Minor changes regarding mandir and infodir

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/skel.build b/skel.build
index dc6a24044fb6..56a2e3be2e8b 100644
--- a/skel.build
+++ b/skel.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2001 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later
 # Author First Last <your email>
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/skel.build,v 1.9 2001/10/21 16:17:12 agriffis Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/skel.build,v 1.10 2001/11/03 17:27:49 agriffis Exp $
 
 # NOTE: The comments in this file are for instruction and
 # documentation.  They're not meant to appear with your final,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ src_compile() {
 		--host=${CHOST} \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--infodir=/usr/share/info \
-		--mandir=/usr/share/man || die
+		--mandir=/usr/share/man || die "./configure failed"
 	# Note the use of --infodir and --mandir, above. This is to make
 	# this package FHS 2.2-compliant.  For more information, see
 	#   http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
@@ -72,8 +72,15 @@ src_install () {
 	# understanding the install part of the Makefiles. 
 	make DESTDIR=${D} install || die
 	# For Makefiles that don't make proper use of DESTDIR, setting
-	# prefix is often an alternative.
-	#make prefix=${D}/usr install || die
+	# prefix is often an alternative.  However if you do this, then
+	# you also need to specify mandir and infodir, since they were
+	# passed to ./configure as absolute paths (overriding the prefix
+	# setting).
+	#make \
+	#	prefix=${D}/usr \
+	#	mandir=${D}/usr/share/man \
+	#	infodir=${D}/usr/share/info \
+	#	install || die
 	# Again, verify the Makefiles!  We don't want anything falling
 	# outside of ${D}.
 }