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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.182 2003/11/16 17:16:47 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.183 2003/11/24 14:52:58 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -611,33 +611,37 @@ JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--docdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</></option></term>
+ <term><option>--mandir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Documentation files, except <quote>man</> pages, will be
- installed into this directory. The default is
- <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/doc</>.
+ The man pages that come with <productname>PostgreSQL</> will be installed under
+ this directory, in their respective
+ <filename>man<replaceable>x</></> subdirectories.
+ The default is <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/man</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><option>--mandir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</></option></term>
+ <term><option>--with-docdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</></option></term>
+ <term><option>--without-docdir</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The man pages that come with <productname>PostgreSQL</> will be installed under
- this directory, in their respective
- <filename>man<replaceable>x</></> subdirectories.
- The default is <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/man</>.
+ Documentation files, except <quote>man</> pages, will be
+ installed into this directory. The default is
+ <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</>/doc</>. If the option
+ <option>--without-docdir</option> is specified, the
+ documentation will not be installed by <command>make
+ install</command>. This is intended for packaging scripts
+ that have special methods for installing documentation.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
<note>
<para>
- Care has been taken to make it possible to install
- <productname>PostgreSQL</>
+ Care has been taken to make it possible to install <productname>PostgreSQL</>
into shared installation locations (such as
<filename>/usr/local/include</filename>) without interfering
with the namespace of the rest of the system. First, the