QA Part #1

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2403 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 85de1eb4d..9be5c493a 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 <title>Installation of Vim</title>
 
 <para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
-install it. This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2. Apply
-the patch by issuing the following command:</para>
+install it. This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../vim-&vim-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
 
@@ -17,6 +16,18 @@ the patch by issuing the following command:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>make CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\"</userinput></screen></para>
 
+<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\":</userinput>
+This option above causes vim to look for the
+<filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> file which contains vim's global settings.
+Normally, this file is assumed to be located in <filename
+class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>, but we feel that
+<filename class="directory">/etc</filename> is a more logical place for this
+kind of file.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
 <para>The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> option above causes vim to look
 for the /etc/vimrc file which contains vim's global settings. Normally,
 this file is assumed to be located in <filename>/usr/share/vim</filename>,