diff options
| author | joseph <joseph@7b3dc134-2b1b-0410-93df-9e9f96275f8d> | 2013-08-20 16:23:48 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | joseph <joseph@7b3dc134-2b1b-0410-93df-9e9f96275f8d> | 2013-08-20 16:23:48 +0000 |
| commit | 80635627ed68eee72bfe1873816a92d7af5caac2 (patch) | |
| tree | efd457b05a6483740594d66e1281bee20b0210bb /libc/INSTALL | |
| parent | d02fdcc0c4985eaaef55c176490730fd04b3bfc7 (diff) | |
| download | eglibc2-80635627ed68eee72bfe1873816a92d7af5caac2.tar.gz | |
Merge changes between r23517 and r23715 from /fsf/trunk.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.eglibc.org/trunk@23785 7b3dc134-2b1b-0410-93df-9e9f96275f8d
Diffstat (limited to 'libc/INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | libc/INSTALL | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libc/INSTALL b/libc/INSTALL index 85d6102b0..9a1592bd5 100644 --- a/libc/INSTALL +++ b/libc/INSTALL @@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler. `--enable-lock-elision=yes' Enable lock elision for pthread mutexes by default. +`--enable-pt_chown' + The file `pt_chown' is a helper binary for `grantpt' (*note + Pseudo-Terminals: Allocation.) that is installed setuid root to + fix up pseudo-terminal ownership. It is not built by default + because systems using the Linux kernel are commonly built with the + `devpts' filesystem enabled and mounted at `/dev/pts', which + manages pseudo-terminal ownership automatically. By using + `--enable-pt_chown', you may build `pt_chown' and install it + setuid and owned by `root'. The use of `pt_chown' introduces + additional security risks to the system and you should enable it + only if you understand and accept those risks. + `--build=BUILD-SYSTEM' `--host=HOST-SYSTEM' These options are for cross-compiling. If you specify both |