Subject: Re: pkg_install refuses to compile
To: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
From: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/17/2001 13:47:56
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 01:31:38PM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> > The simplest step would be to install nroff, since you'll need it at a
> > later stage to build manual pages for other packages.  We don't really
> > target pkgsrc at people without nroff, since then the inventory files
> > which come with packages would be a real pain to maintain.
> 
> Maybe we could check the problen in advance and do something:
> 
> .if ! exists(/usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc)
> MAKE_ENV+=              NOMAN=1
> .endif
> 
> Or maybe print out a warning that the 'text' set should be installed?

Print the warning about the "text" set.

Thanks,
Al