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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 35e257e7bc..f57bb17d71 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -171,6 +171,25 @@ value for the Makefile variable @code{install_root} on the command line. This is useful to create chroot'ed environment or to prepare binary releases.@refill +For now (in this alpha version, and at least on RedHat Linux), if you +are trying to install this as your default libraries, a different +installation method is recommended. Move @file{/usr/include} out of the +way, create a new @file{/usr/include} directory (don't forget the +symlinks @file{/usr/include/asm} and @file{/usr/include/linux}, that +should point to @file{/usr/src/linux/include/asm} and +@file{/usr/src/linux/include/linux} -or wherever you keep your kernel +sources-respectively), build normally and install into somewhere else +via @code{install_root}. Then move your @code{/usr/include} back, and +copy the newly created stuff by hand over the old. Remember to copy +programs and shared libraries into @file{FILENAME.new} and then move +@file{FILENAME.new} to @file{FILENAME}, as the files might be in +use. You will have to @code{ranlib} your copies of the static libraries +@file{/usr/lib/libNAME.a}. You will see that @file{libbsd-compat.a}, +@file{libieee.a}, and @file{libmcheck.a} are just object files, not +archives. This is normal. Copy the new header files over the old ones +by something like @w{@code{cd /usr; (cd INSTALL_ROOT; tar cf - include) | +tar xf -}}. + @node Tools for Installation @appendixsec Recommended Tools to Install the GNU C Library @cindex installation tools |