Util-linux-2.12a
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## 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”.

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