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authorReuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>2017-12-08 15:38:54 +0000
committerReuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>2017-12-08 21:18:23 +0000
commiteed339b26005d6a832d8011eb8811e07fec39bd5 (patch)
tree162094922b63ab44f8256f3e1c10ca24c263cba1 /gl
parentb286fefb1d9be0b20b129d42ca3b958ae28fd4c2 (diff)
downloadenchant-eed339b26005d6a832d8011eb8811e07fec39bd5.tar.gz
INSTALL: document parallel installation of data files
See issue #168. Also consistently add double spaces after periods.
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diff --git a/gl/doc/INSTALL.diff b/gl/doc/INSTALL.diff
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--- a/gl/doc/INSTALL.diff
+++ b/gl/doc/INSTALL.diff
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
--- gnulib/doc/INSTALL 2017-02-23 15:26:15.296354123 +0000
-+++ INSTALL 2017-12-06 22:07:35.788935745 +0000
-@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
++++ INSTALL 2017-12-08 15:38:22.819949859 +0000
+@@ -1,3 +1,59 @@
+Building and installing libenchant
+**********************************
+
-+For standard GNU autotools installation instructions, see below. There
++For standard GNU autotools installation instructions, see below. There
+follow some enchant-specific notes.
+
+The usual GNU autotools package instructions apply, except that Enchant must
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
+Note that for Enchant to find system-installed dictionaries, you may need
+the relevant --with-foo-dir option (see ./configure --help).
+
++
++Building from git
++=================
++
+To build from git, or without relying on the generated files in a source
+release, automake, autoconf, libtool, pkg-config and git must be installed.
+Run
@@ -22,6 +26,22 @@
+to set up and configure the source tree; optional configure arguments can be
+supplied as normal.
+
++
++Parallel installation
++=====================
++
++Enchant mostly installs in versioned directories, so that different major
++versions can be installed in parallel. The one exception is the data files
++(under pkgdatadir), as these are compatible between different major
++versions. To change e.g. /usr/share/enchant to /usr/share/enchant-2, set
++pkgdatadir when running make, e.g.:
++
++make pkgdatadir=/usr/share/enchant-2
++
++
++Relocation
++==========
++
+If Enchant is installed in a fixed location, and on Windows and Linux
+systems, no further configuration should be needed to make it relocatable;
+that is, work when copied from its original installation directory to
@@ -36,6 +56,7 @@
+gnulib/doc/relocatable-maint.texi.
+
+
++
Installation Instructions
*************************