X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/c9d7926df488bcd658822efa41f1e1cba6a312bd..18ddf727d1fb30e3a3022fa8a73077c4c75dd262:/README diff --git a/README b/README index f8dfc39de..a4dc0d641 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,3 +3,21 @@ documentation wiki and a man page, and "make install" will install ikiwiki. All other documentation is in the ikiwiki documentation wiki, which is also available online at + + +A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile: + + PROFILE=1 turns on profiling for the build of the doc wiki. + (Uses Devel::NYTProf) + + NOTAINT=0 turns on the taint flag in the ikiwiki program. (Not recommended + unless your perl is less buggy than mine -- see + http://bugs.debian.org/411786) + + There are also other variables supported by MakeMaker, including PREFIX, + INSTALL_BASE, and DESTDIR. See ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3). + + In particular, INSTALL_BASE is very useful if you want to install ikiwiki + to some other location, as it configures it to see the perl libraries + there. See `doc/tips/nearlyfreespeech.mdwn` for an example of using this to + install ikiwiki and its dependencies in a home directory.