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diff --git a/doc/bugs/hard-coded_location_for_man_pages_and_w3m_cgi_wrapper.mdwn b/doc/bugs/hard-coded_location_for_man_pages_and_w3m_cgi_wrapper.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c8b2151fb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/hard-coded_location_for_man_pages_and_w3m_cgi_wrapper.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +Hi, + +some operating systems use PREFIX/man instead of PREFIX/share/man as the base +directory for man pages and PREFIX/libexec/ instead of PREFIX/lib/ for files +like CGI programs. +At the moment the location of the installed man pages and the w3m cgi wrapper +is hard-coded in Makefile.PL. +The patch below makes it possible to install those files to alternative directories +while the default stays as it is now. + +<pre> + + - Introduce two variables, IKI_MANDIR and IKI_W3MCGIDIR, to be set from + the command line. This enables locations for man pages and the w3m + cgi wrapper other than the hard-coded defaults in Makefile.PL. + +--- Makefile.PL.orig 2007-05-20 03:03:58.000000000 +0200 ++++ Makefile.PL +@@ -3,9 +3,32 @@ use warnings; + use strict; + use ExtUtils::MakeMaker; + ++my %params = ( 'IKI_MANDIR' => '$(PREFIX)/share/man', ++ 'IKI_W3MCGIDIR' => '$(PREFIX)/lib/w3m/cgi-bin' ++ ); ++ ++@ARGV = grep { ++ my ($key, $value) = split(/=/, $_, 2); ++ if ( exists $params{$key} ) { ++ $params{$key} = $value; ++ print "Using $params{$key} for $key.\n"; ++ 0 ++ } else { ++ 1 ++ } ++} @ARGV; ++ ++ + # Add a few more targets. + sub MY::postamble { +-q{ ++ package MY; ++ ++ my $scriptvars = <<"EOSCRIPTVARS"; ++IKI_MANDIR = $params{'IKI_MANDIR'} ++IKI_W3MCGIDIR = $params{'IKI_W3MCGIDIR'} ++EOSCRIPTVARS ++ ++ my $script = q{ + all:: extra_build + clean:: extra_clean + install:: extra_install +@@ -56,23 +79,24 @@ extra_install: + done; \ + done + +- install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 +- install -m 644 ikiwiki.man $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/ikiwiki.1 ++ install -d $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_MANDIR)/man1 ++ install -m 644 ikiwiki.man $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_MANDIR)/man1/ikiwiki.1 + +- install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man8 +- install -m 644 ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.man $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/ma +n8/ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.8 ++ install -d $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_MANDIR)/man8 ++ install -m 644 ikiwiki-mass-rebuild.man $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_MANDIR)/man8/iki +wiki-mass-rebuild.8 + + install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin + install ikiwiki-mass-rebuild $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin + +- install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/w3m/cgi-bin +- install ikiwiki-w3m.cgi $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/w3m/cgi-bin ++ install -d $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_W3MCGIDIR) ++ install ikiwiki-w3m.cgi $(DESTDIR)$(IKI_W3MCGIDIR) + + install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin + install ikiwiki.out $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/ikiwiki + + $(MAKE) -C po install PREFIX=$(PREFIX) +-} ++}; ++ return $scriptvars.$script; + } + + WriteMakefile( + +</pre>
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