From 5a4b3da022963293e4bd04bfd6ada877821eba0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Utley Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 08:32:34 +0000 Subject: Changed Perl Chapter 6 commands to fix perldoc less invocation issue - closes bug 718 git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3109 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/perl.xml | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'chapter06/perl.xml') diff --git a/chapter06/perl.xml b/chapter06/perl.xml index 5e90ec069..d870f84f9 100644 --- a/chapter06/perl.xml +++ b/chapter06/perl.xml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Estimated required disk space: &perl-compsize; Prepare Perl for compilation: -./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr +./configure.gnu --prefix=/usr -Dpager="/bin/less -isR" If you want more control over the way Perl sets itself up to be built, you can run the interactive Configure script @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ instead and modify the way Perl is built. If you think you can live with the (sensible) defaults Perl auto-detects, then just use the command listed above. +The use of the -Dpager directive above fixes a small problem with the +perldoc program, due to improper invocation of the less program. + Compile the package: make -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf