[Mesa-dev] [PATCH mesa 3/4] docs: fix unpacking instructions

Eric Engestrom eric.engestrom at imgtec.com
Wed Feb 8 11:27:36 UTC 2017


File names were wrong, file formats were wrong, bunzip command was
wrong...

I also removed all but the simplest example; people who use pipes already
know how to untar, so let's simplify and remove potential confusion for
non-tech-savvy users.

Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom at imgtec.com>
---
 docs/download.html | 24 ++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html
index 2c8e271502..c99d8f92b2 100644
--- a/docs/download.html
+++ b/docs/download.html
@@ -41,35 +41,19 @@
 <h1>Unpacking</h1>
 
 <p>
-Mesa releases are available in three formats: .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, and .zip
+Mesa releases are available in two formats: <tt>.tar.xz</tt> and <tt>.tar.gz</tt>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-To unpack .tar.gz files:
-</p>
+To unpack the tarball:
 <pre>
-	tar zxf MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz
+	tar xf mesa-Y.N.P.tar.xz
 </pre>
 or
 <pre>
-	gzcat MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xf -
+	tar xf mesa-Y.N.P.tar.gz
 </pre>
-or
-<pre>
-	gunzip MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz ; tar xf MesaLib-x.y.z.tar
-</pre>
-<p>
-To unpack .tar.bz2 files:
 </p>
-<pre>
-	bunzip2 -c MesaLib-x.y.z.tar.gz | tar xf -
-</pre>
-<p>
-To unpack .zip files:
-</p>
-<pre>
-	unzip MesaLib-x.y.z.zip
-</pre>
 
 
 <h1>Contents</h1>
-- 
Cheers,
  Eric



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