Details on this package are located in Section 10.36.2, “Contents of E2fsprogs.”
The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2 file system. It also supports the ext3 journaling file system.
The E2fsprogs documentation recommends that the package be built in a subdirectory of the source tree:
mkdir -v build cd build
Prepare E2fsprogs for compilation:
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ../configure --prefix=/usr \
--with-root-prefix="" --enable-elf-shlibs --disable-evms
The meaning of the configure options:
Certain programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs. When, for example, /usr is not mounted, these programs still need to be available. They belong in directories like /lib and /sbin. If this option is not passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into the /usr directory.
This creates the shared libraries which some programs in this package use.
This disables the building of the Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) plugin. This plugin is not up-to-date with the latest EVMS internal interfaces and EVMS is not installed as part of a base CLFS system, so the plugin is not required. See the EVMS website at http://evms.sourceforge.net/ for more information regarding EVMS.
Compile the libraries:
make CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" libs
Install the shared libraries:
make install-libs
Details on this package are located in Section 10.36.2, “Contents of E2fsprogs.”