From 73aedd1d35747ff2fad4ddf514dca810721a612a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Gronenwoud Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 22:31:50 +0000 Subject: Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3052 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/man-inst.xml | 62 -------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 62 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 chapter06/man-inst.xml (limited to 'chapter06/man-inst.xml') 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 @@ -   - - -Installation of Man - -We'll make three adjustments to the sources of Man. - -The first patch comments out the "MANPATH /usr/man" line in the -man.conf file to prevent redundant results when using - programs such as whatis: - -patch -Np1 -i ../&man-manpath-patch; - -The second patch adds the -R option to the -PAGER variable so that escape sequences are -handled properly: - -patch -Np1 -i ../&man-pager-patch; - -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 -groff: - -patch -Np1 -i ../&man-80cols-patch; - -Now prepare Man for compilation: - -./configure -default -confdir=/etc - -The meaning of the configure options: - - --default: 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. - --confdir=/etc: This tells the -man program to look for the man.conf -configuration file in the /etc directory. - - -Compile the package: - -make - -And install it: - -make install - -If you wish to disable SGR escape sequences, you should -edit the man.conf file and add the -c argument -to nroff. - -You may want to also take a look at the BLFS page at - which deals with -formatting and compression issues for man pages. - - - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf