docs: clean up old readme files
Removal of information which is simply wrong. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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@ -12,16 +12,6 @@ installation process easier.
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If you write a bad partition table to disk, it may destroy data and
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partitions.
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You can FTP cfdisk from ftp.cs.unc.edu in the /pub/martin/linux
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directory.
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I would also like comments (good and bad) on the user interface, logic
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and ease of use. If you have any suggestions for improvements, I
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would be happy to hear them.
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My e-mail address is martin@cs.unc.edu.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Copyright (C) 1994 Kevin E. Martin (martin@cs.unc.edu)
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@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
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col - filter out reverse line feeds.
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Options are:
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-b do not print any backspaces (last character written is printed)
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-f allow half line feeds in output, by default characters between
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lines are pushed to the line below
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-x do not compress spaces into tabs.
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-l num keep (at least) num lines in memory, 128 are kept by default
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In the 32V source code to col(1) the default behavior was to NOT compress
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spaces into tabs. There was a -h option which caused it to compress spaces
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into tabs. There was no -x flag.
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@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ You can have up to 64 partitions on a single IDE disk, or up to 16
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partitions on a single SCSI disk, at least as far as Linux is
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concerned; in practice you will rarely want so many. The maximum size
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of a Linux file system on a single partition depends on the type of
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file system you use. Minix file systems are limited to 64 megabytes.
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You may have all of your Linux files in a single partition, or you may
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have two, three, or more Linux file systems. Similarly you may have
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one or more DOS partitions. If you have several small partitions, you
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run much less risk of losing all your files if your disk gets
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corrupted. On the other hand, you may run out of space on a small
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partition more easily.
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file system you use. Minix file systems (version 1) are limited to 64
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megabytes. You may have all of your Linux files in a single partition,
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or you may have two, three, or more Linux file systems. Similarly you
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may have one or more DOS partitions. If you have several small
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partitions, you run much less risk of losing all your files if your
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disk gets corrupted. On the other hand, you may run out of space on a
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small partition more easily.
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Under DOS, you must refer to each partition by a separate drive
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letter, but all partitions are automatically accessible. Under Linux
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@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ space in a file, but you need a partition big enough to hold it, and
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this will probably be less efficient than having a partition devoted to
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swap.
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The disk space you need for Linux is discussed in README.prepare.
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Are you going to boot Linux from the hard disk, or will you boot
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from a floppy? Some boot programs place severe restrictions on where
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the boot partition can be. LILO is more relaxed about this, but does
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@ -3,50 +3,6 @@ This package contains a reimplementation of getopt(1).
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PREFACE
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Getopt(1) is a program to help shell scripts parse command-line parameters.
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It is for example included in the util-linux distribution (upto version
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2.7.1). But, there are some problems with that getopt(1) implementation,
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as listed in the 'BUGS' section of its man-page:
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>BUGS
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> Whatever getopt(3) has.
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>
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> Arguments containing white space or imbedded shell metacharacters gener-
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> ally will not survive intact; this looks easy to fix but isn't.
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>
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> The error message for an invalid option is identified as coming from
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> getopt rather than from the shell procedure containing the invocation of
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> getopt; this again is hard to fix.
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>
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> The precise best way to use the set command to set the arguments without
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> disrupting the value(s) of shell options varies from one shell version to
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> another.
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This implementation of getopt(1) is written to solve some of these problems,
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while still staying (for all practical purposes) completely compatible with
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other getopt(1) implementations.
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INSTALLATION
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Installation should be very easy. Just type 'make' to compile the sources.
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It should compile cleanly, without any warnings, but even if it does not
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you probably don't have to worry. You must use GNU Make and gcc, or you
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will have to edit the Makefile.
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Type 'make install' to install the binary and the manual page. It installs
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by default in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/man/man1, to install in /usr/bin
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and /usr/man/man1 try 'make install prefix=/usr'.
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The example files can be installed in /usr/local/lib/getopt by calling
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'make install_doc'.
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If you do not trust the getopt(3) in your libc, or if you do not use a libc
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with the GNU getopt(3) routines, you can use the gnu sources as provided
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in the gnu directory. Try 'make LIBCGETOPT=0'. Ignore any compile warnings.
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You can check whether the new implementation of getopt is found first
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in your path by calling 'bash test.bash'.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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@ -73,9 +29,3 @@ copy it, it is copyright (c) 1997-2005 by Frodo Looijaard
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<frodo@frodo.looijaard.name>.
