Guy Dalziel wrote these words on 08/01/09 05:43 CST: > On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 04:30:43AM -0600, [email protected] wrote: >> <para>If you downloaded the optional documentation tarball, unpack it >> - when you unpack the source tarball. The documentation tarball unpacks >> into >> - a <filename class='directory'>doc</filename> subdirectory of the source >> - tree.</para> >> + with the following command:</para> >> >> +<screen><userinput>tar xf ../docbook-xsl-doc-&docbook-xsl-version;.tar.bz2 >> -C ..</userinput></screen> >> + > > I fail to see why this is necessary. I would expect anyone who visits > the BLFS book to at least know how to unpack a tarball. The only times > it is really used is when we want to unpack the tarball to another > directory, i.e., /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts. There has to be a balance > between providing too much information and providing too little.
I don't understand it as well. Apparently, the doc tarball dir path includes the tarball name and then /doc as a subdir. In this case, instead of the command that Wayne used, it is easier to just say "If you downloaded ..., unpack both tarballs from the same directory path, the documentation will install into a 'doc' directory of the source tree." -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.25] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 07:14:00 up 25 days, 19:42, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
