Re: [Help-make] HOW TO create "man pages" or "on-line-doc" for GNU-Make-3.78.1

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Jack Dao <address@hidden> writes:

  jd> I have obtained/installed GNU-Make-3.78.1 successfully on
  jd> SOlaris-7

Is there some reason to use such an old version?

  jd> and I am trying to create "man pages" for it: is there some
  jd> procedures to create on-line-doc or manual for GNU-make.

It's done!

  jd> Here is the last part "make install" where :

  jd> make install
  jd> Making install in glob
  jd> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin
  jd>   ./install-sh -c  make /usr/local/bin/make
  jd> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/info
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info /usr/local/info/make.info
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-1 /usr/local/info/make.info-1
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-2 /usr/local/info/make.info-2
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-3 /usr/local/info/make.info-3
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-4 /usr/local/info/make.info-4
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-5 /usr/local/info/make.info-5
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-6 /usr/local/info/make.info-6
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-7 /usr/local/info/make.info-7
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-8 /usr/local/info/make.info-8
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-9 /usr/local/info/make.info-9
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.info-10 /usr/local/info/make.info-10

This shows the online manual being installed in /usr/local/info.

  jd> make  install-man1
  jd> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/man/man1
  jd>  ./install-sh -c -m 644 ./make.1 /usr/local/man/man1/make.1

This shows the man page being installed in /usr/local/man.

  jd> I have noticed the "make.info*" files and "make.texinfo" in the
  jd> source/installation-directory and I do not know what to do with
  jd> them.

"make.texinfo" is the manual in GNU's Texinfo format; this is the
original "source".  It can be converted to many formats.  The online
format is call "Info" and it can be read via Emacs' Info mode, or via
one of the standalone Info readers.  You can find one in the GNU texinfo
package.  There's also a "tkinfo" reader.

Or you can read the manual online in HTML, or get printable versions
(PostScript or DVI); see the README file.

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