{"thread":{"id":"9107","subject":"[PATCH] Install man3 manpages to $PREFIX/share/man/man3 even for site installs","startedAt":"2007-07-19T12:45:50Z","lastAt":"2007-07-20T00:46:00Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["martin f. krafft","Junio C Hamano","Randal L. Schwartz"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"47858","messageId":"11848491502417-git-send-email-madduck@madduck.net","threadId":"9107","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Install man3 manpages to $PREFIX/share/man/man3 even for site installs","fromName":"martin f. krafft","fromEmail":"madduck@madduck.net","sentAt":"2007-07-19T12:45:50Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-19T12:45:50Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"madduck@madduck.net","avatar":null},"body":"MakeMaker supports three installation modes: perl, site, and vendor. The first\nand third install manpages to $PREFIX/share/man, only site installs to\n$PREFIX/man. For consistency with the rest of git, which does not make the\ndistinction and writes all manpages to $PREFIX/share/man, this change makes\nsure that perl does too, even when it's installed in site mode.\n\nSigned-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>\n---\n perl/Makefile.PL |    1 +\n 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL\nindex 4375161..6aecd89 100644\n--- a/perl/Makefile.PL\n+++ b/perl/Makefile.PL\n@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ WriteMakefile(\n \tVERSION_FROM    => 'Git.pm',\n \tPM\t\t=> \\%pm,\n \tMAKEFILE\t=> 'perl.mak',\n+\tINSTALLSITEMAN3DIR => '$(SITEPREFIX)/share/man/man3',\n \t%extra\n );\n-- \n1.5.3.rc2.19.gc4fba-dirty\n"},{"id":"47917","messageId":"7vzm1r29df.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","threadId":"9107","inReplyTo":"11848491502417-git-send-email-madduck@madduck.net","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Install man3 manpages to $PREFIX/share/man/man3 even for site installs","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2007-07-20T00:42:52Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-20T00:42:52Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Randal, I cannot decide if this is the right thing to do, or \nbetter than what we currently do.  Could you care to enlighten\nus please?\n\n\"martin f. krafft\" <madduck@madduck.net> writes:\n\n> MakeMaker supports three installation modes: perl, site, and vendor. The first\n> and third install manpages to $PREFIX/share/man, only site installs to\n> $PREFIX/man. For consistency with the rest of git, which does not make the\n> distinction and writes all manpages to $PREFIX/share/man, this change makes\n> sure that perl does too, even when it's installed in site mode.\n>\n> Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>\n> ---\n>  perl/Makefile.PL |    1 +\n>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n>\n> diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL\n> index 4375161..6aecd89 100644\n> --- a/perl/Makefile.PL\n> +++ b/perl/Makefile.PL\n> @@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ WriteMakefile(\n>  \tVERSION_FROM    => 'Git.pm',\n>  \tPM\t\t=> \\%pm,\n>  \tMAKEFILE\t=> 'perl.mak',\n> +\tINSTALLSITEMAN3DIR => '$(SITEPREFIX)/share/man/man3',\n>  \t%extra\n>  );\n> -- \n> 1.5.3.rc2.19.gc4fba-dirty\n"},{"id":"47918","messageId":"861wf37vhz.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com","threadId":"9107","inReplyTo":"7vzm1r29df.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Install man3 manpages to $PREFIX/share/man/man3 even for site installs","fromName":"Randal L. Schwartz","fromEmail":"merlyn@stonehenge.com","sentAt":"2007-07-20T00:46:00Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-20T00:46:00Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"merlyn@stonehenge.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/dc528d210743ff0333e6213f9ee7b33b23f1b7bc1f3c5a8c2d819074ecd7ab19?d=mp&s=160"},"body":">>>>> \"Junio\" == Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:\n\nJunio> Randal, I cannot decide if this is the right thing to do, or \nJunio> better than what we currently do.  Could you care to enlighten\nJunio> us please?\n\nI'll have to research it.  On *every single* major release of Perl, and even\nsome of the minor ones, the rules for what Makefile.PL does have changed.\nIt's really maddening.\n\n-- \nRandal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095\n<merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>\nPerl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.\nSee PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!\n"}]}