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CygWin user tools (B20): help with installing extras
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- Subject: CygWin user tools (B20): help with installing extras
- From: Alexander Anderson <lists at almide dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 18:09:05 +0100
Dear Cygwin mailing list,
I use NT4 (ServicePack 3) for texty, webby design stuff.
Although I'm not a UNIX "guru", I'd like to use UNIX commands some-
times, because I can't stand NT DOS and I can never find out how to op-
erate it these days. So I was told about Cygwin on IRC, and installed
Cygwin's (b20) unix tools for Windoze.
I have downloaded the groff tar.gz binary (ported by Michael Henke)
and after a little bit of teething troubles, gotten groff to work. This
was my main goal in getting Cygwin.
However, I would also like to have the man pages working. So I
downloaded the man binaries (ported by Pierre Humblet) and unzipped it
with WinZip. I followed Humblet's instructions but have had difficul-
ties.
I think the chief problem is that the binaries are compiled with as-
sumptions about defaults hardwired into them. For instance, the config-
uration file this compilation of man uses is hardwired into the binary
and is by default an absolute pathname: "/usr/local/lib/man.conf". How-
ever, there's a "-C" override for it, which I used successfully.
However, beyond that I've come really unstuck. Man just refuses to
do any manual pages for me. What's really perplexing, is that when I
run man with the "-D" diagnostics option, the composite shell command it
says it balks at, when fed into the command line actually _does_ produce
man pages!
However, I'm now at the limit of my knowledge and therefore sub-
scribed to this "cygwin" mailing list in order to make further progress.
I'd be very grateful for any advice and suggestions anyone has to
make about my "man" installation problem.
(I know that there's now a Red Hat CD of Cygwin, but I want to avoid
such a commitment. At some time in the future, a year or so, depending
on how KDE/Gnome/Linux evolve I envisage jumping ship from NT and going
to Linux as a Personal Computer end-user.)
I've included below a collection of listings (copied direct from the
unix console on NT). Here's a sort of "table of contents" to them:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
=================
1) $ cat $MY_CYGNUS/cygnus.bat
2) $ cat $HOME/.bashrc
3) $ env
4) $ cat $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/lib/man.conf
5) $ man -C$MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/lib/man.conf -D man
6) $ (cd //U/usr/local/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat //U/usr/local/man/man1/man.1; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/tbl | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/nroff -Tascii -mandoc | $MY_CYGNUS/bin/less -is)
7) DOS tree structure of my Cygwin installation
1) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ cat $MY_CYGNUS/cygnus.bat
@ECHO OFF
SET MY_PATH_OLD=%PATH%
SET PATH=U:\usr\local\bin;U:\bin;.;%PATH%
SET MAKE_MODE=UNIX
SET CYGWIN32=title tty
SET HOME=J:\Source.my\Programming\Unix
SUBST U: C:\Program_Files\cygnus\cygwin-b20
bash
SUBST U: /D
SET PATH=%MY_PATH_OLD%
2) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ cat $HOME/.bashrc
PS1='\w\$ '
PS2='> '
export MY_CYGNUS=//U/
export GROFF_FONT_PATH=$MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/share/groff/font
export GROFF_TMAC_PATH=$MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/share/groff/tmac
export CDPATH=$MY_CYGNUS
3) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ env
!EXITCODE=00000001
!C:=C:\WINNT\PROFILES\kelsan\DESKTOP
CDPATH=//U/
COMPUTERNAME=LITHOS
COMSPEC=C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe
CYGWIN32=title tty
GROFF_FONT_PATH=//U//usr/local/share/groff/font
GROFF_TMAC_PATH=//U//usr/local/share/groff/tmac
HOME=//J/Source.my/Programming/Unix
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\
HOSTNAME=almide
HOSTTYPE=i586
LOGONSERVER=\\LITHOS
MACHTYPE=i586-pc-cygwin32
MAKE_MODE=UNIX
MY_CYGNUS=//U/
MY_PATH_OLD=C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\Program_Files\Solomon;C:\Program_Files\MYBATS.MY;C:\Program_Files\NTreskit;C:\
Program_Files\NTreskit\Perl
NTRESKIT=C:\Program_Files\NTreskit
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS2LIBPATH=C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;
OS=Windows_NT
OSTYPE=cygwin32
PATH=//U/usr/local/bin://U/bin:.:/WINNT/system32:/WINNT:/Program_Files/Solomon:/Program_Files/MYBATS.MY:/Program_Files/N
Treskit:/Program_Files/NTreskit/Perl
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 5 Model 2 Stepping 4, GenuineIntel
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=5
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0204
PROMPT=$P$G
PWD=//C/WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop
SHELL=/bin/sh
SHLVL=1
SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
SYSTEMROOT=C:\WINNT
TEMP=C:\TEMP
TERM=cygwin
TMP=C:\TEMP
USERDOMAIN=LITHOS
USERNAME=kelsan
USERPROFILE=C:\WINNT\Profiles\kelsan
WINDIR=C:\WINNT
_=//U/bin/env
4) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ cat $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/lib/man.conf
