The Inetutils package contains programs for basic networking.
Approximate build time: 0.2 SBU Required disk space: 11 MB
Inetutils installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed.
We are not going to install all the programs that come with Inetutils. However, the Inetutils build system will insist on installing all the man pages anyway. The following patch will correct this situation:
patch -Np1 -i ../inetutils-1.4.2-no_server_man_pages-1.patch
Now prepare Inetutils for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
--sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
--disable-logger --disable-syslogd \
--disable-whois --disable-servers
The meaning of the configure options:
--disable-logger: This option prevents Inetutils from installing the logger program, which is used by scripts to pass messages to the System Log Daemon. We do not install it because Util-linux installs a better version later.
--disable-syslogd: This option prevents Inetutils from installing the System Log Daemon, which is installed with the Sysklogd package.
--disable-whois: This option disables the building of the Inetutils whois client, which is woefully out of date. Instructions for a better whois client are in the BLFS book.
--disable-servers: This disables the installation of the various network servers included as part of the Inetutils package. These servers are deemed not appropriate in a basic LFS system. Some are insecure by nature and are only considered safe on trusted networks. More information can be found at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/basicnet/inetutils.html. Note that better replacements are available for many of these servers.
Compile the package:
make
Install it:
make install
Move the ping program to its FHS-compliant place:
mv /usr/bin/ping /bin