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Files in the gnu directory are from glibc-2.0.4: copyright (C) 1987, 88,
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89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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DOWNLOADING
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You can find the latest version of this program at:
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http://software.frodo.looijaard.name/getopt/
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@ -8,16 +8,6 @@ Contrasting to the System V implementation, this one filters backspace
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formatting sequences while searching, so you can comfortably search in nroff
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output like manual pages.
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This code uses routines as defined by SUSv2, so a glibc version of 2.1 or
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higher is required on Linux. A curses implementation (like ncurses) must
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be present as well.
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If large files > 2GB are supported by the kernel and the C library, pg is
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able to handle them.
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Please send comments, bug-reports and especially bug-fixes to
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<g-r@bigfoot.de> .
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Gunnar Ritter
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Freiburg i. Br.
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Germany
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@ -7,16 +7,6 @@ domainname, hostid, cage and mesg.
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Most of this software has been contributed by others, I basically just
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ported the things to Linux.
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About installation: See the bottom of this file. Check the Makefile!
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Be sure you know what you are doing! You may well be able to lock
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yourself out from your machine. Especially: The init provided here
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(simpleinit) is NOT a SYSV compatible init and the inittab format
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is different.
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If you are uncertain whether you got the latest version, check out
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ftp://ftp.daimi.aau.dk/pub/linux/poe/
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Version 1.49 (20-Jun-97)
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Small patches for new util-linux distribution and glibc compat.
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PAM support in login.c by Erik Troan.
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@ -484,32 +474,9 @@ login.c The login program. This is a portation of BSD login, first
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to HP-UX 8.0 by Michael Glad (glad@daimi.aau.dk), and
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to Linux (initially to 0.12) by me.
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who.c A simple who(1) util. to list utmp. Done by me.
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You may prefer the GNU who util. with more options
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and features.
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hostname.c A hostname(1) command to get and set the hostname. I did
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this too.
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domainname.c Like hostname, only reads out or sets the domainname.
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agetty.c The getty program. From comp.sources.misc, by W.Z. Venema.
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Hacked a bit by me.
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simpleinit.c A simple init program, written by me. Uses /etc/inittab
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A "kill -HUP" to init makes it re-read /etc/inittab.
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A "kill -TSTP" to init makes it stop spawning gettys on the
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ttys. A second "kill -TSTP" starts it again.
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A kill -INT to init makes it attempt a reboot of the machine.
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this works in connection with kernel support for softboot
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when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed.
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Init will start up in singleuser mode if /etc/singleboot
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exists at boottime, or if it is given an argument of "single"
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via eg. LILO. If /etc/securesingle exists it will ask for the
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root password before starting single user.
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write.c A write(1) command, used to pass messages between users
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at different terminals. This code doubles as code for
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a wall(1) command. Make a symlink: /usr/bin/wall ->
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mesg A tiny shellscript, so you can avoid that other people write
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to your shell.
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users Another script that uses awk(1) and tr(1) to process the
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output from who(1) into a one-liner.
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If you don't have awk, but have Perl, this does the same:
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who | perl -ane 'print "$F[0] "'; echo ""
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pathnames.h:
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Header.
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param.h
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Header, extended with getdtablesize() macro, should go
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in /usr/include/sys
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Building.
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---------
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A "make all" should do. At least it does for me.
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Installation:
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login should go in /bin, if you don't like this change
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pathnames.h and recompile at least agetty.
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getty, init Put them in SBINDIR
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who, hostname, write, wall, mesg, users:
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/usr/bin
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securetty login needs this in /etc, defines which ttys that root
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can login on. This should *never* include ttys{1,2}
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inittab the simpleinit code needs this in /etc. Note that the syntax
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of /etc/inittab has little to do with the syntax of a real
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SysV inittab. Edit this one for your local setup.
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shells The chsh program will use this if it's placed in /etc. It
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defines the valid shell-programs. Have one abs. path on
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each line.
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You can also do a "make install" as root, but don't just do it because I
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say so, check the Makefile first.
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"Make install" will install only the new binaries, and not motd, inittab,
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securetty and issue. To install these configuration files, do a
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"make Install".
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Getty requires a /dev/console to write errors to. I just made it a symlink
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to /dev/tty1. Because of a bug in the tty driver this errorlogging may
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cause the shell on tty1 to logout.
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Getty will print the contents of /etc/issue if it's present before asking
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for username. Login will print the contents of /etc/motd after successful
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login. Login doesn't print /etc/motd, and doesn't check for mail if
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