proposal for inclusion of e2fsprogs in chapter 5

[Chris Staub]

Bryan Kadzban wrote:
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> Greg Schafer wrote:
>> Sidenote: next Coreutils release will no longer install install `su'
>> by default.
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> Even if you install as root, I assume.
> 
> The pkg-user hint already has a workaround for this in chapter 5 (a
> simple copy of src/su to /usr/bin -- which should probably pay attention
> to the umask or use install to explicitly set permissions, but oh well),
> but the hint does nothing in chapter 6.  (Because the su installed by
> coreutils would prevent shadow from installing its version, and the LFS
> book currently uses the su from shadow.)  So "not installing su when a
> normal user runs make install" was a good thing for that hint anyway, in
> chapter 6.

Actually the pkg-user hint says to copy su to /tools/bin. Also, the LFS 
book explicitly disables the installation of su from Coreutils via a 
patch (always has I think?).