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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-08-23 10:27:04 +0100 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2009-08-23 10:27:04 +0100 |
commit | 56070a8dea4c1427e040b822e6a63a91a255bc70 (patch) | |
tree | 0aa3094830997e8dc3c6d840a2c16364092ab179 /README | |
parent | 28b9a260cfcdd30f3176005c51062661f0bccc48 (diff) |
* README: Various minor updates.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 26 deletions
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@ README for the man-db manual pager suite ======================================== -Please read the man-db manual, available in PostScript format, located at an -FTP site carrying this package. It contains configuration details and other -aspects of this manual pager suite that are not duplicated or relevant in -this README. - -As of man-db-2.3.11, the man-db manual is *included* with this distribution -in source form. Please check manual/README for details of the formatters -required. The man-db manual must be built from the manual subdirectory. +Please read the man-db manual, included in the manual subdirectory of this +distribution. It contains configuration details and other aspects of this +manual pager suite that are not duplicated or relevant in this README. +Check manual/README for details of the formatters required. Read docs/INSTALL.autoconf for generic options to configure. Read docs/INSTALL.quick if you know all about man-db. @@ -105,16 +101,15 @@ options are discussed in docs/INSTALL.autoconf. The following list of options is extracted from the man-db manual. It is strongly recommended that relevant sections of the manual are read if any of these options are used. - ---enable-setuid[=ARG] - By default, man will be installed as a setuid program - to user man. Use this option with an argument to change - the setuid owner. + +−−enable−setuid[=ARG] + By default, man will be installed as a setuid program to user man. Use + this option with an argument to change the setuid owner. --disable-setuid - Use this option to install man as a non-setuid program - and to change the default cat and database files' - access flags to allow users to modify them. + Use this option to install man as a non-setuid program and to change the + default cat and database files' access flags to allow users to modify + them. --enable-mandirs=OS By default, man-db supports manual page directories in any of several @@ -127,18 +122,16 @@ used. not currently capable of writing cat pages in the proper BSD layout. --with-device=DEVICE - Use this flag to alter the default output device used - by NROFF. DEVICE is passed to NROFF with the -T option. - configure will test that NROFF will run with the sup- - plied device argument. + Use this flag to alter the default output device used by NROFF. DEVICE is + passed to NROFF with the -T option. configure will test that NROFF will + run with the supplied device argument. --with-db=LIBRARY - configure will look for database interface libraries in - the order gdbm, Berkeley DB and finally ndbm and will - #define appropriate variables relative to the first one - found. To override the built in order on platforms hav- - ing a choice of interface library, use this option to - specify which library to use. + configure will look for database interface libraries in the order gdbm, + Berkeley DB and finally ndbm and will #define appropriate variables rela- + tive to the first one found. To override the built-in order on platforms + having a choice of interface library, use this option to specify which + library to use. −−enable−automatic−create If this flag is used, man will automatically create index databases for |