Changeset 8d237953 for x/installing/x7driver.xml

Timestamp:

05/31/2007 07:26:12 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Dan Nichilson <dnicholson@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

048bc8cc

Parents:

9ae86120

Message:

Streamlined the commands in the Xorg sections

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@6797 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• x/installing/x7driver.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

x/installing/x7driver.xml

@@ -86 +86 @@
     <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
 
-    <para>The <application>xf86-input-evdev</application>,
-    <application>xf86-video-ati</application>,
-    <application>xf86-video-fbdev</application>,
-    <application>xf86-video-glint</application>, and
-    <application>xf86-video-newport</application> packages install
-    man pages in UTF-8 encoding, and they will not display correctly
-    using <application>Man-DB</application>. Issue the following
-    command before building these packages to replace the offending
-    characters with ones that <command>man</command> can properly
-    display.</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/" \
-       -e "s/\xc3\xa4/\\\\[:a]/" \
-       -e "s/\xc3\x9c/\\\\[:U]/" man/*.man</userinput></screen>
-
     <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
     cannot be used with your hardware.  For instance, do not build Sun drivers
@@ -111 +96 @@
     package:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
+<screen><userinput>case $(basename "$PWD") in
+xf86-input-evdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-ati-[0-9]* | \
+xf86-video-fbdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-glint-[0-9]* | \
+xf86-video-newport-[0-9]* )
+    sed -i -e "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/" \
+           -e "s/\xc3\xa4/\\\\[:a]/" \
+           -e "s/\xc3\x9c/\\\\[:U]/" man/*.man
+    ;;
+esac &amp;&amp;
+./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
     --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -126 +120 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para><command>sed -i ... man/*.man</command>: A few packages install
+    man pages in UTF-8 encoding, and they will not display correctly
+    using <application>Man-DB</application>. This command converts the
+    offending characters to ones that <command>man</command> can properly
+    display.</para>
 
     <para><parameter>--with-xorg-module-dir=...</parameter>: This switch