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diff --git a/chapter06/flex.xml b/chapter06/flex.xml index 2d0f80cdd..a3db70301 100644 --- a/chapter06/flex.xml +++ b/chapter06/flex.xml @@ -41,9 +41,13 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Flex</title> - <para>Prepare Flex for compilation:</para> + <para>The build procedure assumes the <application>help2man</application> + program is available to create a man page from the executable --help option. + This is not present, so we use an environment variable to skip this process. + Now, prepare Flex for compilation:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen> +<screen><userinput remap="configure">HELP2MAN=/tools/bin/true \ +./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/share/doc/flex-&flex-version;</userinput></screen> <para>Compile the package:</para> @@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> + <para>There is one known test failure.</para> + <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> |