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authoragc <agc>2003-10-04 19:59:38 +0000
committeragc <agc>2003-10-04 19:59:38 +0000
commitcd392aec9e1d155f4b031701062ea596668fad51 (patch)
tree815a134f12cad189c6d4f74649b21efbf5dec85d
parent472a4bfe2da6ab71dda94ae043720c31a396d319 (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-cd392aec9e1d155f4b031701062ea596668fad51.tar.gz
Correct some of the English text.
-rw-r--r--Packages.txt27
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 2bd9c13f2ca..5c21c3a2fe0 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.313 2003/10/04 19:34:46 agc Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.314 2003/10/04 19:59:38 agc Exp $
###########################################################################
==========================
@@ -2344,7 +2344,8 @@ examples.
===================================
Some packages install info files or use the makeinfo or install-info
-commands. Each info files:
+commands. Each of the info files:
+
- is considered to be installed in the directory
${PREFIX}/${INFO_DIR};
- is registered in the Info directory file
@@ -2353,29 +2354,29 @@ commands. Each info files:
in the package Makefile.
INFO_DIR defaults to `info' and can be overridden in the package Makefile.
-INSTALL and DEINSTALL scripts will be generated for handling registration
+INSTALL and DEINSTALL scripts will be generated to handle the registration
of the info files in the Info directory file.
-The command install-info used for the info files registration is either
+The install-info command (used for the info files registration) is either
provided by the system or by a special purpose package automatically
added as dependency if needed.
-A package which need the makeinfo command at build time must define
-the variable USE_MAKEINFO in its Makefile. If a minimum version of the
-makeinfo command is needed it should be noted with the TEXINFO_REQD variable
-in the package Makefile. By default a minimum version of 3.12 is required.
-If the system does not provide a makeinfo command or if it does not match
-the required minimum a build dependency on the devel/gtexinfo package is
-added.
+A package which needs the makeinfo command at build time must define
+the variable USE_MAKEINFO in its Makefile. If a minimum version of
+the makeinfo command is needed, it should be noted with the
+TEXINFO_REQD variable in the package Makefile. By default a minimum
+version of 3.12 is required. If the system does not provide a
+makeinfo command or if it does not match the required minimum, a build
+dependency on the devel/gtexinfo package will be added automatically.
The build and installation process of the software provided by the package
-should not use the install-info as the registration of info files
+should not use the install-info command as the registration of info files
is the task of the package INSTALL script, and it must use the appropriate
makeinfo command.
To achieve this goal the pkgsrc infrastructure creates overriding scripts
for the install-info and makeinfo command in a directory listed early in PATH.
-The script overriding install-info as no effect expect the logging of a
+The script overriding install-info has no effect expect the logging of a
message. The script overriding makeinfo logs a message and according to the
value of USE_MAKEINFO and TEXINFO_REQD either run the appropriate makeinfo
command or exit on error.