Benjamin Block 0d15a07c0a chreipl-fcp-mpath: bundle a pre-cooked version of the man page ...

On several distributions `pandoc` is not available via the default
repositories, and thus not available in the build environments for the
distribution packages. That means, the man page can't be bundled along
with the packages generated for those distributions.

But since this is a valuable asset for some users, instead of requiring
`pandoc` in order to have a man page be generated during the build, so it
can be installed, bundle a pre-cooked version that corresponds to the
current version of the `README.md` file. This way, the man page can always
be packaged, and is now always installed, even if `ENABLE_DOC` is set to
`0` (the default).

This also means, whenever the `README.md` file is changed, the bundled
man page needs to be regenerated, so it stays in sync. As a safeguard
we also add a checksum of the `README.md` file that is regenerated along
with the man page. This checksum is tested even when `pandoc` is not
available, and the user is notified whenever it runs out of sync (with a
hint as to how to remedy it).

Nothing changes for the compile/installation workflow, if `ENABLE_DOC` is
set to `1`.

Suggested-by: Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Steffen Maier <maier@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>

2022-03-09 12:08:24 +01:00

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