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diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 1d3b84a62..000000000 --- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of Man</title> - -<para>We'll make three adjustments to the sources of Man.</para> - -<para>The first patch comments out the "MANPATH /usr/man" line in the -<filename>man.conf</filename> file to prevent redundant results when using - programs such as <userinput>whatis</userinput>:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&man-manpath-patch;</userinput></screen> - -<para>The second patch adds the <emphasis>-R</emphasis> option to the -<emphasis>PAGER</emphasis> variable so that escape sequences are -handled properly:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&man-pager-patch;</userinput></screen> - -<para>The third and last patch prevents a problem when man pages not formatted -with more than 80 columns are used in conjunction with recent releases of -<userinput>groff</userinput>:</para> - -<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&man-80cols-patch;</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Man for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>./configure -default -confdir=/etc</userinput></screen> - -<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> - -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - -<para>And install it:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - -<note><para>If you wish to disable SGR escape sequences, you should -edit the man.conf file and add the <userinput>-c</userinput> argument -to nroff.</para></note> - -<para>You may want to also take a look at the BLFS page at -<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/compressdoc.html"/> which deals with -formatting and compression issues for man pages.</para> - -</sect2> - |