(Running make install): Clearify that install_root should be an absolute file name.

diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi
index 597f989cea47b8e3394c6ae9cd47cf9e60f182bc..940ac5eeb2e57cab8b435a0c1fcee72a0f27f5f8 100644 (file)
--- a/manual/install.texi
+++ b/manual/install.texi
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ You can install glibc somewhere other than where you configured it to go
 by setting the @code{install_root} variable on the command line for
 @samp{make install}.  The value of this variable is prepended to all the
 paths for installation.  This is useful when setting up a chroot
-environment or preparing a binary distribution.
+environment or preparing a binary distribution.  The directory should be
+specified with an absolute file name.
 
 Glibc 2.1 includes two daemons, @code{nscd} and @code{utmpd}, which you
 may or may not want to run.  @code{nscd} caches name service lookups; it