X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frelocatable-maint.texi;h=7c24b28239d7685ce357180c8770e3b7c0f0c791;hb=f84e1a91fb3c43ba06567cbaeaf641135170d35a;hp=86e6fa0afe3ae3b60ec3b7bcfb7a35715cb12379;hpb=a0bdb062d720c5d3092e4974d0d31a71df302fb4;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi index 86e6fa0af..7c24b2823 100644 --- 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. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ endif @end example @item -You may also need to add one or two variable assignments to your +You may also need to add a couple of variable assignments to your @file{configure.ac}. If your package (or any package you rely on, e.g.@: gettext-runtime) @@ -142,3 +142,6 @@ 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.