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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/perl.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | index.xml | 4 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 643c77ec3..127c1484f 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>November 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Perl: Added fix +for perldoc less invocation problem. Closes bug 716.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>November 16th, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 6 - Texinfo: Added note about how to recreate the /usr/share/info/dir file if needed. Closes Bug 485.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml index 5e90ec069..d870f84f9 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Estimated required disk space: &perl-compsize;</screen> <para>Prepare Perl for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput>./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR"</userinput></screen> <para>If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be built, you can run the interactive <userinput>Configure</userinput> script @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed above.</para> +<para>The use of the -Dpager directive above fixes a small problem with the +perldoc program, due to improper invocation of the less program.</para> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [ -<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031116"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "November 16th, 2003"> +<!ENTITY version "CVS-20031117"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "November 17th, 2003"> <!ENTITY milestone "5.1"> <!ENTITY nbsp " "> |