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diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml index 682010bbc..40b452137 100644 --- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml @@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ directory.</para> <para><screen><userinput>PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin ./configure -default -confdir=/etc</userinput></screen></para> +<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><userinput>-default</userinput>: This tells the configure script +to select a sensible set of default options. For example: only English man +pages, no message catalogs, man not suid, handle compressed man pages, compress +cat pages, create cat pages whenever the appropriate directory exists, follow +FHS by putting cat pages under /var/cache/man provided that that directory +exists.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para><userinput>-confdir=/etc</userinput>: This tells the +<userinput>man</userinput> program to look for the <filename>man.conf</filename> +configuration file in the <filename>/etc</filename> directory.</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para> |