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author | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-02-10 19:29:18 +0000 |
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committer | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2006-02-10 19:29:18 +0000 |
commit | fd8a21fdaa1e5953b7ee42593a712dad849e2e10 (patch) | |
tree | cba22d447d085cd4ba57f908afe374a7e7341a19 /chapter06/texinfo.xml | |
parent | a38ce7c0184c432590e2e6713cb6b07a8a529fd9 (diff) |
Ported r7369 from trunk to udev_update branch.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/udev_update/BOOK@7370 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml index 93c83c465..db6f979bd 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml @@ -1,86 +1,103 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> + <sect1 id="ch-system-texinfo" role="wrap"> -<title>Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="texinfo.html"?> + <?dbhtml filename="texinfo.html"?> + + <title>Texinfo-&texinfo-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo"> + <primary sortas="a-Texinfo">Texinfo</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> + + <para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and + converting info pages.</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo"><primary sortas="a-Texinfo">Texinfo</primary></indexterm> + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> -<sect2 role="package"><title/> -<para>The Texinfo package contains programs for reading, writing, and -converting info pages.</para> + <seglistitem> + <seg>0.2 SBU</seg> + <seg>14.7 MB</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> -<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>14.7 MB</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, -Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> -</sect2> + <seglistitem> + <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, + Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> -<sect2 role="installation"> -<title>Installation of Texinfo</title> + </sect2> -<para>The <command>info</command> program makes assumptions such as that -a string occupies the same number of character cells on the screen and bytes -in memory and that one can break the string anywhere, which fail in -UTF-8 based locales. The patch below makes them valid -by falling back to English messages when a multibyte locale is in use:</para> + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Texinfo</title> + + <para>The <command>info</command> program makes assumptions such as that + a string occupies the same number of character cells on the screen and + bytes in memory and that one can break the string anywhere, which fail + in UTF-8 based locales. The patch below makes them valid by falling back + to English messages when a multibyte locale is in use:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&texinfo-multibyte-patch;</userinput></screen> -<para>Texinfo allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink -attack on temporary files. Apply the following patch to fix this:</para> + <para>Texinfo allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink + attack on temporary files. Apply the following patch to fix this:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&texinfo-tempfile_fix-patch;</userinput></screen> -<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para> + <para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> -<para>Compile the package:</para> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> + <para>To test the results, issue: + <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> -<para>Install the package:</para> + <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> -<para>Optionally, install the components belonging in a TeX installation:</para> + <para>Optionally, install the components belonging in a TeX + installation:</para> + <!-- FIXME: doesn't the TeX installation in BLFS overwrite files there? --> <screen><userinput>make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex</userinput></screen> -<para>The meaning of the make parameter:</para> - -<variablelist> -<varlistentry> -<term><parameter>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</parameter></term> -<listitem><para>The <envar>TEXMF</envar> makefile variable holds the location of the -root of the TeX tree if, for example, a TeX package will be installed -later.</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> -<!-- FIXME: doesn't the TeX installation in BLFS overwrite files there? --> - -<para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its -list of menu entries. The file is located at -<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. Unfortunately, due to -occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, it can -sometimes get out of sync with the info pages installed on the -system. If the <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file ever -needs to be recreated, the following optional commands will accomplish -the task:</para> + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>The <envar>TEXMF</envar> makefile variable holds the location + of the root of the TeX tree if, for example, a TeX package will be + installed later.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <para>The Info documentation system uses a plain text file to hold its list of + menu entries. The file is located at <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename>. + Unfortunately, due to occasional problems in the Makefiles of various packages, + it can sometimes get out of sync with the info pages installed on the system. + If the <filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file ever needs to be + recreated, the following optional commands will accomplish the task:</para> <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cd /usr/share/info rm dir @@ -88,85 +105,105 @@ for f in * do install-info $f dir 2>/dev/null done</userinput></screen> -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title> - -<segmentedlist> -<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> -<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info, -makeinfo, texi2dvi, texi2pdf, and texindex</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> -<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> -<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - -<varlistentry id="info"> -<term><command>info</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Used to read info pages which are similar to man pages, but often go much -deeper than just explaining all the available command line options. For example, -compare <command>man bison</command> and <command>info bison</command>.</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infokey"> -<term><command>infokey</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a -binary format</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="install-info"> -<term><command>install-info</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Used to install info pages; it updates entries in the -<command>info</command> index file</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="makeinfo"> -<term><command>makeinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Translates the given Texinfo source documents into -info pages, plain text, or HTML</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texi2dvi"> -<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Used to format the given Texinfo document into a -device-independent file that can be printed</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texi2pdf"> -<term><command>texi2pdf</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Used to format the given Texinfo document into a -Portable Document Format (PDF) file</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2pdf"><primary sortas="b-texi2pdf">texi2pdf</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="texindex"> -<term><command>texindex</command></term> -<listitem> -<para>Used to sort Texinfo index files</para> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> - -</sect2> + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"> + <title>Contents of Texinfo</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>info, infokey, install-info, makeinfo, texi2dvi, texi2pdf, and + texindex</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="info"> + <term><command>info</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Used to read info pages which are similar to man pages, but + often go much deeper than just explaining all the available command + line options. For example, compare <command>man bison</command> and + <command>info bison</command>.</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"> + <primary sortas="b-info">info</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="infokey"> + <term><command>infokey</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Compiles a source file containing Info customizations into a + binary format</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"> + <primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="install-info"> + <term><command>install-info</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Used to install info pages; it updates entries in the + <command>info</command> index file</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"> + <primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="makeinfo"> + <term><command>makeinfo</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Translates the given Texinfo source documents into + info pages, plain text, or HTML</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"> + <primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="texi2dvi"> + <term><command>texi2dvi</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Used to format the given Texinfo document into a + device-independent file that can be printed</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"> + <primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="texi2pdf"> + <term><command>texi2pdf</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Used to format the given Texinfo document into a + Portable Document Format (PDF) file</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2pdf"> + <primary sortas="b-texi2pdf">texi2pdf</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="texindex"> + <term><command>texindex</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Used to sort Texinfo index files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"> + <primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> </sect1> - |