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| author | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-05-25 14:01:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-05-25 14:01:00 +0000 |
| commit | e6c8119c856fd132496ee137167ce16d90baddbf (patch) | |
| tree | 4a3aaa2f66765ed88d3d2fc9aa76e3ae97cce0fe /chapter06/diffutils.xml | |
| parent | 3202348d66a4f1be6499849d74020bdd5012b265 (diff) | |
Fixed generation of diff's man page, fixes #1800.
Thanks Randy McMurchy for the report and Ken Moffat for the fix.
Also, some slight wording adjustments on the Shadow page.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7627 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06/diffutils.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/diffutils.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/diffutils.xml b/chapter06/diffutils.xml index 3c55e77b6..855c7d418 100644 --- a/chapter06/diffutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/diffutils.xml @@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&diffutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>The above patch will cause the Diffutils build system to attempt to + rebuild the <filename>diff.1</filename> man page using the unavailable + program <command>help2man</command>. The result is an unreadable man page for + <command>diff</command>. We can avoid this by updating the timestamp on + the file <filename>man/diff.1</filename>:</para> + +<screen><userinput>touch man/diff.1</userinput></screen> + <para>Prepare Diffutils for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> |