[mpich-discuss] Man pages no longer installed

[Antonio J. Peña]

Also, note the configure --mandir option.

  Antonio


On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:31:07 AM Ken Raffenetti wrote:
> To clarify, there are pre-built manpages included in the release tarball for
> 3.1rc1. They are installed as part of 'make install'. Are you sure your
> MANPATH includes the location of your install?
> 
> Ken
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: "Wesley Bland" <wbland at mcs.anl.gov>
> > To: discuss at mpich.org
> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:23:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] Man pages no longer installed
> > 
> > 
> > I don’t know when the decision was made to turn off the manages by
> > default, but it makes sense as they require a special tool that
> > won’t be commonly installed. As the wiki page says, you have to
> > install the “sowing” tool first before you can build the man pages.
> > If we make that a requirement for the regular `make install`, that
> > would be more a burden for most users.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Wesley
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Nov 14, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Junchao Zhang < jczhang at mcs.anl.gov >
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, Markus,
> > I installed my manpages according to instructions at
> > https://wiki.mpich.org/mpich/index.php/Creating_MPICH_Manpages
> > It needs a customized tool.
> > But whether it is the reason mandoc is not installed by default, I
> > would let more experienced mpich developers to answer you.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --Junchao Zhang
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:03 AM, Markus Geimer <
> > m.geimer at fz-juelich.de > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is it intended that MPICH 3.1rc1 no longer installs man pages
> > during 'make install'? This seems to be a regression compared
> > to MPICH2.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Markus
> > 
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