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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt index 83392f7a123..9b39c2ad8ce 100644 --- a/Packages.txt +++ b/Packages.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.232 2002/02/15 09:33:43 skrll Exp $ +# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.233 2002/02/18 16:40:34 seb Exp $ ########################################################################### ========================== @@ -632,17 +632,8 @@ Please pay attention to the following gotchas: - Add MANCOMPRESSED (if not already there) if manpages are installed in compressed form by the package; see comment in bsd.pkg.mk - Replace /usr/local by ${PREFIX} in all files (see patches below) - - If the package installs any info files, the main info directory file - needs to be updated to reflect this fact. NetBSD has an INFO_FILES - definition, which is used to do this. For example, to install the - indent.info entry into the info directory file, simply use the - - INFO_FILES= indent.info - - definition in the package Makefile. If the package does this insertion - for you, you should specify USE_GTEXINFO in the package Makefile, to - ensure that the pre-requisite GNU texinfo package is installed on your - system. + - If the package installs any info files, see the section `Packages providing + info files' in this document. - Adjust MAINTAINER to be either yourself, if you plan to maintain the package for future updates, or set it to the default MAINTAINER packages@netbsd.org. @@ -2177,6 +2168,51 @@ version, disabling optimisation for that file/MACHINE_ARCH/compiler combination, and documenting it in doc/HACKS. See doc/HACKS for examples. + 10.24 Packages providing info files + =================================== + +Some packages install info files or use the makeinfo or install-info +commands. In such cases, the makefile fragment mk/texinfo.mk should be included +in the package Makefile before the inclusion of mk/bsd.pkg.mk. +Newer versions of texinfo (version 4 and above) are, unfortunately, +incompatible, at the command line level, from previous versions and some +extensions were introduced in the TeXinfo macro set. So the package creator +should ensure that the correct binaries are selected, rather than relying on +the contents of the PATH variable in the shell. + +The main info directory file needs to be updated to reflect the installation +of the info files. Some package's installation process take care of this +for you. Otherwise the NetBSD Packages Collection has an INFO_FILES +definition which can be used to do this. Simply use the + + INFO_FILES= ident.info + +definition in the package Makefile, where "ident.info" is the name of the info +file which installs an info dir entry. + +A package creator should also take care that the package build and +install process uses correct version of the makeinfo and install-info commands. +Some Makefiles and configure scripts from recent software packages include the +pathnames to the makeinfo and install-info commands. Unfortunately, older +software packages tend not to do this, and, should this be the case, further +action is required of the package creator. + +The mk/texinfo.mk makefile fragment will ensure that proper makeinfo and +install-info commands are available on the system as well as help to the +configure and build process of the package to use known binaries for these +commands. + +If a minimum version of makeinfo and install-info commands are required +define TEXINFO_REQD in the package's Makefile to this mininum version. + +If a package is not well behaved (i.e. it does not pick MAKEINFO or +INSTALL_INFO in the environment at configure or build time) you should +- whatever is more appropriate: + a) patch the package files so MAKEINFO or INSTALL_INFO are picked from the + environment at configure or build time and get used instead of + relying on makeinfo or install-info being accessible in PATH; + b) put TEXINFO_OVERRIDE=YES in the package Makefile to let some + sed manipulation on some packages source files (see mk/texinfo.mk content). 11 Submitting & Committing ========================== @@ -2297,6 +2333,7 @@ The file contents in this section must be used without the "> " prefix. GNU_CONFIGURE= yes INFO_FILES= bison.info + .include "../../mk/texinfo.mk" .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk" |