Author: randy Date: 2007-08-14 10:29:23 -0600 (Tue, 14 Aug 2007) New Revision: 7061
Added: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/mcs.xml Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml Log: Added new package mcs-0.4.1 to support recent versions of Audacious Added: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/mcs.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/mcs.xml (rev 0) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/mcs.xml 2007-08-14 16:29:23 UTC (rev 7061) @@ -0,0 +1,208 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"; [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> + %general-entities; + + <!ENTITY mcs-download-http "http://sacredspiral.co.uk/~nenolod/mcs/mcs-&mcs-version;.tgz";> + <!ENTITY mcs-download-ftp " "> + <!ENTITY mcs-md5sum "d09b42e9d51ea32c6326f0bbcad86c9e"> + <!ENTITY mcs-size "62 KB"> + <!ENTITY mcs-buildsize "1.1 MB"> + <!ENTITY mcs-time "less than 0.1 SBU"> +]> + +<sect1 id="mcs" xreflabel="mcs-&mcs-version;"> + <?dbhtml filename="mcs.html"?> + + <sect1info> + <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername> + <date>$Date$</date> + </sect1info> + + <title>mcs-&mcs-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="mcs"> + <primary sortas="a-mcs">mcs</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title>Introduction to mcs</title> + + <para>The <application>mcs</application> package is a library and set of + tools which abstract the storage of configuration settings away from + userland applications. There are similar projects like this (such as + <application>GConf</application>), but unlike those projects, + <application>mcs</application> strictly handles abstraction. It does not + impose any specific data storage requirement, nor is it tied to any + desktop environment or software suite.</para> + + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead> + <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> + <listitem> + <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mcs-download-http;"/></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mcs-download-ftp;"/></para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Download MD5 sum: &mcs-md5sum;</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Download size: &mcs-size;</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Estimated disk space required: &mcs-buildsize;</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Estimated build time: &mcs-time;</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">mcs Dependencies</bridgehead> + + <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead> + <para role="optional"><xref linkend="GConf"/> and + <xref linkend="kdelibs"/></para> + + <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes: + <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mcs"/></para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of mcs</title> + + <para>Install <application>mcs</application> by + running the following commands:</para> + +<screen><userinput>sed -i 's|libmcs|../../&|' src/backends/kconfig/kconfig.cc && + +./configure --prefix=/usr && +make</userinput></screen> + + <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + + <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para> + +<screen role="root"><userinput>make install && +install -v -m644 -D README /usr/share/doc/mcs-&mcs-version;/README</userinput></screen> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="commands"> + <title>Command Explanations</title> + + <para><option>--enable-gconf</option>: Use this option if you have + <application>GConf</application> installed and wish to build the + <application>GConf</application> backend.</para> + + <para><option>--enable-kconfig</option>: Use this option if you have + <application>kdelibs</application> installed and wish to build the + <application>KConfig</application> backend. If KDE and/or + <application>Qt</application> are not installed in + <filename class='directory'>/usr</filename>, you must pass additional + parameters to the <command>configure</command> script to identify the + location of the libraries and interface headers (e.g., + <option>LDFLAGS=-L/opt/kde/lib</option> + <option>CXXFLAGS="-I/opt/kde/include -I/opt/qt/include"</option>. It is + not necessary to identify the location of the + <application>Qt</application> libraries.</para> + + <para>For additional information about the various storage backends + (including the default XDG-compliant backend), see the + <filename>README</filename> file in the source tree.</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="configuration"> + <title>Configuring mcs</title> + + <para>There are various ways to configure <application>mcs</application> + to use a specific backend on a site-wide or individual user basis. See + section 2 of the <filename>README</filename> file in the source tree for + details.</para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="content"> + <title>Contents</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle> + <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>mcs-getconfval, mcs-info, mcs-query-backends and + mcs-setconfval</seg> + <seg>libmcs.so and backend storage modules</seg> + <seg>/usr/include/mcs, /usr/lib/mcs and + /usr/share/doc/mcs-&mcs-version;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="mcs-getconfval"> + <term><command>mcs-getconfval</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>queries <application>mcs</application> for a configuration + value.</para> + <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-getconfval"> + <primary sortas="b-mcs-getconfval">mcs-getconfval</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="mcs-info"> + <term><command>mcs-info</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>displays information about the current installation and + configuration of <application>mcs</application>.</para> + <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-info"> + <primary sortas="b-mcs-info">mcs-info</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="mcs-query-backends"> + <term><command>mcs-query-backends</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>queries <application>mcs</application> to determine what + backends are available.</para> + <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-query-backends"> + <primary sortas="b-mcs-query-backends">mcs-query-backends</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="mcs-setconfval"> + <term><command>mcs-setconfval</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>instructs <application>mcs</application> to change a + configuration value.</para> + <indexterm zone="mcs mcs-setconfval"> + <primary sortas="b-mcs-setconfval">mcs-setconfval</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="libmcs"> + <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libmcs.so</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>contains the API functions required by the + <application>mcs</application> userspace tools.</para> + <indexterm zone="mcs libmcs"> + <primary sortas="c-libmcs.so">libmcs.so</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> Property changes on: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/mcs.xml ___________________________________________________________________ Name: svn:keywords + LastChangedBy Date Modified: trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml 2007-08-13 23:57:32 UTC (rev 7060) +++ trunk/BOOK/general/sysutils/sysutils.xml 2007-08-14 16:29:23 UTC (rev 7061) @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ <para>This chapter contains mainly hardware utilities. It also contains some applications used by other applications in the book for - installation purposes.</para> + installation or configuration purposes.</para> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="gpm.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="fcron.xml"/> @@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="apache-ant.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="dbus.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="hal.xml"/> + <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude"; href="mcs.xml"/> </chapter> Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-08-13 23:57:32 UTC (rev 7060) +++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-08-14 16:29:23 UTC (rev 7061) @@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ <!ENTITY apache-ant-version "1.7.0"> <!ENTITY dbus-version "1.0.2"> <!ENTITY hal-version "0.5.9.1"> +<!ENTITY mcs-version "0.4.1"> <!-- Chapter 12 --> <!ENTITY dejagnu-version "1.4.4"> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-08-13 23:57:32 UTC (rev 7060) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-08-14 16:29:23 UTC (rev 7061) @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ <para>August 14th, 2007</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[randy] - Added new package mcs-0.4.1 to support recent + versions of Audacious.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[randy] - Updated to Hdparm-7.7.</para> </listitem> <listitem> Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml 2007-08-13 23:57:32 UTC (rev 7060) +++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml 2007-08-14 16:29:23 UTC (rev 7061) @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Plug-ins, HAL, Heimdal, HTML Tidy, icon-naming-utils, ISO Codes, JadeTeX, Java Access Bridge, JUnit, K3b, LessTif (rewrite), libexif, libgail-gnome, libgnomecups, libgnomekbd, Libidn, libmpeg2, - libmusicbrainz, libquicktime, + libmusicbrainz, libquicktime, mcs, MIT Kerberos V5 (many updates and enhancements), MPlayer (extensive overhaul), NSS, Orca, Other Programming Tools, PDL, Perl Modules, -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
