diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index fc3770d89..3b3a3dffa 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ +September 24th, 2003 [greg]: Various changes across the board +addressing Bug 675. + September 22nd, 2003 [greg]: Chapter 8 - Creating the /etc/fstab file: Made mounting devpts the default. diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml index 8b9328755..7ac9f31c3 100644 --- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml @@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ make LDFLAGS="-all-static" LDFLAGS="-all-static": This tells the linker that all the Binutils programs should be linked statically. However, -strictly speaking, "-all-static" is first passed on to -the libtool program which then passes +strictly speaking, "-all-static" is first passed to the +libtool program which then passes "-static" on to the linker. diff --git a/chapter06/config-glibc.xml b/chapter06/config-glibc.xml index d36ab4af8..0700099d0 100644 --- a/chapter06/config-glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/config-glibc.xml @@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ or Canada/Eastern. Then create the cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern /etc/localtime +The meaning of the option: + + +--remove-destination: This is needed to +force removal of the already existing symbolic link. The reason why we copy +instead of symlink is to cover the situation where /usr is +on a separate partition. This could matter, for example, when booted into single +user mode. + + Of course, instead of Canada/Eastern, fill in the name of the time zone that the tzselect script gave you. diff --git a/chapter06/file-inst.xml b/chapter06/file-inst.xml index 51f410bf1..9c695ad7c 100644 --- a/chapter06/file-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/file-inst.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Prepare File for compilation: -./configure --prefix=/usr --datadir=/usr/share/misc +./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml index 682010bbc..40b452137 100644 --- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml @@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ directory. PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin ./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 diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml b/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml index e29343e30..2fd1fed62 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo-inst.xml @@ -21,10 +21,17 @@ following command will do so: make install -And install the components belonging in a TeX installation: +And optionally install the components belonging in a TeX installation: make TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf install-tex +The meaning of the make option: + + +TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf: The TEXMF +makefile variable holds the location of the root of your TeX tree if, for +example, you plan to install a TeX package later on. + + -