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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-21 19:38:32 +0000
commit3f0c882398e626cd92503b1bd964a32e89f818dc (patch)
tree73e2935fe138615f4ec2d430fb7fbf6ae8fa9a80 /chapter06/texinfo.xml
parentaaa3260c039e40d68545922b64199b039da6af7b (diff)
Removed the text in chapter 06.
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@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
<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 documents.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -19,19 +17,12 @@ converting Info documents.</para>
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>17 MB</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Texinfo installation depends on</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
-Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Texinfo</title>
-<para>Prepare Texinfo for compilation:</para>
-
-<para>The patch listed below fixes a known segfault in texinfo:</para>
+<para>Apply a patch:</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch</userinput></screen>
@@ -54,24 +45,8 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
<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 TEXMF
-makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for
-example, you plan to install a TeX package later on.</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 step with the Info manuals actually installed on the
-system. If ever you need to recreate the
-<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, the following optional commands
-will accomplish the task:</para>
+<para>If ever you need to recreate the
+<filename>/usr/share/info/dir</filename> file, run this:</para>
<screen><userinput>cd /usr/share/info
rm dir
@@ -84,68 +59,7 @@ done</userinput></screen>
<sect2 id="contents-texinfo" role="content"><title>Contents of Texinfo</title>
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>info, infokey, install-info,
-makeinfo, texi2dvi and texindex</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
-
-<varlistentry id="info">
-<term><command>info</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo info"><primary sortas="b-info">info</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is used to read Info documents. Info
-documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just
-explaining all the flags. Compare for example <command>man tar</command>
-and <command>info tar</command>.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="infokey">
-<term><command>infokey</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo infokey"><primary sortas="b-infokey">infokey</primary></indexterm>
-<para>compiles a source file containing Info
-customizations into a binary format.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="install-info">
-<term><command>install-info</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo install-info"><primary sortas="b-install-info">install-info</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is used to install Info files. It updates entries in the Info index file.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="makeinfo">
-<term><command>makeinfo</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo makeinfo"><primary sortas="b-makeinfo">makeinfo</primary></indexterm>
-<para>translates the given Texinfo source
-documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="texi2dvi">
-<term><command>texi2dvi</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texi2dvi"><primary sortas="b-texi2dvi">texi2dvi</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is used to format the given Texinfo
-document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="texindex">
-<term><command>texindex</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-texinfo texindex"><primary sortas="b-texindex">texindex</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
+<para>See testing</para>
</sect2>