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| author | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-09-29 13:49:21 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@pkgsrc.org> | 2007-09-29 13:49:21 +0000 |
| commit | 09fda1f5a360003211cdedd72dfddfaf735c7921 (patch) | |
| tree | 93f9547a673203ddf2da1b5da10f3cd435922c51 /mk/help/man.help | |
| parent | 7bb29d5237c34409cc8a7cac6d46bfae2425d704 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-09fda1f5a360003211cdedd72dfddfaf735c7921.tar.gz | |
Added documentation about manpage handling in pkgsrc. This still needs
much work.
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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mk/help/man.help b/mk/help/man.help new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..664b06d3332 --- /dev/null +++ b/mk/help/man.help @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# $NetBSD: man.help,v 1.1 2007/09/29 13:49:21 rillig Exp $ +# +# The installation of manual pages (manpages) can be handled very flexibly +# with pkgsrc, and is therefore quite complex. +# +# XXX: Why do we need this complexity? +# +# TODO: Document all the pkgsrc magic that concerns manpages. +# +# TODO: Change pkgsrc so that this documentation is correct. +# +# TODO: How should manpages be specified in the PLIST? +# +# TODO: What happens if a package installs more or fewer than the requested +# manpages? +# +# User-settable variables: +# +# PKGMANDIR +# (See mk/defaults/mk.conf) +# +# MANINSTALL +# A list of installation types for manpages. Can contain one or more +# of the following: +# +# * catinstall: Preformatted manpages are installed in +# ${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/cat*. +# +# * maninstall: Unformatted manpages are installed in +# ${PREFIX}/${PKGMANDIR}/man*. +# +# If this list is empty, no manpages are installed at all. +# +# See also: +# IMAKE_MANINSTALL +# |