LFS/usr/sbin
mkdir -pv $LFS/usr/share/man/man8
mv -v $LFS/usr/share/man/man1/chroot.1 $LFS/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8
sed -i 's/"1"/"8"/'                    $LFS/usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8

Details on this package are located in Section 8.55.2, “Contents of Coreutils.”