Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73

[Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>]

> >On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:02, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> >
> >>1. util-linux doesn't cover half of the system utilities needed on
> >>   a sanely actual Linux system.
> >>2. The Linux vendors have to apply insane number of patches to it
> >>   util it's moderately usable.
> >
> >So now you have nothing better to do than insult someone whose code
> >works, is shipped in just about every distribution. Someone whose kernel
> >patches are almost without fail perfect first time.
> >
> >You should learn from Andries not mock him.
> 
> rpm -i util-linux-xxx.src.rpm

... tells you exactly nothing, because redhat people would even patch
/bin/true if it could be made to do anything extra.

util-linux build procedure from SlackBuild in slackware-current:

tar xjvf $CWD/util-linux-$VERSION.tar.bz2
cd util-linux-$VERSION
zcat $CWD/util-linux.MCONFIG.diff.gz | patch -E --backup -p1 --suffix=.orig
./configure
make
<snip>

T.