[blfs] branch trunk updated: Fix net-tools for building with linux-7.1+

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     new 21eb168fc0 Fix net-tools for building with linux-7.1+
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commit 21eb168fc09e15104d0a7eddcb8330bfcb1b115b
Author: Pierre Labastie <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 1 19:59:54 2026 +0200

    Fix net-tools for building with linux-7.1+
    
    Thanks to Joe Locash for providing a sed command (slightly modified)
---
 networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml b/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
index 40f03fc526..861ff3b510 100644
--- a/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
+++ b/networking/netprogs/net-tools.xml
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@
 
     <para id="net-tools-automate-example" xreflabel="Net-tools">
       The instructions below automate the configuration process by piping
-      <command>yes</command> to the <command>make</command> command.
+      <command>yes</command> to the <command>make config</command> command.
       If you wish to run the interactive configuration process (by changing
-      the instruction to just <command>make</command>), but you are
-      not sure how to answer all the questions, then just accept the defaults.
-      This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here
+      the instruction to just <command>make config</command>), but you are
+      not sure how to answer all the questions, then just accept the defaults,
+      except for anything touching X25, ROSE, and NETROM, which have been
+      disabled in linux-7.1.  What you're asked here
       is a bunch of questions about which network protocols you've enabled
       in your kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from this
       package to work with the most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several
@@ -124,7 +125,11 @@
     </para>
 
 <screen><userinput>export BINDIR='/usr/bin' SBINDIR='/usr/bin' &amp;&amp;
-yes "" | make -j1                           &amp;&amp;
+yes "" | make config                        &amp;&amp;
+sed -e /ROM/s/0/1/  \
+    -e /X25/s/0/1/  \
+    -e /ROSE/s/0/1/ \
+    -i config.h                             &amp;&amp;
 make DESTDIR=$PWD/install -j1 install       &amp;&amp;
 rm    install/usr/bin/{nis,yp}domainname    &amp;&amp;
 rm    install/usr/bin/{hostname,dnsdomainname,domainname,ifconfig} &amp;&amp;
@@ -154,11 +159,17 @@ cp -a install/* /</userinput></screen>
     </para>
 
     <para>
-      <command>yes "" | make </command>: Piping <command>yes</command>
+      <command>yes "" | make config</command>: Piping <command>yes</command>
       to <command>make config</command> skips the interactive configuration and
       accepts the defaults.
     </para>
 
+
+    <para>
+      <command>sed -e ...</command>: This disables building protocols that
+      are not available anymore in the kernel.
+    </para>
+
     <para>
       <command>rm ...</command>: Remove unneeded programs and man pages.
     </para>

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