#
# Generated automatically from man.conf.in by the
# configure script.
#
# man.conf
#
# This file is read by man to configure the default manpath (also used
# when MANPATH contains an empty substring), to find out where the cat
# pages corresponding to given man pages should be stored,
# and to map each PATH element to a manpath element.
# It may also record the pathname of the man binary. [This is unused.]
# The format is:
#
# MANBIN pathname
# MANPATH manpath_element [corresponding_catdir]
# MANPATH_MAP path_element manpath_element
#
# If no catdir is given, it is assumed to be equal to the mandir
# (so that this dir has both man1 etc. and cat1 etc. subdirs).
# This is the traditional Unix setup.
# Certain versions of the FSSTND recommend putting formatted versions
# of /usr/foopath/man/manx/page.x into /var/catman/foopath/catx/page.x.
# The keyword FSSTND will cause this behaviour.
# Certain versions of the FHS recommend putting formatted versions of
# /usr/foopath/share/man/[locale/]manx/page.x into
# /var/cache/man/foopath/[locale/]catx/page.x.
# The keyword FHS will cause this behaviour (and overrides FSSTND).
# Explicitly given catdirs override.
#
# FSSTND
# FHS
#
# This file is also read by man in order to find how to call nroff, less, etc.,
# and to determine the correspondence between extensions and decompressors.
#
# MANBIN /usr/local/bin/man
#
# Every automatically generated MANPATH includes these fields
#
# MANPATH $MY_CYGNUS/usr/man
MANPATH $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
# MANPATH $MY_CYGNUS/usr/X11R6/man
# MANPATH /usr/lib/perl5/man
#
# Set up PATH to MANPATH mapping
#
# (these mappings are superfluous when the right hand side is
# in the mandatory manpath already, but will keep man from statting
# lots of other nearby files and directories)
#
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/bin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/sbin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/bin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/sbin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/X11R6/bin $MY_CYGNUS/usr/X11R6/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/bin/X11 $MY_CYGNUS/usr/X11R6/man
# MANPATH_MAP $MY_CYGNUS/usr/bin/mh $MY_CYGNUS/usr/man
#
# Useful paths - note that COL should not be defined when
# NROFF is defined as "groff -Tascii" or "groff -Tlatin1";
# not only is it superfluous, but it actually damages the output.
#
TROFF $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/groff -Tps -mandoc
NROFF $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/nroff -Tascii -mandoc
