Re: [Refdb-devel] refdb-elisp

[Markus H. <mar...@mh...>]

Hi,

David Nebauer writes:
 >  From memory, the pdf and html manual files ended up in 
 > refdb-elisp-1.0.  Other doc files such as changelog.Debian.gz, NEWS.gz, 
 > changelog.gz, README and copyright ended up in refdb-elisp.  It looks 
 > silly and, as I mentioned, appeared to confuse the Debian document 
 > registration script.
 > 

Ah, I see. Something Debian-specific.

 > I presume you meant 'refdb-mode-config.el'?

Yes. Sorry about that.

 > Turns out the emacsen build 
 > scripts expect to find that file in the /debian subdirectory and called 
 > 'emacsen-startup'.  The build process then installs the startup file in 
 > /etc/emacs/site-start.d as '50<PACKAGE>', in this case '50refdb-elisp'.
 > 

I suspected there is some automatism for this. I don't know whether it
makes things more complicated, but I've changed Makefile.am to install
refdb-mode-config.el as a configuration file in sysconfdir (usually
/etc or /usr/local/etc). This is probably the most logical place as it
now contains the locations of the viewing programs. If the Debian
policy allows this, you could simply create a symlink in
/etc/emacs/site-start.d pointing to that file.

 > After doing this the refdb and ris modes work correctly in emacs.  The 
 > debian package now appears to be usable.  I'll send it to you off list.
 > 

Thanks, I'll try it here as well.

 > I'll now automate the build process.  Unless and until you incorporate 
 > the changes to refdb-mode.el and the makefile, the build process will 
 > include a fair bit of search-and-replacing.  If you want to take over as 
 > maintainer of the refdb-elisp debian package I can email you the 
 > relevant files.  The debian build process would then be as simple as 
 > running the build script.  If I recall correctly the 'dpkg-dev' package 
 > includes all the tools needed by the build script.
 > 

If that is all it takes, I should be able to handle this. I'll let you
know.

 > 7.  No ChangeLog file
 > 

I'll create it using cvs2cl from now on.

 > 
 > >And thanks a lot for touching Emacs in the first place.
 > >
 > 
 > I'll shower afterwards ;-) .
 > 

Did showering help?

regards,
Markus

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