Committing lots of documentation updates, including linking up to the new

mailman-installation guide, and filling out the other formats that seemed to be missing.
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+<H2><A NAME="SECTION001220000000000000000"></A><A NAME="create-install-dir"></A>
+<BR>
+2.2 Create the installation directory
+</H2>
+Typically, Mailman is installed into a single directory, which includes both
+the Mailman source code and the run-time list and archive data.  It is
+possible to split the static program files from the variable data files and
+install them in separate directories.  This section will describe the
+available options.
+
+<P>
+The default is to install all of Mailman to
+<span class="file">/usr/local/mailman</span><A NAME="tex2html2"
+  HREF="#foot676"><SUP>2</SUP></A>.  You can change this base installation directory (referred to here
+as <var>$prefix</var>) by specifying the directory with the
+<b class="programopt">--prefix</b> <b class="program">configure</b> option.  If you're upgrading from
+a previous version of Mailman, you may want to use the <b class="programopt">--prefix</b>
+option unless you move your mailing lists.
+
+<P>
+<div class="warning"><b class="label">Warning:</b>
+
+You cannot install Mailman on a filesystem that is mounted with the
+<code>nosuid</code> option.  This will break Mailman, which relies on setgid
+programs for its security.  If this describes your environment, simply install
+Mailman in a location that allows setgid programs.
+</div>
+
+<P>
+Make sure the installation directory is set to group <code>mailman</code> (or
+whatever you're going to specify with <b class="programopt">--with-groupname</b>) and has
+the setgid bit set<A NAME="tex2html3"
+  HREF="#foot677"><SUP>3</SUP></A>.  You probably also want to guarantee that this
+directory is readable and executable by everyone.  For example, these shell
+commands will accomplish this:
+
+<P>
+<div class="verbatim"><pre>
+    % cd $prefix
+    % chgrp mailman .
+    % chmod a+rx,g+ws .
+</pre></div>
+
+<P>
+You are now ready to configure and install the Mailman software.
+
+<P>
+<BR><HR><H4>Footnotes</H4>
+<DL>
+<DT><A NAME="foot676">.../usr/local/mailman</A><A
+ href="create-install-dir.html#tex2html2"><SUP>2</SUP></A></DT>
+<DD>This is the default for Mailman 2.1.
+Earlier versions of Mailman installed everything under <span class="file">/home/mailman</span> by
+default.
+
+</DD>
+<DT><A NAME="foot677">... set</A><A
+ href="create-install-dir.html#tex2html3"><SUP>3</SUP></A></DT>
+<DD>BSD users should see the <A href="bsd-issues.html#bsd-issues">14.2</A> section
+for additional information.
+
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author	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-14 04:27:49 +0000
committer	bwarsaw <>	2004-12-14 04:27:49 +0000
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