docs/178169: [patch][porters-handbook] update documentation for using gettext
Jason Helfman
jgh at FreeBSD.org
Fri Apr 26 04:20:00 UTC 2013
>Number: 178169
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch][porters-handbook] update documentation for using gettext
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
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>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Apr 26 04:20:00 UTC 2013
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jason Helfman
>Release: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD freefall.freebsd.org 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0 r249172: Sat Apr 6 00:40:01 UTC 2013 peter at freefall.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FREEFALL amd64
>Description:
USE_GETTEXT is now under the USES framework
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: porters-handbook/book.xml
===================================================================
--- porters-handbook/book.xml (revision 41499)
+++ porters-handbook/book.xml (working copy)
@@ -5781,17 +5781,12 @@
<sect2>
<title>Basic Usage</title>
- <para>If your port requires <literal>gettext</literal>,
- just set <makevar>USE_GETTEXT</makevar> to
- <literal>yes</literal>, and your port will grow the
- dependency on <filename
- role="package">devel/gettext</filename>. The value of
- <makevar>USE_GETTEXT</makevar> can also specify the required
- version of the <literal>libintl</literal> library, the basic
- part of <literal>gettext</literal>, but using this feature
- is <emphasis>strongly discouraged</emphasis>: Your port
- should work with just the current version of <filename
- role="package">devel/gettext</filename>.</para>
+ <para>If your port requires <literal>gettext</literal>, just
+ set <literal>USES= gettext</literal>, and your
+ port will inherit a dependency on <filename
+ role="package">devel/gettext</filename>. Other values for
+ <literal>gettext</literal> usage can be in <xref
+ linkend="uses-values"/>.</para>
<para>A rather common case is a port using
<literal>gettext</literal> and <command>configure</command>.
@@ -5802,7 +5797,7 @@
<envar>CPPFLAGS</envar> and <envar>LDFLAGS</envar> as
follows:</para>
- <programlisting>USE_GETTEXT= yes
+ <programlisting>USES= gettext
CPPFLAGS+= -I${LOCALBASE}/include
LDFLAGS+= -L${LOCALBASE}/lib
@@ -5811,7 +5806,7 @@
<para>Of course, the code can be more compact if there are no
more flags to pass to <command>configure</command>:</para>
- <programlisting>USE_GETTEXT= yes
+ <programlisting>USES= gettext
GNU_CONFIGURE= yes</programlisting>
</sect2>
@@ -5832,7 +5827,7 @@
.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MNLS}
-USE_GETTEXT= yes
+USES+= gettext
PLIST_SUB+= NLS=""
.else
CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --disable-nls
Index: porters-handbook/uses.xml
===================================================================
--- porters-handbook/uses.xml (revision 41499)
+++ porters-handbook/uses.xml (working copy)
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><literal>gettext</literal></entry>
+ <entry>none, <literal>lib</literal>, <literal>build</literal>,
+ <literal>run</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Implies that the port uses <filename
+ role="package">devel/gettext</filename> in one way or another. By
+ default, with no arguments or with the <literal>lib</literal>
+ argument, implies <command>gettext</command> with build-time and
+ run-time dependencies, <literal>build</literal> implies a build-time
+ dependency, and <literal>run</literal> implies a run-time
+ dependency.</entry>
+</row>
+
+<row>
<entry><literal>pathfix</literal></entry>
<entry>none</entry>
<entry>Look for the <filename>Makefile.in</filename> and
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