A.29. Lfs-Utils

A.29.1.

A.29.2. Official Download Location

Lfs-utils (0.3):
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~winkie/downloads/lfs-utils/

A.29.3. Contents of Lfs-Utils

The Lfs-Utils package contains some miscellaneous programs used by various packages, but are not large enough to warrant their own individual package.

Installed programs: mktemp, tempfile, http-get and iana-net

Installed files: protocols, services

A.29.4.

A.29.5. Short descriptions

mktemp creates temporary files in a secure manner. It is used in scripts.

tempfile creates temporary files in a less secure manner than mktemp. It is installed for backwards-compatibility.

The http-get script takes advantage of a little known feature of bash called "net redirection". It is used to download from websites without using any other programs.

iana-net uses the http-get script to simplify the process of procuring IANA's services and protocols configuration files.

A.29.6.

A.29.7. Lfs-Utils Installation Dependencies

(No dependencies checked yet.)