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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2021-01-26 17:36:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2021-01-26 17:36:05 +0100 |
| commit | 2f3892304bd432c5ca3f291b3ef7d8a912a85e96 (patch) | |
| tree | 412711465de77b4ecb468a7e023f305abda9cd13 /doc/relocatable.texi | |
| parent | 751ec475daa764ff9d73c13ab2ae805fefd36fbb (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-2f3892304bd432c5ca3f291b3ef7d8a912a85e96.tar.gz | |
doc: More precise wording.
Reported by Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2021-01/msg00300.html>.
* doc/relocatable.texi (Enabling Relocatability): Talk about package
management systems in general.
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diff --git a/doc/relocatable.texi b/doc/relocatable.texi index d2b5033363..f8eec1e680 100644 --- a/doc/relocatable.texi +++ b/doc/relocatable.texi @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ and have it work correctly (including i18n). So many users need to go through @code{configure; make; make install} with all its dependencies, options, and hurdles. -Red Hat, Debian, and similar package systems solve the ``ease of +Most package management systems, that allow the user to install +pre-built binaries of the packages, solve the ``ease of installation'' problem, but they hardwire path names, usually to @file{/usr} or @file{/usr/local}. This means that users need root privileges to install a binary package, and prevents installing two |