mesonbuild/meson

Support generation of man pages with help2man

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#1,812 opened on May 17, 2017

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Description

This would be implemented via a run_target() that runs a specific built executable on install with help2man which generates a man page. Then we compress it and install it.

So far, pango needs it for its Meson port, but other projects would use it too, I'm sure.

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Research direction
Create a new meson run target that executes help2man on a specified executable during install, then compresses and installs the man page. Study existing run target examples in Meson's source.
Tech stack
python
Domain
build systemdevtools
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Meson build systemhelp2man
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60