[PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing

[PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

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.

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),
-- 
2.0.0.rc2

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Re: [PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

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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