lrzsz-0.12.20

Installation of lrzsz

Apply a patch to fix various configuration, build, and security issues:

patch -Np1 -i ../lrzsz-0.12.20-third_party_fixes-1.patch

Remove an unneeded prototype that causes a build failure:

for i in src/l{r,s}z.c; do
  sed -i '/extern\ char\ \*strstr/d' $i
done

Add and remove some files, then regenerate the autoconf files:

touch config.rpath &&
rm -vf missing &&
rm -vf acconfig.h &&
autoreconf -fiv -I/usr/share/gettext/m4

Install lrzsz by executing the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls &&
make

Now as the root user:

make install &&

for x in {r,s}{b,x,z} ; do
    ln -svf l${x} /usr/bin/${x} &&
    ln -svf l${x:0:1}z.1 /usr/share/man/man1/${x}.1 &&
    [ "${x:1:1}" = "z" ] || ln -svf l${x:0:1}z.1 /usr/share/man/man1/l${x}.1
done