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authorDavid J. MacKenzie <djm@gnu.org>1995-06-27 18:28:56 +0000
committerDavid J. MacKenzie <djm@gnu.org>1995-06-27 18:28:56 +0000
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parentf21ec15ffa0e20b5e79b86b6003ebcc8abf774af (diff)
downloadgunmake-e74b6ae5c217dbab29c5e80c939f743c577ba42c.tar.gz
Define mandir the way everyone actually uses it.
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@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ and nothing should be directly installed into these two directories.
@table @samp
@item prefix
A prefix used in constructing the default values of the variables listed
-below. The default value of @code{prefix} should be @file{/usr/local}
+below. The default value of @code{prefix} should be @file{/usr/local}.
When building the complete GNU system, the prefix will be empty and
@file{/usr} will be a symbolic link to @file{/}.
@@ -585,19 +585,17 @@ Unix-style man pages are installed in one of the following:
@table @samp
@item mandir
-The directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this package.
-It should include the suffix for the proper section of the
-manual---usually @samp{1} for a utility. It will normally be
-@file{/usr/local/man/man1}, but you should write it as
-@file{$(prefix)/man/man1}.
+The top-level directory for installing the man pages (if any) for this
+package. It will normally be @file{/usr/local/man}, but you should
+write it as @file{$(prefix)/man}.
@item man1dir
-The directory for installing section 1 man pages.
+The directory for installing section 1 man pages. Write it as
+@file{$(mandir)/man1}.
@item man2dir
-The directory for installing section 2 man pages.
+The directory for installing section 2 man pages. Write it as
+@file{$(mandir)/man2}.
@item @dots{}
-Use these names instead of @samp{mandir} if the package needs to install man
-pages in more than one section of the manual.
@strong{Don't make the primary documentation for any GNU software be a
man page. Write a manual in Texinfo instead. Man pages are just for