GNU bug report logs - #7656
MANS primary accepts too many prefixes

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Package: automake; Severity: minor; Reported by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN>; merged with #10695; dated Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:46:02 UTC; Maintainer for automake is bug-automake@HIDDEN.
Merged 7656 10695. Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Severity set to 'minor' from 'wishlist' Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Changed bug title to 'MANS primary accepts too many prefixes' from 'TEXINFOS and MANS primaries accept too many prefixes' Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Disconnected #7656 from all other report(s). Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Merged 7656 7657. Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.
Changed bug title to 'TEXINFOS and MANS primaries accept too many prefixes' from 'MANS primary accepts too many prefixes.' Request was from Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. Full text available.

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN>
To: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@HIDDEN>
Subject: Re: bug#7656: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes.
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:19:03 +0100
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On Friday 17 December 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:51:15PM CET:
> > Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake
> > builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf).
> > 
> > IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd
> > rather say no).
> 
> This one is less easy than the other one, but again the question to
> be answered is: is it completely and totally impossible that a developer
> has a decent use case for something you would like to forbid?  If no,
> then why forbid it?
>
Note that we won't really forbid it, we'll just require the developer
to be more explicit/verbose about what he's doing if that's a thing
that "smells fishy" to automake; for example, automake will be required
to error out on this:
  doc_MANS = foo.1
but not on this:
  my_mandir = $(docdir) # we want manpages installed in $(docdir) because ...
  my_man_MANS = foo.1

And note that the current automake already behaves this way with other
primaries such as `PROGRAMS', so that:
  lib_PROGRAMS = foo
gives an error, but:
  foodir = $(libdir)
  foo_PROGRAMS = foo
does not.  This is by design, and it's a good design IMHO.

Regards,
   Stefano
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bug#7656; Package automake. Full text available.

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Subject: Re: bug#7656: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes.
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* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:51:15PM CET:
> Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake
> builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf).
> 
> IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd
> rather say no).

This one is less easy than the other one, but again the question to
be answered is: is it completely and totally impossible that a developer
has a decent use case for something you would like to forbid?  If no,
then why forbid it?

Thanks,
Ralf
Information forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-automake@HIDDEN:
bug#7656; Package automake. Full text available.

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN>
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Subject: MANS primary accepts too many prefixes.
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:51:15 +0100
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Currently, the MANS primary accept *all* the standard automake
builtin prefix dirs (from lib and bin to pkglibexec and sysconf).

IMHO it should accept only man and man{1..9} (maybe doc? but I'd
rather say no).

Thanks,
   Stefano
Acknowledgement sent to Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@HIDDEN>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-automake@HIDDEN. Full text available.
Report forwarded to owner <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-automake@HIDDEN:
bug#7656; Package automake. Full text available.
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