LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/LFS-Current/chapter06/attr.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-attr" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="attr.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>attr</productname>
<productnumber>&attr-version;</productnumber>
<address>&attr-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Attr-&attr-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-attr">
<primary sortas="a-Attr">Attr</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The attr package contains utilities to administer the extended
attributes on filesystem objects.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&attr-ch6-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&attr-ch6-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Attr</title>
<para>Modify the documentation directory so that it is a versioned
directory:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's|/@pkg_name@|&amp;-@pkg_version@|' include/builddefs.in</userinput></screen>
<para>Prevent installation of manual pages that were already installed by
the <xref linkend="man-pages"/> package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e "/SUBDIRS/s|man2||" man/Makefile</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Attr for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>The tests need to be run on a filesystem that supports extended
attributes such as the ext2, ext3, or ext4 filesystems. The tests are also
known to fail if running multiple simultaneous tests (-j option greater than
1). To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make -j1 tests root-tests</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install install-dev install-lib
chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
<para>The shared library needs to be moved to
<filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
<filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
<filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libattr.so.* /lib
ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libattr.so) /usr/lib/libattr.so</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-attr" role="content">
<title>Contents of Attr</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>attr, getfattr, and setattr</seg>
<seg>libattr.so</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/attr and /usr/share/doc/attr-&attr-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="attr">
<term><command>attr</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Extends attributes on filesystem objects</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-attr attr">
<primary sortas="b-attr">attr</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="getfattr">
<term><command>getfattr</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Gets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-attr getfattr">
<primary sortas="b-getfattr">getfattr</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="setattr">
<term><command>setattr</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Sets the extended attributes of filesystem objects</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-attr setattr">
<primary sortas="b-setattr">setattr</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libattr">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libattr</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains the libbrary functions for manipulating extended attributes</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-attr libattr">
<primary sortas="c-libattr">libattr</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>