build: Rewrite comments for man pages.
* doc.am <Man pages>: Rewrite comments to describe the build process and the meaning of the noticeable idiosyncrasies in a more general way.
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@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ dvi-local: ps-local
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## Man pages. ##
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## ----------- ##
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# The man pages are generated using GNU Help2man. In makefiles rules they
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# depend not on the binary, but on the source files. This usage allows a
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# manual page to be generated by the maintainer and included in the
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# distribution without requiring the end-user to have 'help2man' installed.
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# They are built in $(srcdir) like info manuals.
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sub_commands_mans = \
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix-archive.1 \
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix-build.1 \
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@ -120,22 +126,19 @@ dist_man1_MANS = \
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix.1 \
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$(sub_commands_mans)
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# Man pages are generated using GNU help2man.
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gen_man = \
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LANGUAGE= $(top_builddir)/pre-inst-env $(HELP2MAN) \
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$(HELP2MANFLAGS)
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HELP2MANFLAGS = --source=GNU --info-page=$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)
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# Note: Do not depend on 'scripts/guix' since that would trigger a rebuild
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# even for people building from a tarball.
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix.1: scripts/guix.in $(sub_commands_mans)
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-$(AM_V_HELP2MAN)$(gen_man) --output="$@" `basename "$@" .1`
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# Note: The dependency on $(GOBJECTS) is meant to force these docs to be made
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# only after all Guile modules have been compiled. The 'case' ensures the man
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# pages are only generated if the corresponding script source has been
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# changed.
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# The 'case' ensures the man pages are only generated if the corresponding
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# source script (the first prerequisite) has been changed. The $(GOBJECTS)
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# prerequisite is solely meant to force these docs to be made only after all
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# Guile modules have been compiled.
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix-%.1: guix/scripts/%.scm $(GOBJECTS)
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-@case '$?' in \
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*$<*) $(AM_V_P) && set -x || echo " HELP2MAN $@"; \
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@ -147,8 +150,6 @@ if BUILD_DAEMON
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dist_man1_MANS += $(srcdir)/doc/guix-daemon.1
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# Note: Do not depend on 'guix-daemon' since that would trigger a rebuild even
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# for people building from a tarball.
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$(srcdir)/doc/guix-daemon.1: nix/nix-daemon/guix-daemon.cc
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-$(AM_V_HELP2MAN)$(gen_man) --output="$@" `basename "$@" .1`
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