libgpg-error @1.46_1 does not install (register) its texinfo file in dir file

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

sh-3.2# pushd /opt/local/share/info ; for INFO in *.info ; do INFO="`echo $INFO | awk -F. '{ print $1 }'`"; printf "»» $INFO: ";  if [ `grep "\($INFO\)" dir | wc -l` -gt 0 ] ; then echo OK ; else echo "** missing **" ; fi; done

reports

»» gpgrt: ** missing **

All all hints of gpgrt are missing in dir file.

install-info gpgrt.info dir

would do the job.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

So I need to add texinfo as a build dependency to libgpg-error and GNU packages?

Maybe time for +doc variants!

Also see: #66842 and #66846

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

The problem here is that this has to happen in the activate phase, and for that matter the deactivate phase.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to Schamschula:

So I need to add texinfo as a build dependency to libgpg-error and GNU packages?

No. Because you would not need the MacPorts binary of install-info, it is already provided by macOS. And also the reader info. These just belong to a useful UNIX system. And is also proper usage of this system updating the dir file(s).

Maybe time for +doc variants!

This "documentation" is ready for use. It just needs to be activated – or deactivated, when the package is deinstalled.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to Schamschula:

The problem here is that this has to happen in the activate phase, and for that matter the deactivate phase.

Can be. I am not that deep in how MacPorts works, I am just seeing some deficiencies. Some packages, or ports, are able to handle this themselves. GCC is such a package. It fails with MacPorts because MacPorts renames the INFO files without tracking this change in the dir directory file. Others just copy ("install") their INFO files somewhere without actually registering them for use, or activating them.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Replying to ballapete:

Replying to Schamschula:

So I need to add texinfo as a build dependency to libgpg-error and GNU packages?

No. Because you would not need the MacPorts binary of install-info, it is already provided by macOS. And also the reader info. These just belong to a useful UNIX system. And is also proper usage of this system updating the dir file(s).

OK. But

 % /usr/bin/install-info --version
install-info (GNU texinfo) 4.8

Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

vs

% install-info --version 
install-info (GNU texinfo) 7.0.2

Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Maybe time for +doc variants!

This "documentation" is ready for use. It just needs to be activated – or deactivated, when the package is deinstalled.

That's the real sticking point. I see no documentation how to do this.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

The different versions play no big role for basic maintenance. They do not vary in installing/registering the INFO file or doing the contrary. In the first case it's just install-info <the INFO file> dir and deinstalling works with install-info --delete <the INFO file> dir – see man install-info.

But beware: it works to install/register for example gindent because install-info just copies the description from the given INFO file into the dir file at the given place. De-installation will fail, because there is no gindent file recorded in dir. And it would also fail when you tell install-info --delete indent.info dir:

install-info: No such file or directory für indent.info

Maybe port works better in version 2.8.2?

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Have a workaround would be to mention in a note that INFO file(s) do exist and can be installed via '…' Deinstallation cannot be handled this way because the INFO source file would already be removed when the (other) note gets printed.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

Actually, it appears there is a gnu_info PortGroup for this!

​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/_resources/port1.0/group/gnu_info-1.0.tcl

[Marius Schamschula <mschamschula@…>]

In 1d65472728d95e08e071bb4bdab66924ec7cc6ac/macports-ports (master):

libgpg-error: use gnu_info PG

Closes: #66841

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

The installation now is complete:

DEBUG: activating file: /opt/local/share/man/man1/gpg-error-config.1.gz
DEBUG: Executing proc-post-org.macports.activate-activate-0
DEBUG: Registering GNU info file /opt/local/share/info/gpgrt.info in /opt/local/share/info/dir using /opt/local/bin/install-info
DEBUG: system: /opt/local/bin/install-info /opt/local/share/info/gpgrt.info /opt/local/share/info/dir
DEBUG: Executing portactivate::activate_finish
DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (libgpg-error)

The ticket can be closed.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

This adds a runtime dependency on texinfo for everyone. Personally, I can't even remember the last time I ran info. Can we put the info pages in a variant or a separate port or something instead?

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to jmroot:

This adds a runtime dependency on texinfo for everyone. Personally, I can't even remember the last time I ran info. Can we put the info pages in a variant or a separate port or something instead?

Why? Does MacPorts have its own versions of cp, mv, mail, ls, whatever? info and install-info are part of Mac OS X and macOS.

[Schamschula (Marius Schamschula)]

See comment:5

Apple's version of texinfo is obsolete (nearly twenty years old). There may be incompatibilities.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Both versions work the same way inserting and removing entries from the dir file. Is there anything more the binaries of old or recent texinfo need to perform?