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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-04-01 14:42:18 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-04-01 14:42:18 +0000
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Gawk</title>
+<para>Warning: do NOT run <userinput>make uninstall</userinput> on this
+package if you apply the <emphasis>sed</emphasis> fix to change the
+<filename class="directory">libexec</filename> directory definition. The
+<emphasis>uninstall</emphasis> rule in the <filename>Makefile</filename>
+file runs a command like <userinput>rm -rf
+&lt;libexecdir&gt;/*</userinput> Since we change the <filename
+class="directory">libexec</filename> directory to <filename
+class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> it'll run <userinput>rm -rf
+/usr/bin/*</userinput></para>
+
<para>Install Gawk by running the following commands:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cp awklib/Makefile.in awklib/Makefile.in.backup &amp;&amp;