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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 08:07:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5382DA27.1070508@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1401068212-17756-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>

On 05/26/2014 03:36 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> Installing the manpages to /usr may not be the preferred option
> when working on a system with a packaging system like apt or yum,
> where /usr is reserved for packages and /usr/local or /opt is used
> for user addons.
> 
> README should explain how to install to a path different to /usr.

Thanks, Heinrich. APplied.

Cheers,

Michael


> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  README | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 447a925..0ec038f 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This package contains Linux man pages for sections
>  
>  Install by copying to your favourite location.
>  "make install" will just copy them to /usr/share/man/man[1-8].
> +To install to a path different from /usr use
> +"make install prefix=/install/path".
>  "make" will move the pages from this package that are older than
>  the already installed ones to a subdirectory `not_installed',
>  then remove old versions (compressed or not),
> 


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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-26  6:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-26  1:36 [PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing Heinrich Schuchardt
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2014-05-26  6:07   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]

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