[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Provides a MAN_DIRS variable much like DOC/STRIP_DIRS. I need that for a package that install manpages in a non-standard place (/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC/man/...).

[Xavier]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> This seems a good idea to me and the patch looks good.  One small comment
> below.
>
>
> Tiago Pierezan Camargo wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tiago Pierezan Camargo <tcamargo at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt |    7 +++++++
>>  etc/makepkg.conf.in    |    2 ++
>>  scripts/makepkg.sh.in  |    9 ++++-----
>>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
>> index ca9df02..d6dd7dd 100644
>> --- a/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
>> +++ b/doc/makepkg.conf.5.txt
>> @@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ Options
>>        that are located in opt/, you may need to add the directory to this
>>        array. *NOTE:* Do not add the leading slash to the directory name.
>>  +**MAN_DIRS=(**{usr{,/local}{,/share},opt/*}/{man,info} ...**)**::
>> +       If "zipman" is specified in the OPTIONS array, this variable will
>> +       instruct makepkg where to look to compress manpages and docs. If
>> you
>> +       build packages  that are located in opt/, you may need to add the
>> +       directory to this array. *NOTE:* Do not add the leading slash to
>> +       the directory name.
>
> Maybe change the description a bit:
>
> ...this variable will instruct makepkg where to look to compress man and
> info-pages.
>
>

What about renaming the variable to be more relevant in the same time?

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