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| From | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation: allow installing man pages to a user defined directory |
| Date | 2017-04-21 00:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tyshl-5OL-33@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <typt8-45C-13@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | LWN.net |
On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:57:28 -0300 "Herton R. Krzesinski" <herton@redhat.com> wrote: > Documentation/DocBook/Makefile hard codes the prefixed path to which you > can install the built man pages (/usr/local prefix). That's unfortunate > since the user may want to install to another prefix or location (for > example, a distribution packaging the man pages may want to install to a > random temporary location in the build process). > > Be flexible and allow the prefixed path to which we install man pages to be > changed with the INSTALL_MAN_PATH environment variable (and use the same > default as other similar variables like INSTALL_HDR_PATH). Applied, thanks. Of course, the DocBook-based man-page generation is fading away, and we haven't managed to put together a replacement quite yet. Soon, I hope... jon
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[PATCH] Documentation: allow installing man pages to a user defined directory "Herton R. Krzesinski" <herton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-20 21:00 +0200 Re: [PATCH] Documentation: allow installing man pages to a user defined directory Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2017-04-21 00:00 +0200
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