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| author | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-12-02 18:27:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> | 2005-12-02 18:27:39 +0000 |
| commit | d4f15e95d6a66847eee99fb4bb2131d0622ba8b5 (patch) | |
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Install links patch from Yann E. Morin. (Another thing hanging around in my
tree forever. Tweaked the docs a bit.)
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diff --git a/docs/busybox_header.pod b/docs/busybox_header.pod index 5af92401c..7a5b0f716 100644 --- a/docs/busybox_header.pod +++ b/docs/busybox_header.pod | |||
| @@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ system. | |||
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the | 29 | BusyBox is extremely configurable. This allows you to include only the |
| 30 | components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make | 30 | components you need, thereby reducing binary size. Run 'make config' or 'make |
| 31 | menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. The run | 31 | menuconfig' to select the functionality that you wish to enable. Then run |
| 32 | 'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration. | 32 | 'make' to compile BusyBox using your configuration. |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install | 34 | After the compile has finished, you should use 'make install' to install |
| 35 | BusyBox. This will install the '/bin/busybox' binary, and will also create | 35 | BusyBox. This will install the 'bin/busybox' binary, in the target directory |
| 36 | symlinks pointing to the '/bin/busybox' binary for each utility that you | 36 | specified by PREFIX. PREFIX can be set when configuring BusyBox, or you can |
| 37 | compile into BusyBox. By default, 'make install' will place these symlinks | 37 | specify an alternative location at install time (i.e., with a command line |
| 38 | into the './_install' directory, unless you have defined 'PREFIX', thereby | 38 | like 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install'). If you enabled any applet installation |
| 39 | specifying some alternative location (i.e., 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install'). | 39 | scheme (either as symlinks or hardlinks), these will also be installed in |
| 40 | If you wish to install using hardlinks, rather than the default of using | 40 | the location pointed to by PREFIX. |
| 41 | symlinks, you can use 'make PREFIX=/tmp/foo install-hardlinks' instead. | ||
| 42 | 41 | ||
| 43 | =head1 USAGE | 42 | =head1 USAGE |
| 44 | 43 | ||