Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Version GIT-20170803-MIPS64-Multilib

Chapter 7. If You Are Going to Boot

7.4. E2fsprogs-1.43.4

The E2fsprogs package contains the utilities for handling the ext2 file system. It also supports the ext3 and ext4 journaling file systems.

7.4.1. Installation of E2fsprogs

Make sure the libraries get installed to /tools/lib64: 

cp -v configure{,.orig}
sed -e "/libdir=.*\/lib/s@/lib@/lib64@g" configure.orig > configure

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: 

../configure \
    --prefix=/tools \
    --enable-elf-shlibs \
    --build=${CLFS_HOST} \
    --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \
    --disable-libblkid \
    --disable-libuuid \
    --disable-fsck \
    --disable-uuidd

The meaning of the configure options:

--enable-elf-shlibs

This creates the shared libraries which some programs in this package use.

--disable-*

This prevents E2fsprogs from building and installing the libuuid and libblkid libraries, the uuidd daemon, and the fsck wrapper, as Util-Linux installed all of them earlier.

Compile the package: 

make

Install the binaries, documentation and shared libraries: 

make install

Install the static libraries and headers: 

make install-libs

Details on this package are located in Section 10.58.2, “Contents of E2fsprogs.”