From 1261f5d10cef72c93474f0198d07343d42b82cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Jaeger Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 17:09:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Update install.texi for building manual in build dir" This reverts commit 0d80ac6813e3bf21fad6d87202e9efe6d0c17a82. Reverting since e3945c47bdac1149a1fec5d46bd567a248cd17b9 gets reverted as well. --- ChangeLog | 2 -- manual/install.texi | 8 ++++---- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9a94c11eee..38ed06cf8a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ 2012-05-04 Andreas Jaeger [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 9918425a49..d2663f3d99 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 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}}. +@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. The library has a number of special-purpose configuration parameters which you can find in @file{Makeconfig}. These can be overwritten with