strtoumax: fix typo in previous commit.

[gnulib.git] / doc / relocatable-maint.texi

diff --git a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
index ab7cdcd..58160cf 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
+++ b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ privileges to install a binary package, and prevents installing two
 different versions of the same binary package.
 
 A relocatable program can be moved or copied to a different location
-on the filesystem.  It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
+on the file system.  It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
 and moved programs, and invoke them through the symlink. It is
 possible to do the same thing with a hard link @emph{only} if the hard
 link file is in the same directory as the real program.
@@ -89,6 +89,27 @@ bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, relocate (LOCALEDIR));
 The prototype for this function is in @file{relocatable.h}.
 
 @item
+The @code{set_program_name} function can also configure some
+additional libraries to relocate files that they access, by defining
+corresponding C preprocessor symbols to 1.  The libraries for which
+this is supported and the corresponding preprocessor symbols are:
+
+@table @asis
+@item libcharset
+@code{DEPENDS_ON_LIBCHARSET}
+
+@item libiconv
+@code{DEPENDS_ON_LIBICONV}
+
+@item libintl
+@code{DEPENDS_ON_LIBINTL}
+@end table
+
+Defining the symbol for a library makes every program in the package
+depend on that library, whether the program really uses the library or
+not, so this feature should be used with some caution.
+
+@item
 If your package installs shell scripts, also import the
 @code{relocatable-script} module.  Then, near the beginning of each
 shell script that your package installs, add the following:
@@ -142,6 +163,3 @@ If your @file{config.h} is not in @file{$(top_builddir)}, then set
 RELOCATABLE_CONFIG_H_DIR='$(top_builddir)/src'
 @end example
 @end enumerate
-
-Set @var{RELOCATABLE_STRIP} to @code{:}.  This is needed so that
-@samp{make install} installs executables without stripping them.