Ticket #2630: zlib-update.patch

trunk/BOOK/chapter06/zlib.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Zlib</title>
 
-    <para>Prepare Zlib for building the dynamic library:</para>
+    <para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
@@ -53 +53 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Install the shared library:</para>
+    <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The previous command installed a <filename
-    class="extension">.so</filename> file in <filename
-    class="directory">/lib</filename>. We will remove it and relink it into
-    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
+    <para>The shared library needs to be moved to
+    <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, and as a result the
+    <filename class="extension">.so</filename> file in
+    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> will need to be recreated:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -v /lib/libz.so
+<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/lib/libz.so.* /lib
 ln -sfv ../../lib/libz.so.&zlib-version; /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>