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authorjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2006-08-25 02:12:43 +0000
committerjoey <joey@0fa5a96a-9a0e-0410-b3b2-a0fd24251071>2006-08-25 02:12:43 +0000
commitf4d99ac1ca03121255e545df89e7d841a02cc0bf (patch)
treebdabb182ecd4fb16e50d1a987de70440ec466349 /doc
parent347a756e384ec6994d4fe7ffe82e384bb9a63057 (diff)
* Use DESTDIR and not PREFIX to specify installation prefix for packaging.
* Support running "perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=foo" to build ikiwiki to run from a different directory.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/bugs/PREFIX_not_honoured_for_underlaydir.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--doc/usage.mdwn6
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/PREFIX_not_honoured_for_underlaydir.mdwn b/doc/bugs/PREFIX_not_honoured_for_underlaydir.mdwn
index af2ee35cb..e66cad173 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/PREFIX_not_honoured_for_underlaydir.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/PREFIX_not_honoured_for_underlaydir.mdwn
@@ -41,8 +41,4 @@ isn't entirely clear (perhaps because ordinary Perl modules do not need to be
configured at build time depending on the installation directory). It does mention
that DESTDIR is the thing used by packaging tools.
- It would probably be nice if ikiwiki offered a separate build-time
- setting to control where it looked for its data files, though it already
- offers a way to do it at runtime (--underlaydir and --templatedir).
-
- --[[Joey]]
+ Thanks for clarifying that. [[bugs/done]] --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/usage.mdwn b/doc/usage.mdwn
index e0c7800d5..daef18c1f 100644
--- a/doc/usage.mdwn
+++ b/doc/usage.mdwn
@@ -91,13 +91,15 @@ configuration options of their own.
* --templatedir
Specify the directory that the page [[templates]] are stored in.
- Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`.
+ Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`, or another location as
+ configured at build time.
* --underlaydir
Specify the directory that is used to underlay the source directory.
Source files will be taken from here unless overridden by a file in the
- source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki`.
+ source directory. Default is `/usr/share/ikiwiki/basewiki` or another
+ location as configured at build time.
* --wrappermode mode