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Re: how to upgrade docbook XSL stylesheets?
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>
- To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring dot com>
- Cc: docbook apps list <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 12:03:30 -0800
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: how to upgrade docbook XSL stylesheets?
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303061339250.3998-100000@dell>
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:49:01PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> is there anything to upgrading to a newer set of docbook
> XSL stylesheets besides just downloading the tarball and
> installing it in the right place? it seems fairly obvious,
> but one never knows.
>
> i have a RH 8.0 system with the salient directories
>
> /usr/share/sgml/docbook/
> xsl-stylesheets->xsl-stylesheets-1.50.0-3
>
> is it just a case of untarring the new stylesheets into the
> same directory (with name docbook-xsl-1.60.1), and resetting
> the generic link?
Yes, that should work ok.
> just trying not to make a mess of things right off the bat.
> i'll have plenty of time for that later.
>
> rday
>
> p.s. i went looking for an RPM of the new stuff, but found
> a "docbook-xsl-129-1" at www.rpmfind.net. not sure what that's
> all about, but i'm pretty sure i don't want it.
Most likely verion 1.29 of the stylesheets, which is way old.
Periodically there are changes to the stylesheets that
require updating your customization layer if you use one.
Check the release notes for such items.
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