Subject: Re: <kein Betreff>
From: [email-masked] (Michael Hirmke)

29 May 1998 09:12:06 -0700
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Hi Gilbert,

>Hi,
>
>Can somebody told me how to install the manual suite in the gnu-win32 b19 ?
>I have downloaded the whole package, but there no instruction on how to
>install the manual.  It seem that there is no man command in the gnu-win32
>package.

You're right - there is no "man" command in CDK and the manpages package.
However:

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   *man-1.4j*
   --------

   - what is it?
     - Program for displaying man-pages on the screen or sending them
       to a printer (using groff).

   - system
     - Windows NT4 German / SP3

   - preliminaries
     - none

   - configure
     - edit configure
       - change "prefix=/usr" to "prefix=/usr/local"
         (or whatever you want or just leave it as it is)
     - run "configure -d"

   - make
     - edit src/man.c
       - add "#include <getopt.h>"
       - comment out line 1020 (setlocale)
     - edit src/Makefile.in
       - add "-DNONLS" to "DEFS="
     - edit src/util.c
       - comment out line 93 and 94 (setreuid, setregid)
     - run "make" as normal

   - make install
     - works without changes
     - edit /usr/local/lib/man.config according to your system

   - notes
     - couldn't get man-1.5a to run properly, you can build it nearly
       the same way as 1.4j, but it will crash, whenever you run the
       resulting binary

   - package availability
     - on ftp.franken.de
     - in /pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Hirmke_Michael
     - as man-1.4j-win32-bin.tar.gz
     - or man-1.4j-win32-bin.zip

   - contributed by
     - [email-masked] (Michael Hirmke)

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If it should be of any use, you also need:
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   *groff-1.10*
   ----------

   - what is it?
     - The groff package provides compatible versions of troff, nroff,
       eqn, tbl, and other Unix text-formatting utilities.
       Groff is used to "compile" man-pages stored in groff/nroff
       format for different output devices; e.g., for displaying to a
       screen or in PostScript(tm) format for printing on a
       PostScript(tm) printer.

   - system
     - Windows NT4 German / SP3

   - preliminaries
     - /bin/sh has to be *bash, not ash*
       - umount /bin (if mounted)
       - cp <cygnus>/bash.exe /bin/sh.exe

   - configure
     - works without changes

   - make
     - edit ./Makefile
       - turn off optimization (-O in CFLAGS and CCFLAGS);
         with optimization turned on, you may run into trouble with
         random crashes - for example with large man pages
         (due to a hint from Andy Piper)
     - edit ./tmac/Makefile.sub
       - create a new first line "SHELL=/usr/bin/ash"
         (or whatever your "ash" is); this is necessay, because
         "bash" can't handle a "for" loop with an empty list in
         this Makefile
     - run "make" as normal

   - make install
     - works without changes

   - notes
     - it is a bit crazy, but you really need both shells to build
       this package - of course you could also change the Makefiles,oe
       so they all work with one shell

   - package availability
     - on ftp.franken.de
     - in /pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Hirmke_Michael
     - as groff-1.10-win32-bin.tar.gz
     - or groff-1.10-win32-bin.zip

   - contributed by
     - [email-masked] (Michael Hirmke)

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and:
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   *less-321*
   --------

   - what is it?
     - Less is a pager program similar to more (1), but allows backward
       as well as forward movement within a file. Also, less does not
       have to read the entire input file before starting. It is also
       possible to start an editor at any time from this program.

   - system
     - Windows NT4 German / SP3

   - preliminaries
     - you first have to install *ncurses-4.1*
     - replace all "iprintf" in "output.c" with a different,
       but unique name, for example "less_iprintf"

   - configure
     - works without changes

   - make
     - works without changes

   - make install
     - works without changes

   - notes
     - works the same way for less-332
       (according to [email-masked]  (Geoffrey Noer))

   - package availability
     - on ftp.franken.de
     - in /pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin32/porters/Hirmke_Michael
     - as less-321-win32-bin.tar.gz
     - or less-321-win32-bin.zip

   - contributed by
     - [email-masked] (Michael Hirmke)

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>Thanks
>
>Gilbert.

Bye.
Michael.
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