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| author | Adam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org> | 2012-02-18 15:45:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Adam Spiers <stow@adamspiers.org> | 2012-02-18 20:19:45 +0000 |
| commit | c6a45b7c8126f8f6f3568130dfb32a9137fe7121 (patch) | |
| tree | bd1b43711259c011938c5372057ad6aa0c4e428e | |
| parent | 149034de9fc4920553d7f1bf57099e275b20abaa (diff) | |
| download | stow-c6a45b7c8126f8f6f3568130dfb32a9137fe7121.tar.gz | |
Add some @sections to the manual to break larger nodes up.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/stow.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi index 4f99e66..eb2f9ae 100644 --- a/doc/stow.texi +++ b/doc/stow.texi @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Ignore Lists * Types And Syntax Of Ignore Lists:: * Justification For Yet Another Set Of Ignore Files:: -Compile-time vs Install-time +Advice on changing compilation and installation parameters * GNU Emacs:: * Other FSF Software:: @@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ Stow can create a single symlink that points to an entire subtree within the package tree, it will choose to do that rather than create a directory in the target tree and populate it with symlinks. +@anchor{tree folding} +@section Tree folding @cindex tree folding @cindex directory folding @cindex folding trees @@ -616,6 +618,8 @@ tree-folding symlink @file{perl} pointing to descends as far as necessary into the target tree when it can create a tree-folding symlink. +@anchor{Tree unfolding} +@section Tree unfolding @cindex splitting open folded trees @cindex unfolding trees The time often comes when a tree-folding symlink has to be undone @@ -638,6 +642,7 @@ directory @file{/usr/local/bin} is created; links are made from @file{/usr/local/bin} to @file{../stow/perl/bin/perl} and @file{../stow/perl/bin/a2p}. +@section Ownership @cindex ownership When splitting open a folded tree, Stow makes sure that the symlink it is about to remove points inside a valid package in the @@ -649,6 +654,7 @@ the stow directory, or directories that only contain symlinks that stow ``owns''. Note that by this definition, Stow doesn't ``own'' anything @emph{in} the stow directory or in any of the packages. +@section Conflicts during installation @cindex conflict If Stow needs to create a directory or a symlink in the target tree and it cannot because that name is already in use and is not owned @@ -889,6 +895,7 @@ This means that when you compile a package, you must tell it the location of the run-time, or target tree; but when you install it, you must place it in the stow tree. +@section Advice on changing compilation and installation parameters Some software packages allow you to specify, at compile-time, separate locations for installation and for run-time. Perl is one such package; see @ref{Perl and Perl 5 Modules}. Others allow you to compile the |