Changeset f2f15e5 for chapter06/man-db.xml

Timestamp:

10/09/2008 02:21:09 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

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Message:

Updated Man-DB to 2.5.2

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8610 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter06/man-db.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

chapter06/man-db.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
     <title>Installation of Man-DB</title>
 
-    <para>Two adjustments need to be made to the sources of Man-DB.</para>
+    <!-- <para>Two adjustments need to be made to the sources of Man-DB.</para> 
 
     <para>The first change is a <command>sed</command> substitution to delete
     the <quote>/usr/man</quote> and <quote>/usr/local/man</quote> lines in
     the <filename>man_db.conf</filename> file to prevent redundant results
+    when using programs such as <command>whatis</command>:</para> -->
+
+    <para>Use a <command>sed</command> substitution to delete
+    the <quote>/usr/man</quote> and <quote>/usr/local/man</quote> lines in
+    the <filename>man_db.conf</filename> file to prevent redundant results
     when using programs such as <command>whatis</command>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e '\%\t/usr/man%d' -e '\%\t/usr/local/man%d' src/man_db.conf.in</userinput></screen>
+
+    <!-- This is removed and the same thing is done using the configure
+         command, which seems to be the more proper method
 
     <para>The second change accounts for programs that Man-DB should be able
@@ -70 +78 @@
     to install them yourself after finishing LFS if you wish to do so.</para>
 
+    -->
+
     <para>Prepare Man-DB for compilation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib --sysconfdir=/etc \
-    --disable-setuid</userinput></screen>
+    --disable-setuid --with-browser=/usr/bin/lynx \
+    --with-col=/usr/bin/col --with-vgrind=/usr/bin/vgrind \
+    --with-grap=/usr/bin/grap</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
@@ -83 +95 @@
           <para>This disables making the <command>man</command> program setuid
           to user <systemitem class="username">man</systemitem>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--with-...</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>These four parameters are used to set some default programs.
+          The <command>col</command> program is a part of the Util-linux-ng
+          package, <command>lynx</command> is a text-based web browser (see BLFS
+          for installation instructions), <command>vgrind</command> converts
+          program sources to Groff input, and <command>grap</command> is useful
+          for typesetting graphs in Groff documents. The <command>vgrind</command>
+          and <command>grap</command> programs are not normally needed for viewing
+          manual pages. They are not part of LFS or BLFS, but you should be able
+          to install them yourself after finishing LFS if you wish to do so.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -319 +346 @@
 
       <seglistitem>
-        <seg>accessdb, apropos, catman, convert-mans, lexgrog, man, mandb,
+        <seg>apropos, catman, convert-mans, lexgrog, man, mandb,
         manpath, whatis, and zsoelim</seg>
       </seglistitem>
@@ -329 +356 @@
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
-      <varlistentry id="accessdb">
+      <!-- <varlistentry id="accessdb">
         <term><command>accessdb</command></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -338 +365 @@
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry> -->
 
       <varlistentry id="apropos">