From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] README: explain usage of prefix when installing Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 08:07:35 +0200 Message-ID: <5382DA27.1070508@gmail.com> References: <1401068212-17756-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1401068212-17756-1-git-send-email-xypron.glpk-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Heinrich Schuchardt Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.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 > --- > 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), > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html