=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/INSTALL,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.4 -r1.13 --- mandoc/INSTALL 2014/08/16 19:00:01 1.4 +++ mandoc/INSTALL 2015/11/07 14:01:16 1.13 @@ -1,19 +1,13 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.4 2014/08/16 19:00:01 schwarze Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.13 2015/11/07 14:01:16 schwarze Exp $ About mdocml, the portable mandoc distribution ---------------------------------------------- The mandoc manpage compiler toolset is a suite of tools compiling mdoc(7), the roff(7) macro language of choice for BSD manual pages, and man(7), the predominant historical language for UNIX manuals. -The toolset does not yet implement man(1); that is only scheduled -for the next release, 1.13.2. It can, however, already serve to -translate source manpages to the output displayed by man(1). +It includes a man(1) manual viewer and additional tools. For general information, see . -In this document, we describe the installation and deployment of -mandoc(1), first as a simple, standalone formatter, and then as part of -the man(1) system. - In case you have questions or want to provide feedback, read . Consider subscribing to the discuss@ mailing list mentioned on that page. If you intend to @@ -22,7 +16,7 @@ tech@ mailing list, too. Enjoy using the mandoc toolset! -Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, August 2014 +Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, March 2015 Installation @@ -33,16 +27,13 @@ or available via a binary package or a ports system. latest bundled and ported versions of mandoc for various operating systems is maintained at . -If mandoc is installed, you can check the version by running "mandoc -V". -You can find the version contained in this distribution tarball -by running "./configure". - Regarding how packages and ports are maintained for your operating system, please consult your operating system documentation. To install mandoc manually, the following steps are needed: 1. If you want to build the CGI program, man.cgi(8), too, run the -command "echo BUILD_CGI=1 > configure.local". +command "echo BUILD_CGI=1 > configure.local". Then run "cp +cgi.h.examples cgi.h" and edit cgi.h as desired. 2. Run "./configure". This script attempts autoconfiguration of mandoc for your system. @@ -51,6 +42,8 @@ generates. If anything looks wrong or different from wish, read the file "configure.local.example", create and edit a file "configure.local", and re-run "./configure" until the result seems right to you. +On Solaris 10 and earlier, you may have to run "ksh ./configure" +because the native /bin/sh lacks some POSIX features. 3. Run "make". Any POSIX-compatible make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, @@ -58,25 +51,43 @@ should work. If the build fails, look at "configure.l and go back to step 2. 4. Run "make -n install" and check whether everything will be -installed to the intended places. Otherwise, put some *DIR variables -into "configure.local" and go back to step 2. +installed to the intended places. Otherwise, put some *DIR or *NM* +variables into "configure.local" and go back to step 2. 5. Run "sudo make install". If you intend to build a binary package using some kind of fake root mechanism, you may need a command like "make DESTDIR=... install". Read the *-install targets in the "Makefile" to understand how DESTDIR is used. -6. To set up a man.cgi(8) server, read its manual page. +6. If you want to use the integrated man(1) and your system uses +manpath(1), make sure it is configured correctly, in particular, +it returns all directory trees where manual pages are installed. +Otherwise, if your system uses man.conf(5), make sure it contains +a "_whatdb" line for each directory tree, and the order of these +lines meets your wishes. -7. To use mandoc(1) as your man(1) formatter, read the "Deployment" -section below. +7. If you compiled with database support, run the command "sudo +makewhatis" to build mandoc.db(5) databases in all the directory +trees configured in step 6. Whenever installing new manual pages, +re-run makewhatis(8) to update the databases, or apropos(1) will +not find the new pages. +8. To set up a man.cgi(8) server, read its manual page. +Note that some man(7) pages may contain low-level roff(7) markup +that mandoc does not yet understand. On some BSD systems using +mandoc, third-party software is vetted on whether it may be formatted +with mandoc. If not, groff(1) is pulled in as a dependency and +used to install a pre-formatted "catpage" instead of directly as +manual page source. + + Understanding mandoc dependencies --------------------------------- -The mandoc(1), preconv(1), and demandoc(1) utilities have no external -dependencies. However, makewhatis(8) and apropos(1) depend on the -following software: +The mandoc(1), man(1), and demandoc(1) utilities only depend +on the zlib library for decompressing gzipped manual pages, +but makewhatis(8) and apropos(1) depend on the following +additional software: 1. The SQLite database system, see . The recommended version of SQLite is 3.8.4.3 or newer. The mandoc @@ -88,18 +99,23 @@ fails due to the missing sqlite3_errstr() API. Both a problems, apropos(1) is fully usable with SQLite 3.7.5. Versions older than 3.7.5 may or may not work, they have not been tested. -1.2. The fts(3) directory traversion functions. +2. The fts(3) directory traversion functions. If your system does not have them, the bundled compatibility version will be used, so you need not worry in that case. But be careful: the glibc version of fts(3) is known to be broken on 32bit platforms, see . If you run into that problem, set "HAVE_FTS=0" in configure.local. -1.3. Marc Espie's ohash(3) library. +3. Marc Espie's ohash(3) library. If your system does not have it, the bundled compatibility version will be used, so you probably need not worry about it. +One of the chief design goals of the mandoc toolbox is to make +sure that nothing related to documentation requires C++. +Consequently, linking mandoc against any kind of C++ program +would defeat the purpose and is not supported. + Checking autoconfiguration quality ---------------------------------- If you want to check whether automatic configuration works well @@ -142,46 +158,3 @@ for unexpected failures. Those are most likely to hap or libraries are installed in unusual places or interfaces defined in unusual headers. You can also look at the file "config.h" and check that no "#define HAVE_*" differ from your expectations. - - -Deployment ----------- -If you want to integrate the mandoc(1) tools with your existing -man(1) system as a formatter, then contact us first: on systems without -mandoc(1) as the default, you may have your work cut out for you! -Usually, you can have your default installation and mandoc(1) work right -alongside each other by using user-specific versions of the files -mentioned below. - -0. Back up each file you want to change! - -1. First see whether your system has "/etc/man.conf" or "/etc/manpath.conf" -(if it has neither, but man(1) is functional, then let us know) or, -if running as your own user, a per-user override file. In either -case, find where man(1) is executing nroff(1) or groff(1) to format -manuals. Replace these calls with mandoc(1). - -2. Then make sure that man(1) isn't running preprocessors, so you may -need to replace tbl(1), eqn(1), and similar references with cat(1). -Some man(1) implementations, like that on Mac OSX, let you run "man -d" -to see how the formatter is invoked. Use this to test your changes. On -Mac OS X, for instance, man(1) will prepend all files with ".ll" and -".nr" to set the terminal size, so you need to pass "tail -n+2 | -mandoc(1)" to disregard them. - -3. Finally, make sure that mandoc(1) is actually being invoked instead -of cached pages being pulled up. You can usually do this by commenting -out NOCACHE or similar. - -mandoc(1) still has a long way to go in understanding non-trivial -low-level roff(7) markup embedded in some man(7) pages. On the BSD -systems using mandoc(1), third-party software is generally vetted -on whether it may be formatted with mandoc(1). If not, groff(1) -is pulled in as a dependency and used to install a pre-formatted -"catpage" intead of directly as manual page source. - -For more background on switching operating systems to use mandoc(1) -instead of groff(1) to format manuals, see the two BSDCan presentations -by Ingo Schwarze: - -