EQN $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/eqn -Tps
NEQN $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/eqn -Tascii
TBL $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/tbl
# COL
REFER $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/refer
PIC $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/pic
VGRIND
GRAP
PAGER $MY_CYGNUS/bin/less -is
CAT $MY_CYGNUS/bin/cat
#
# The command "man -a xyzzy" will show all man pages for xyzzy.
# When CMP is defined man will try to avoid showing the same
# text twice.
#
CMP $MY_CYGNUS/bin/cmp -s
#
# Compress cat pages
#
COMPRESS $MY_CYGNUS/bin/gzip
COMPRESS_EXT .gz
#
# Default manual sections (and order) to search if -S is not specified
# and the MANSECT environment variable is not set.
#
MANSECT 1:8:2:3:4:5:6:7:9:tcl:n:l:p:o
#
# Decompress with given decompressor when input file has given extension
# The command given must act as a filter.
#
.gz $MY_CYGNUS/bin/gunzip -c
.bz2 $MY_CYGNUS/bin/bzip2 -c -d
.z $MY_CYGNUS/bin/gunzip -c
.Z $MY_CYGNUS/bin/zcat
.F
.Y
5) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ man -C$MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/lib/man.conf -D man
Reading config file //U//usr/local/lib/man.conf
found man directory $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/man
using $MY_CYGNUS/bin/less -is as pager
path directory //U/usr/local/bin is not in the config file
but there is a man directory nearby
adding //U/usr/local/man to manpath
path directory //U/bin is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory . is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /WINNT/system32 is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /WINNT is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /Program_Files/Solomon is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /Program_Files/MYBATS.MY is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /Program_Files/NTreskit is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
path directory /Program_Files/NTreskit/Perl is not in the config file
and we found no man directory nearby
adding mandatory man directories
will try to write //U/usr/local/man/cat1/man.1.gz if needed
status from is_newer() = -2
using default preprocessor sequence
found tbl(1) directive
Error executing formatting or display command.
System command (cd //U/usr/local/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat //U/usr/local/man/man1/man.1; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/tbl | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/nroff -Tascii -mandoc | $MY_CYGNUS/bin/less -is) exited with status 32512.
No manual entry for man
6) /WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$ (cd //U/usr/local/man ; (echo -e ".pl 1100i"; cat //U/usr/local/man/man1/man.1; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/tbl | $MY_CYGNUS/usr/local/bin/nroff -Tascii -mandoc | $MY_CYGNUS/bin/less -is)
man(1) man(1)
NAME
man - format and display the on-line manual pages
manpath - determine user's search path for man pages
SYNOPSIS
man [-acdfhkKtwW] [-m system] [-p string] [-C config_file]
[-M path] [-P pager] [-S section_list] [section] name ...
DESCRIPTION
man formats and displays the on-line manual pages. This
version knows about the MANPATH and (MAN)PAGER environment
variables, so you can have your own set(s) of personal man
pages and choose whatever program you like to display the
formatted pages. If section is specified, man only looks
in that section of the manual. You may also specify the
order to search the sections for entries and which prepro-
cessors to run on the source files via command line
options or environment variables. If name contains a /
then it is first tried as a filename, so that you can do
man ./foo.5 or even man /cd/foo/bar.1.gz.
OPTIONS
-C config_file
Specify the man.conf file to use; the default is
/usr/local/lib/man.conf. (See man.conf(5).)
-M path
Specify the list of directories to search for man
pages. If no such option is given, the environment
variable MANPATH is used. If no such environment
variable is found, the default list is found by
consulting /usr/local/lib/man.conf. An empty sub-
string of MANPATH denotes the default list.
-P pager
Specify which pager to use. This option overrides
the MANPAGER environment variable, which in turn
overrides the PAGER variable. By default, man uses
/bin/less-is.
-S section_list
List is a colon separated list of manual sections
to search. This option overrides the MANSECT envi-
ronment variable.
/WINNT/Profiles/kelsan/Desktop$
7) U:\>tree /A
Directory PATH listing for volume NT4_SYSTEM
Volume serial number is 0012FC94 6038:B837
U:.
+---etc
+---share
| \---locale
| +---de
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---es
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---fr
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---ko
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---nl
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---no
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---pl
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---ru
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---sl
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| +---sv
| | \---LC_MESSAGES
| \---pt
| \---LC_MESSAGES
+---usr
| \---local
| +---bin
| +---man
| | +---man1
| | +---man5
| | \---man7
| +---share
| | \---groff
| | +---font
| | | +---devascii
| | | +---devdvi
| | | | \---generate
| | | +---devlatin1
| | | +---devlj4
| | | | \---generate
| | | +---devps
| | | | \---generate
| | | +---devX100
| | | +---devX100-12
| | | +---devX75
| | | \---devX75-12
| | \---tmac
| | +---mdoc
| | \---mm
| +---info
| +---lib
| \---sbin
+---bin
+---lib
\---libexec
U:\>
Thank you for your time and consideration.
With kind regards,
Sandy
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