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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000
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Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6.
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@@ -7,7 +7,57 @@ Estimated required disk space: &gawk-compsize;</screen>
&aa-gawk-shortdesc;
&aa-gawk-dep;
-&c6-gawk-inst;
+
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Installation of Gawk</title>
+
+<para>First apply a patch to fix the following issues:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Gawk's default location for some of its executables is
+<filename>$prefix/libexec/awk</filename>. This location doesn't comply
+with the FHS, which never even mentions a directory called
+<filename>libexec</filename>. The patch makes it possible to pass a
+<emphasis>--libexecdir</emphasis> switch to the configure script, so that we
+can use a more appropriate location for the <userinput>grcat</userinput> and
+<userinput>pwcat</userinput> binaries:
+<filename>/usr/bin</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>Gawk's default data directory is
+<filename>$prefix/share/awk</filename>. But package-specific
+directories should be named using the package name and version number
+(for example: <filename>gawk-7.7.2.</filename>) and not simply the package
+name, as there may be different versions of a package installed on the system.
+The patch changes the name of the data directory to the correct
+<filename>$prefix/share/gawk-&gawk-version;</filename>.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>The patch also ensures that this data directory, including its
+contents, is removed on a <emphasis>make uninstall</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&gawk-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Now prepare Gawk for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>This package has a test suite available which can perform a number of
+checks to ensure it built correctly. Should you choose to run it, the
+following command will do so:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>And install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
</sect1>