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-rw-r--r--chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml21
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 0860a2a27..977564671 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
<para>2008-10-10</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Added documentation enhancements to the E2fsprogs
+ package.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[randy] - Removed an unnecessary parameter from the
Util-linux-ng Chapter 6 make command. Thanks to Greg Schafer for
pointing it out.</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
index 29f1beb70..d0758370d 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,27 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install-libs</userinput></screen>
+ <para>This package installs a gzipped
+ <filename class="extension">.info</filename> file but doesn't update the
+ system-wide <filename>dir</filename> file. Unzip this file and then update
+ the system <filename>dir</filename> file using the following
+ commands.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">gunzip -v /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info.gz
+install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir \
+ /usr/share/info/libext2fs.info</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>If desired, create and install some additional documentation by
+ issuing the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">makeinfo -o doc/com_err.info ../lib/et/com_err.texinfo
+install -v -m644 doc/com_err.info /usr/share/info
+install-info --dir-file=/usr/share/info/dir \
+ /usr/share/info/com_err.info
+
+install -v -m644 -D ../doc/libblkid.txt \
+ /usr/share/doc/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;/libblkid.txt</userinput></screen>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-e2fsprogs" role="content">