commit: 7aaea52be77d25a4adad322627d79e1d699330b5
Author: Wim Muskee <wimmuskee <AT> gmail <DOT> com>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 17 19:46:35 2016 +0000
Commit: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Wed Nov 30 05:25:12 2016 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=7aaea52b
function-reference/install-functions: differentiate doexe and dobin better
Gentoo-Bug: 586632
function-reference/install-functions/text.xml | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
index fec68ba..614a8df 100644
--- a/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
+++ b/function-reference/install-functions/text.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ the first is the source name, the second the name to use when
installing.
<c>dobin</c>
</ti>
<ti>
- Install a binary
+ Install a binary into <c>/usr/bin</c>, set the file mode to 0755
+ and set the ownership to superuser or its equivalent on the
+ system or installation at hand.
</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ the first is the source name, the second the name to use
when installing.
<c>doexe</c>
</ti>
<ti>
- Install an executable
+ Install an executable into the location provided by <c>exeinto</c>,
+ by default with mode 0755 or with the install options set by
+ <c>exeopts</c>
</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
