=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/INSTALL,v retrieving revision 1.3.2.1 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -p -r1.3.2.1 -r1.4 --- mandoc/INSTALL 2014/08/14 20:43:22 1.3.2.1 +++ mandoc/INSTALL 2014/08/16 19:00:01 1.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.3.2.1 2014/08/14 20:43:22 schwarze Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.4 2014/08/16 19:00:01 schwarze Exp $ About mdocml, the portable mandoc distribution ---------------------------------------------- @@ -34,54 +34,72 @@ latest bundled and ported versions of mandoc for vario 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". -The version contained in this distribution tarball is 1.12.4. -This is not the newest version available, you can also get 1.13.1. -Installing 1.12.4 only makes sense if all of the following conditions -hold for you: - - - You need apropos(1) and makewhatis(8) functionality. - - You do not need the man.cgi(8) web frontend. - - You do have the Berkeley database library, version 1.85. - - You lack at least one of the following: the SQLite3 database - library and/or the fts(3) file hierarchy traversal functions. - 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. Decide whether you want to build the base tools mandoc(1), -preconv(1) and demandoc(1) only or whether you also want to build the -database tools apropos(1) and makewhatis(8). For the latter, -the Berkeley database system, version 1.85, is required. -It is installed by default on BSD systems and available as an -optional software package on other systems. +1. If you want to build the CGI program, man.cgi(8), too, run the +command "echo BUILD_CGI=1 > configure.local". -2. Read the beginning of the file "Makefile" from "USER SETTINGS" -to "END OF USER SETTINGS" and edit it as required. In particular, -disable "BUILD_TARGETS += db-build" if you do not want database -support. +2. Run "./configure". +This script attempts autoconfiguration of mandoc for your system. +Read both its standard output and the file "Makefile.local" it +generates. If anything looks wrong or different from what you +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. -3. Run "make". No separate "./configure" or "make depend" steps -are needed. The former is run automatically by "make". The latter -is a maintainer target. If you merely want to build the released -version as opposed to doing active development, there is no need -to regenerate the dependency specifications. Any POSIX-compatible -make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, should work. +3. Run "make". +Any POSIX-compatible make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, +should work. If the build fails, look at "configure.local.example" +and go back to step 2. 4. Run "make -n install" and check whether everything will be -installed to the intended places. Otherwise, edit the *DIR variables -in the Makefile until it is. +installed to the intended places. Otherwise, put some *DIR 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 use mandoc(1) as your man(1) formatter, read the "Deployment" +6. To set up a man.cgi(8) server, read its manual page. + +7. To use mandoc(1) as your man(1) formatter, read the "Deployment" section below. +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: + +1. The SQLite database system, see . +The recommended version of SQLite is 3.8.4.3 or newer. The mandoc +toolset is known to work with version 3.7.5 or newer. Versions +older than 3.8.3 may not achieve full performance due to the +missing SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC optimization flag. Versions older +than 3.8.0 may not show full error information if opening a database +fails due to the missing sqlite3_errstr() API. Both are very minor +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. +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. +If your system does not have it, the bundled compatibility version +will be used, so you probably need not worry about it. + + Checking autoconfiguration quality ---------------------------------- If you want to check whether automatic configuration works well @@ -113,9 +131,9 @@ please report whatever is missing on your platform. The following steps can be used to manually check the automatic configuration on your platform: -1. Run "make clean". +1. Run "make distclean". -2. Run "make config.h" +2. Run "./configure" 3. Read the file "config.log". It shows the compiler commands used to test the libraries installed on your system and the standard @@ -123,8 +141,7 @@ output and standard error output these commands produc for unexpected failures. Those are most likely to happen if headers 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 expected "#define HAVE_*" lines are missing. The -list of tests run can be found in the file "configure". +check that no "#define HAVE_*" differ from your expectations. Deployment