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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2012-02-10 18:05:36 -0800
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>2012-02-10 18:05:36 -0800
commit575c3788c8b770a2c32c9d8461bc7422e3b89676 (patch)
tree1829e699775b238ae608fdf0c5a33d9621f0ff6e
parentd33b96db427a2305bd230360c9653a91dbff79e0 (diff)
xmkmf.man: Remove instructions for "X Consortium" monolithic build tree
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
-rw-r--r--xmkmf.man21
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/xmkmf.man b/xmkmf.man
index dbe0fb2..c61e2b0 100644
--- a/xmkmf.man
+++ b/xmkmf.man
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ the
.I imake
program is run with arguments appropriate for your system
(configured into
-.I xmkmf
-when X was built) and generates a
+.I imake
+when it was built) and generates a
.I Makefile.
.PP
When invoked with the
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@ in the current directory, and then automatically executes
``make Makefiles'' (in case there are subdirectories),
``make includes'',
and ``make depend'' for you.
-This is the normal way to configure software that is outside
-the X Consortium build tree.
.PP
-If working inside the X Consortium build tree (unlikely unless you
-are an X developer, and even then this option is never really used), the
+If a
.I topdir
-argument should be specified as the relative pathname from the
-current directory to the top of the build tree. Optionally,
+is given,
+.I xmkmf
+assumes nothing is installed on your system and looks for files in
+the build tree instead of using the installed versions. Optionally,
.I curdir
may be specified as a relative pathname from the top of the build
tree to the current directory. It is necessary to supply
@@ -76,11 +75,5 @@ tree to the current directory. It is necessary to supply
if the current directory has subdirectories, or the
.I Makefile
will not be able to build the subdirectories.
-If a
-.I topdir
-is given,
-.I xmkmf
-assumes nothing is installed on your system and looks for files in
-the build tree instead of using the installed versions.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
imake(1)