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@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ configure option. For external references to work, it is assumed that
the each package installs the documentation using the relative
doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME} location.
+It is also a requirement that all packages containing DocBook/XML documentation
+be installed under the same read-only architecture independent installation
+directory as evidenced by the DATAROOTDIR package value. This value should also
+be the same for the xorg-sgml-doctools package. The purpose of this requirement
+is to form a document tree of a known structure such that stylesheets,
+masterdb, target dbs and other files can be reached.
+
The Docbook stylesheet technology will create references with paths relative
to this location. It will navigate up to "doc" using ../ and then navigate
down to the document it refers to.