From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 03:02:53 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Running make install): Clearify that install_root should be an absolute file name. X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dcf1a33da42a84adc8339316cac1098e977bcd3b;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git (Running make install): Clearify that install_root should be an absolute file name. --- diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 597f989cea4..940ac5eeb2e 100644 --- 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