summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2012-05-04 13:28:33 +0200
committerAndreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>2012-05-04 13:28:33 +0200
commit0d80ac6813e3bf21fad6d87202e9efe6d0c17a82 (patch)
tree0e1b22becb91e03597e26a6dc521a16f6a52bc4e
parente3945c47bdac1149a1fec5d46bd567a248cd17b9 (diff)
downloadglibc-0d80ac6813e3bf21fad6d87202e9efe6d0c17a82.tar.gz
Update install.texi for building manual in build dir
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog2
-rw-r--r--manual/install.texi8
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38ed06cf8a..9a94c11eee 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
2012-05-04 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
[BZ #13750]
+ * manual/install.texi (Configuring and compiling): Adjust since
+ the info files are not part of the tar ball anymore.
* manual/.gitignore: Remove, it's not needed anymore.
* manual/libc-texinfo.sh: Pass OUTDIR as extra argument, create
all files in it.
diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index d2663f3d99..9918425a49 100644
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ system such as @file{/etc/passwd}, @file{/etc/nsswitch.conf} and others.
These files must all contain correct and sensible content.
To format the @cite{GNU C Library Reference Manual} for printing, type
-@w{@code{make dvi}}. You need a working @TeX{} installation to do this.
-The distribution already includes the on-line formatted version of the
-manual, as Info files. You can regenerate those with @w{@code{make
-info}}, but it shouldn't be necessary.
+@w{@code{make dvi}}. You need a working @TeX{} installation to do
+this. The distribution builds the on-line formatted version of the
+manual, as Info files, as part of the build process. You can build
+them manually with @w{@code{make info}}.
The library has a number of special-purpose configuration parameters
which you can find in @file{Makeconfig}. These can be overwritten with