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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/vim.xml | 27 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index d65ea8d2b..f73601d59 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ </listitem> --> <listitem> + <para>2014-06-30</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[Chris] - Install Vim documentation to /usr/share/doc + instead of creating a symlink there. Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3617">#3617</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2014-06-28</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/vim.xml b/chapter06/vim.xml index c5b3d0527..d400249be 100644 --- a/chapter06/vim.xml +++ b/chapter06/vim.xml @@ -83,7 +83,24 @@ <para>Install the package:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="install">make HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version; install</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the make option:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>HELPSUBLOC=/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>Tells Vim to install its documentation into + <filename class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename> + instead of + <filename class="directory">/usr/share/&vim-docdir;/doc</filename>, + for better consistency with the documentation location for other + packages.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> <para>Many users are used to using <command>vi</command> instead of <command>vim</command>. To allow execution of <command>vim</command> @@ -96,14 +113,6 @@ for L in /usr/share/man/{,*/}man1/vim.1; do ln -sv vim.1 $(dirname $L)/vi.1 done</userinput></screen> - <para>By default, Vim's documentation is installed in <filename - class="directory">/usr/share/vim</filename>. The following symlink - allows the documentation to be accessed via <filename - class="directory">/usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</filename>, making - it consistent with the location of documentation for other packages:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -sv ../&vim-docdir;/doc /usr/share/doc/vim-&vim-version;</userinput></screen> - <para>If an X Window System is going to be installed on the LFS system, it may be necessary to recompile Vim after installing X. Vim comes with a GUI version of the editor that requires X and some |