[libdbd-oracle-perl] 01/03: debian/README*: improve documentation

Alex Muntada alexm-guest at moszumanska.debian.org
Mon Aug 1 19:42:44 UTC 2016


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commit 6384efdb1a2bb2ecaaf8912af638f1a38070c2d9
Author: Alex Muntada <alexm at alexm.org>
Date:   Mon Aug 1 21:33:29 2016 +0200

    debian/README*: improve documentation
    
    Closes: #833119
    Thanks: Christoph Biedl
---
 debian/README        | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 debian/README.source | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/README b/debian/README
index cdaaeac..5f90797 100644
--- a/debian/README
+++ b/debian/README
@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
 libdbd-oracle-perl for Debian
--------------------------------
+-----------------------------
 
 To install this package, you need to install the Oracle Instant Client.
-This can be downloaded free of cost (but registration required) from
-Oracle:
+This can be downloaded free of cost but an "Oracle Account" is required:
 
 <http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html>
 
-and get the RPM package for your respective architecture:
+Click to "Instant Client for Linux x86-64" (amd64) or
+"Instant Client for Linux x86" (i386), accept the license
+agreement for Instant Client and get the RPM package (no other
+architectures are supported):
 
 - Basic (oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm)
 
-Convert it to Debian package using Alien:
+Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic
+          (oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite-*.rpm)
 
-$ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm
+Make sure you have these packages installed to convert the
+RPM files to Debian:
 
-Install it as root:
+- fakeroot
+- alien
 
-# dpkg -i oracle-instantclient12.1-basic_*.deb
+Convert them to Debian packages:
+
+$ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-*.rpm
+
+Install them as root:
+
+# dpkg -i oracle-instantclient12.1-*.deb
 
 and then you are ready to install this package.
 
diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index a6fc235..22492ab 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -2,20 +2,28 @@ libdbd-oracle-perl for Debian
 -----------------------------
 
 To build this module, you need to install the Oracle Instant Client.
-This can be downloaded free of cost (but registration required) from
-Oracle:
+This can be downloaded free of cost but an "Oracle Account" is required:
 
 <http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html>
 
-and get the RPM packages for your respective architecture:
+Click to "Instant Client for Linux x86-64" (amd64) or
+"Instant Client for Linux x86" (i386), accept the license
+agreement for Instant Client and get the RPM package (no other
+architectures are supported):
 
 - Basic (oracle-instantclient12.1-basic-*.rpm)
 - SDK (oracle-instantclient12.1-devel-*.rpm)
 
-Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic 
+Optional: You can use Basic-Lite instead of Basic
           (oracle-instantclient12.1-basiclite-*.rpm)
 
-Convert them to Debian packages using Alien:
+Make sure you have these packages installed to convert the
+RPM files to Debian:
+
+- fakeroot
+- alien
+
+Convert them to Debian packages:
 
 $ fakeroot alien oracle-instantclient12.1-*.rpm
 

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