X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frelocatable.texi;h=fca0ea5b6ed7614c96272123b5946d1f1a489b79;hb=cfc53c2c376af565f1589086d173f45ecedf8cd0;hp=6d852f84b8c2773551514755d2ada848e207d5be;hpb=542f525abfd3b1b8276dc2fc7d930a5268afeb06;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/relocatable.texi b/doc/relocatable.texi index 6d852f84b..fca0ea5b6 100644 --- a/doc/relocatable.texi +++ b/doc/relocatable.texi @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ 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. To configure a program to be relocatable, add -@option{--enable-relocatable} to the @samp{configure} command line. +@option{--enable-relocatable} to the @command{configure} command line. On some OSes the executables remember the location of shared libraries and prefer them over any other search path. Therefore, such an @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ directory. Thus, for reliability, it is best to also give a @option{--prefix} option pointing to a directory that does not exist now and which never will be created, e.g.@: @option{--prefix=/nonexistent}. You may use -@code{DESTDIR=@var{dest-dir}} on the @samp{make} command line to +@code{DESTDIR=@var{dest-dir}} on the @command{make} command line to avoid installing into that directory. We do not recommend using a prefix writable by unprivileged users