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author | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-01 22:39:12 +0000 |
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committer | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-01 22:39:12 +0000 |
commit | 53b9d804b1c646d2dde0e2d18c8737c303db5052 (patch) | |
tree | 451c1eaeb9fec8393b7bb14ca40987229f47012f /share/doc | |
parent | e4302d7ae5c59780ea67fff1e041402bd0a10607 (diff) | |
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Documented MANPREFIX and MAN%cPREFIX (where %c=[1-9LN]).
[my wording is probably awkward, if a wordsmith is bored perhaps they
could take a look at this]
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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml index b0b0577..34541fa 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/porting.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.51 1996/12/28 08:23:52 max Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: porting.sgml,v 1.52 1996/12/30 21:33:38 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect1><heading>Porting an existing piece of free software<label id="porting"></heading> @@ -955,6 +955,12 @@ MAN8= baz.8 <p>Note that this is not usually necessary with ports that are X applications and use Imake to build. + <p>If your port anchors its man tree somewhere other than + <tt>PREFIX</tt>, you can use the <tt>MANPREFIX</tt> to set it. + Also, if only some of the manpages go in a non-standard place, + such as many Perl modules ports, you can set individual man + paths using <tt>MAN%cPREFIX</tt> (where %c=[1-9LN]). + <sect3> <heading>INSTALL_* macros</heading> <p>Do use the macros provided in <tt>bsd.port.mk</tt> to |