[cross-posting to sfwnv-discuss and smf-discuss]
Below is a draft ARC case for a new SMF service for managing Info files.
Comments welcome.
- Dermot
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Info file update service
1. Summary
This fast-track introduces the Info file update SMF
service, which maintains directory files for Info
documents.
Patch release binding is requested.
2. Discussion
GNU Manual files in the Info format are typically
accompanied by a directory file which provides the user
with a menu of the topics for which manuals are available.
In the SFW consolidation, Info documents are located in
/usr/sfw/share/info and /usr/share/info and each location
includes its own directory file, called "dir", covering
all the Info docs at that location. Currently, the
directory files are generated at build-time using the
"install-info" utility provided by texinfo(4). All the
Info documents and the accompanying directory files for
the consolidation are then delivered together (in SUNWsfinf).
The problem is that we now wish to deliver the Info docs
separately, as part of the relevant package. Also,
other consolidations, such as JDS, may wish to install
additional Info docs in the same locations and will
therefore need to update the directory files.
Install and remove Class Action Scripts that replicate
the work of install-info would prove excessively complex
and so a transient SMF service that rebuilds the directory
file when any Info docs are installed, removed or modified
is now proposed.
**FIXME** Is there an existing rights profile that this service
can use, or is it best to create a new one?
3. Interfaces
Exported Interfaces
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svc:/application/update/infofile:default Committed FRMI
application/info_dir_path Committed Property
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