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diff --git a/man/man1/install.1 b/man/man1/install.1 index be35bd35..8fcc9e41 100644 --- a/man/man1/install.1 +++ b/man/man1/install.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rebuilds and installs everything, and then cleans up. .PP There are a few files in tree which have the root hard-coded in them. -After the build, +After the build, .I INSTALL edits these files to replace the string .B /usr/local/plan9 @@ -71,31 +71,20 @@ expectations of certain package management systems. .PP At the end of the installation, .I INSTALL -prints suggested settings for the environment variables +prints suggested settings for the environment variables .B $PLAN9 and .BR $PATH . .PP -Plan 9 from User Space uses different threading implementations on Linux 2.6 and -later kernels than on 2.4 and earlier; -and on FreeBSD 5 and later kernels than on FreeBSD 4 and earlier. -Running binaries from one class on another will not work. -.PP -Some Linux 2.6 systems (e.g., Gentoo) do not use the new NPTL pthread library -even though the kernel supports them. On these systems, plan9port must -fall back on the threading code intended for Linux 2.4. To accomplish this, .I INSTALL -checks whether the running system uses NPTL and sets -.B SYSVERSION -in -.B \*9/config -accordingly. +writes various autodetected settings to +.BR \*9/config . The file .B \*9/LOCAL.config is appended to .B config after this auto-detection and can be used to override the choices. -If +If .B LOCAL.config contains a line .B WSYSTYPE=nowsys @@ -110,7 +99,7 @@ On Ubuntu, it suffices to install xorg-dev. can safely be repeated to rebuild the system from scratch. .PP Once the system is built for the first time, -it can be maintained and rebuilt using +it can be maintained and rebuilt using .IR mk (1). To rebuild individual commands or libraries, run |