Author: randy
Date: 2007-01-18 05:59:10 -0700 (Thu, 18 Jan 2007)
New Revision: 6427
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml
Log:
Added sed commands to the ImageMagick and Xorg evdev packages to remove UTF-8
encoded man pages
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml 2007-01-18 12:14:27 UTC (rev
6426)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general/genutils/imagemagick.xml 2007-01-18 12:59:10 UTC (rev
6427)
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@
<para>Install <application>Imagemagick</application> by running the
following
commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-modules &&
+<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/\xc3\xa9/\\\\['e]/" utilities/ImageMagick.1
&&
+./configure --prefix=/usr --with-modules &&
make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>. Note that
@@ -202,6 +203,12 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
+ <para><command>sed -i "s/\xc3\xa9/\\\\['e]/"
+ utilities/ImageMagick.1</command>: One man page is installed with character
+ encoding not displayable using the <application>Man-db</application>
+ package. This command changes the offending encoding to characters
+ <command>man</command> can properly display.</para>
+
<para><parameter>--with-modules</parameter>: Enables support for
dynamically
loadable modules.</para>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-01-18 12:14:27 UTC (rev 6426)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-01-18 12:59:10 UTC (rev 6427)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!ENTITY day "17"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "18"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "01"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2007">
<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-18 12:14:27 UTC
(rev 6426)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-01-18 12:59:10 UTC
(rev 6427)
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>January 18th, 2007</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Added sed commands to the ImageMagick and Xorg evdev
+ packages to remove UTF-8 encoded man pages.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>January 17th, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml 2007-01-18 12:14:27 UTC (rev
6426)
+++ trunk/BOOK/x/installing/x7driver.xml 2007-01-18 12:59:10 UTC (rev
6427)
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
+ <para>The <application>xf86-input-evdev</application> package installs
+ a man page with character encoding not displayable using the
+ <application>Man-db</application> package. Issue the following command
+ before building the package to change the offending encoding to
+ characters <command>man</command> can properly display.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/"
man/evdev.man</userinput></screen>
+
<warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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