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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2009-08-23 10:27:04 +0100
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2009-08-23 10:27:04 +0100
commit56070a8dea4c1427e040b822e6a63a91a255bc70 (patch)
tree0aa3094830997e8dc3c6d840a2c16364092ab179 /README
parent28b9a260cfcdd30f3176005c51062661f0bccc48 (diff)
* README: Various minor updates.
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@@ -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