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-rw-r--r--system/bulk_extractor/README11
-rw-r--r--system/bulk_extractor/bulk_extractor.SlackBuild6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/system/bulk_extractor/README b/system/bulk_extractor/README
index 5540024c1e..3679062b4b 100644
--- a/system/bulk_extractor/README
+++ b/system/bulk_extractor/README
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
bulk_extractor is a C++ program that scans a disk image, a file, or a directory
-of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or
-file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be
-easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor
-also creates histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more
+of files and extracts useful information without parsing the file system or
+file system structures. The results are stored in feature files that can be
+easily inspected, parsed, or processed with automated tools. bulk_extractor
+also creates histograms of features that it finds, as features that are more
common tend to be more important.
bulk_extractor is distinguished from other forensic tools by its speed and
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@ To add optional liblightgrep support:
NOTE:
When running bulk_extractor with lightgrep, use
"-x find -e lightgrep -F findlist.txt" in addition to regular options.
+
+If you want to use the java based GUI (BEViewer), you will also need to have
+java installed. This has been tested with JDK.
diff --git a/system/bulk_extractor/bulk_extractor.SlackBuild b/system/bulk_extractor/bulk_extractor.SlackBuild
index 903aa717aa..2a7e955d4f 100644
--- a/system/bulk_extractor/bulk_extractor.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/bulk_extractor/bulk_extractor.SlackBuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LIGHTGREP_ENABLE=${LIGHTGREP_ENABLE:-no}
if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
case "$( uname -m )" in
- i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+ i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
*) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
esac
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
- SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+ SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"