20091216175517_-0600: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote: > Sean Porterfield wrote: > >> From: Fernando Oliveira > > > >> The reason: in Groff installation page, the first command is > >> > >> PAGE=<paper_size> ./configure --prefix=/usr > >> > >> I had not realized, during copy/paste, that the <paper_size> had to be > >> defined (for me, A4, but for English speaking users, probably it is > >> Letter. After properly recompiling an reistalling Groff, the compilation > >> of Man-DB succeeded. > >> > >> I believe that Groff page could be improved with some remark to call > >> attention for this. > > > > I have to agree with that - I almost missed it too. I think I read the > > page a second time before starting and figured it out, but it could be > > made a bit more obvious. > > I supposed we could change it to: > > PAGE=<#paper_size#> ./configure --prefix=/usr > > which creates a syntax error it it's not changed. If we do that, it > probably will require a change to ALFS. > > -- Bruce >
Would it be useful to also wrap the '<#paper_size#>' in a css (or similar) style, so that it can readily be made to stand out more, visually? And similarly for other such places in the book(s) where command-lines contain place-holder text that needs to be replaced by some literal value(s). ((Btw, & fwiw, I think the LFS books are very good: have never e.g. found this type of variable-substitution matter to be a problem; although, the first install here was not in parallel with a first detailed walkthrough of the book - instead, had been familiar to various degrees with the book since at least 6.3, incl some fairly close read-throughs (with a view to some auto- stuff) prior to first-install @ 6.5 . )) akhiezer -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
