Re: xsnow (and 3 other pkgs') man page installing fails on Solaris

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:53:10 +0900, Ignatios Souvatzis 
<is%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:

> The Subject line has "xsnow" in it, but affected are all our x11
> packages that use imake and try to install manual pages in man6 or
> cat6.
>
> ===> Installing for xsnow-1.42nb4
> /usr/ucb/install -c   xsnow /usr/local/pkg/bin/xsnow
> install in . done
> /usr/ucb/install -c -m 0444 xsnow._man /usr/local/pkg/man/man1/xsnow.6
> install.man in . done
> => Automatic manual page handling
>
> (same for nb2. nb3 was my quick fix which added MANDIR=
> $(MANSOURCEDIR)$(MANSUFFIX) to the Imakefile, but turned out to
> break on NetBSD, after all, as I tested it in the wrong window.)

How about added "ManDir=" instead of "MANDIR="?

> pkg_create: can't stat `/usr/local/pkg/man/man6/xsnow.6'
> => Registering installation for xsnow-1.42nb4
> pkg_admin: xsnow-1.42nb4: File `/usr/local/pkg/man/man6/xsnow.6' is in 
> +CONTENTS but not on filesystem!
>
> There are three other packages that use IMAKE_GAME* in the PLIST.
> I tested with xpilot, and after fixing other Solaris build fallout,
> it has the same problem.
>
> All of them use MANSUFFIX= 6 in a pkgsrc patch to their Imakefile(s).
>
> I think the easiest way out would be remove our patch, that is, to
> move the four of them back to installing the manual page in the
> main program manual page directory. This can be done without touching
> the pkgsrc / Imake infrastructure, and I would do the legwork if
> I get a "go ahead".

+1
I think that imake does not support GAMES category target.

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