r6377 - in trunk/BOOK: general/genutils introduction/welcome

[dnicholson]

Author: dnicholson
Date: 2006-12-20 12:00:30 -0700 (Wed, 20 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 6377

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/xterm.xml
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
Log:
Ensure correct xterm terminfo installation


Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/xterm.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/xterm.xml       2006-12-20 18:44:26 UTC (rev 
6376)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/xterm.xml       2006-12-20 19:00:30 UTC (rev 
6377)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>xterm</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
+<screen><userinput>TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
     --enable-luit --with-wide-chars \
     --with-app-default=$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/app-defaults&amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
+    <para><parameter>TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo</parameter>: This ensures
+    that the <command>xterm</command> terminfo file is installed to the
+    system terminfo database when the installation prefix is not
+    <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
+
     <para><parameter>--with-app-defaults=...</parameter>: Sets the location
     for the <filename class="directory">app-defaults</filename>
     directory.</para>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2006-12-20 18:44:26 UTC 
(rev 6376)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       2006-12-20 19:00:30 UTC 
(rev 6377)
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
       <para>December 20th, 2006</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[dnicholson] - Ensured that the terminfo files from
+          xterm are installed in the system terminfo database.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[dnicholson] - Removed the --datadir setting for Xorg-7.
           Some packages had broken configurations that caused files to
           be installed to the wrong location. Forcing ${datadir} to

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