Re: [EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7(?)
Thanks for your quick response Jeremy - I shall certainly download the help files to check them out, but yes, the main point I was trying to get across is that the current behaviour for 'make installhelp' (whoops I typoed in the topic) is not good, and could possibly be used maliciously (you never know). Thanks Steven On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Jeremy Nelson wrote: > >When attempting to install helpfiles (hey, I was curious at the changes > >with bind(8) because of the keys.c big rewrite), helpfiles do not exist, > >so line 185 of epic4-1.1.7/Makefile is excutied incorrectly, copying the > >contents of epic4-1.1.7/ (including subdirectories) to > >/usr/local/share/epic/help. > > The help files are available as a separate package, and can also be fetched > by way of CVS. It is certainly not acceptable for 'make installhelp' to > fail in this manner and you are quite correct that some action should be > taken to change its behavior. But 'make installhelp' is provided for those > who may download the separate help package, and put it into the help/ > directory, and want to have it automatically installed for them. > > An excellent place to look up help right now is > http://www.epicsol.org/~kitambi/help > > Jeremy > ___ List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7 (?)
> >cuz people are always asking _me_ where to get help, and i usually >say "help.epicsol.org" which is not as current as it should be and >doesn't reflect the numerous changes made in cvs on a seemingly=20 >daily basis :-) Oh yea. part two. The problem isn't so much the software driving it as much as it is the help files. The software (some perl cgi program) has some format restrictions and the help files are being massaged to be consistant and conformant. I think the work-in-progress right now is paladin's edits to the help files. Jeremy ___ List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7 (?)
> >--5mCyUwZo2JvN/JJP >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >see.. this is VERY cool to know :-) > >do you think we could maybe set a vhost for >help-cvs.epicsol.org or something and put it on the webpage? > >"for current bleeding-edge helpfiles, go [here]" or something.. > >cuz people are always asking _me_ where to get help, and i usually >say "help.epicsol.org" which is not as current as it should be and >doesn't reflect the numerous changes made in cvs on a seemingly=20 >daily basis :-) Well, it's beta/development right now, and I'm pushing paladin (kitambi) to finish it at which point I'm going to push keerf to make it the official help gateway. I've got agreement-in-principle from both of them that this will become http://epicsol.org/help (aka http://help.epicsol.org) as soon as paladin says it's finished. Jeremy ___ List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list
Re: [EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7 (?)
see.. this is VERY cool to know :-) do you think we could maybe set a vhost for help-cvs.epicsol.org or something and put it on the webpage? "for current bleeding-edge helpfiles, go [here]" or something.. cuz people are always asking _me_ where to get help, and i usually say "help.epicsol.org" which is not as current as it should be and doesn't reflect the numerous changes made in cvs on a seemingly daily basis :-) cheers.. /wjr On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 10:12:58AM -0500, Jeremy Nelson wrote: > > An excellent place to look up help right now is > http://www.epicsol.org/~kitambi/help > -- +--+ | William Rockwood | Sr. System Administrator | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| XO Communications, Chicago DCO +--+ msg00215/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7 (?)
>When attempting to install helpfiles (hey, I was curious at the changes >with bind(8) because of the keys.c big rewrite), helpfiles do not exist, >so line 185 of epic4-1.1.7/Makefile is excutied incorrectly, copying the >contents of epic4-1.1.7/ (including subdirectories) to >/usr/local/share/epic/help. The help files are available as a separate package, and can also be fetched by way of CVS. It is certainly not acceptable for 'make installhelp' to fail in this manner and you are quite correct that some action should be taken to change its behavior. But 'make installhelp' is provided for those who may download the separate help package, and put it into the help/ directory, and want to have it automatically installed for them. An excellent place to look up help right now is http://www.epicsol.org/~kitambi/help Jeremy ___ List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list
[EPIC]Bug: ``man installhelp'' fails, EPIC4 version <=4-1.1.7 (?)
Environment variables: epic4-1.1.7, Debian 3.0, x86. Bug (At compiler time): When attempting to install helpfiles (hey, I was curious at the changes with bind(8) because of the keys.c big rewrite), helpfiles do not exist, so line 185 of epic4-1.1.7/Makefile is excutied incorrectly, copying the contents of epic4-1.1.7/ (including subdirectories) to /usr/local/share/epic/help. Evidence: /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# make installman umask 022; \ ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/epic /usr/local/share/epic/script \ /usr/local/share/epic/help /usr/local/bin /usr/local/libexec \ /usr/local/man/man1 ./bsdinstall -c -m 644 ./doc/epic.1 //usr/local/man/man1/epic.1 /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# ls /usr/local/share/epic/help /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# make installhelp umask 022; \ ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/epic /usr/local/share/epic/script \ /usr/local/share/epic/help /usr/local/bin /usr/local/libexec \ /usr/local/man/man1 (cd ./help; tar cf - .) | (cd /usr/local/share/epic/help; tar xf -) /bin/sh: line 1: cd: ./help: No such file or directory /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# ls BUG_FORM INSTALLMakefile.in VOTES config.cache configure docmkpatch script test.o COPYRIGHT KNOWNBUGS README acconfig.h config.log configure.in includemy_test source CVSMakefile UPDATES bsdinstall config.status contrib mkinstalldirs regress test.c /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# ls /usr/local/share/epic/help BUG_FORM INSTALLMakefile.in VOTES config.cache configure docmkpatch script test.o COPYRIGHT KNOWNBUGS README acconfig.h config.log configure.in includemy_test source CVSMakefile UPDATES bsdinstall config.status contrib mkinstalldirs regress test.c /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# rm -r /usr/local/share/epic/help/* /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# make installhelp umask 022; \ ./mkinstalldirs /usr/local/share/epic /usr/local/share/epic/script \ /usr/local/share/epic/help /usr/local/bin /usr/local/libexec \ /usr/local/man/man1 (cd ./help; tar cf - .) | (cd /usr/local/share/epic/help; tar xf -) /bin/sh: line 1: cd: ./help: No such file or directory /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# ls /usr/local/share/epic/help BUG_FORM INSTALLMakefile.in VOTES config.cache configure docmkpatch script test.o COPYRIGHT KNOWNBUGS README acconfig.h config.log configure.in includemy_test source CVSMakefile UPDATES bsdinstall config.status contrib mkinstalldirs regress test.c /home/s/steven/epic4-1.1.7# Workaround: 1) Use (well, test) patch supplied. Will exit ``make installhelp'' gracefully. 2) Hash out line 185 in epic4-1.1.7/Makefile 3) Remove option altogether until helpfiles can be written 4) Supply help files Versions effected: I'd assume it effects versions EPIC4pre1.034 and above, but I've only looked at the source in EPIC4-1.1.4+. Thanks, Steven sisko on efnet, ozorg --- Makefile2002-08-20 18:30:53.0 +1000 +++ Makefile.fixed 2002-08-20 18:59:58.0 +1000 @@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ helpdir = $(epicdir)/help installhelp: installdirs - (cd ./help; tar cf - .) | (cd $(IP)$(helpdir); tar xf -) + if ./my_test -d ./help; then \ + (cd ./help; tar cf - .) | (cd $(IP)$(helpdir); tar xf -); \ + else echo "No help files to install."; \ + fi installman: installdirs $(INSTALL_DATA) ./doc/epic.1 $(IP)/$(mandir)/man1/$(epic).1
