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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/gzip-inst.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 728c85336..1819a0041 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>September 4th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Gzip: +Altered text to better explain the reason behind the sed command +used in the gzip installation. Closes bug 551.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>September 4th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 4 - Downloading patches: Added a note regarding Tushar's patches project, and a link to the patches home page.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml index 685f3830c..f03414c60 100644 --- a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para> -<para>Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will -be installed in the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename> -directory:</para> +<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hardcoded into +it. Because we later change the location of this binary, the following +command will place the new location into the gzexe binary.</para> <para><screen><userinput>cp gzexe.in{,.backup} sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup > gzexe.in</userinput></screen></para> |