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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 1999 06:12:27 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Pritchard <mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net>
To:        nik@FreeBSD.org (Nik Clayton)
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/share/mk docproj.docbook.mk
Message-ID:  <199908181112.GAA24823@mpp.pro-ns.net>
In-Reply-To: <199908162108.OAA06491@freefall.freebsd.org> from Nik Clayton at "Aug 16, 1999 02:08:12 pm"

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> nik         1999/08/16 14:08:12 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     share/mk             docproj.docbook.mk 
>   Log:
>   Add DESTDIR and DOC_INSTALL_PREFIX variables.
>   
>   Pull in ../Makefile.inc if it exists.
>   
>   Don't use install(1), use cp(1), chmod(1), and chown(1).  That way non-root
>   users can install the files without install(1) complaining about the
>   inability to change the owners.

How aout adding DOCOWN/DOCGRP/DOCBIN variables for this?  This is
how then on-line man pages work (MANOWN/MANGRP/etc...).  This lets Joe user 
install test copies without needing root at all.  

-Mike
-- 
Mike Pritchard
mpp@FreeBSD.ORG or mpp@mpp.pro-ns.net


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