| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Postgres Documentation List <docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Documentation tree (again) |
| Date: | 1998-02-26 21:41:14 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980226174001.230I-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
> OK, so when I asked earlier about documentation directory structure,
> Marc indicated that we should put things into a separate area, not just
> plop them into the usual src/ tree. I agree, but am not sure _where_ to
> actually put them.
>
> I am thinking of making a directory doc/src/sgml (under the existing doc
> directory) which would contain the sgml source code. doc/src would
> contain that and a Makefile which would know how to invoke the Makefile
> in doc/src/sgml. A "make install" from doc/src would copy gzip packaged
> files up to doc/, where they would be for a distribution.
>
> A Makefile in doc/ would unpack the gzip tar files of html into
> directories right under doc/, such as doc/tutorial, doc/userguide, etc.
>
> Is this OK? Some questions:
Sounds good to me...
> 1) Should all html be isolated into subdirectories under a doc/html/
> directory?
I'd say that all html should be installed in $prefix/html when a
'make install' is issued. You should be able to remove the package after
installing...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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