nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/text/groff/default.nix
Eelco Dolstra 6a91bf20c8 groff: Move docs to separate output
This cuts the size of the package by ~10 MB.
2015-07-26 22:46:44 +02:00

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{ stdenv, fetchurl, ghostscript, perl, groff }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "groff-1.22.3";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/groff/${name}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "1998v2kcs288d3y7kfxpvl369nqi06zbbvjzafyvyl3pr7bajj1s";
};
outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
enableParallelBuilding = false;
buildInputs = [ ghostscript ];
nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
# Builds running without a chroot environment may detect the presence
# of /usr/X11 in the host system, leading to an impure build of the
# package. To avoid this issue, X11 support is explicitly disabled.
# Note: If we ever want to *enable* X11 support, then we'll probably
# have to pass "--with-appresdir", too.
configureFlags = "--without-x";
doCheck = true;
crossAttrs = {
# Trick to get the build system find the proper 'native' groff
# http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-groff@gnu.org/msg01335.html
preBuild = ''
makeFlags="GROFF_BIN_PATH=${groff}/bin GROFFBIN=${groff}/bin/groff"
'';
};
postInstall = ''
# Remove example output with (random?) colors to
# avoid non-determinism in the output
rm $out/share/doc/${name}/examples/hdtbl/*color*ps
# Remove creation date
find $out/share/doc/${name} -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e 's/%%CreationDate: .*//'
'';
meta = with stdenv.lib; {
homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/;
description = "GNU Troff, a typesetting package that reads plain text and produces formatted output";
license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
platforms = platforms.all;
maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
longDescription = ''
groff is the GNU implementation of troff, a document formatting
system. Included in this release are implementations of troff,
pic, eqn, tbl, grn, refer, -man, -mdoc, -mom, and -ms macros,
and drivers for PostScript, TeX dvi format, HP LaserJet 4
printers, Canon CAPSL printers, HTML and XHTML format (beta
status), and typewriter-like devices. Also included is a
modified version of the Berkeley -me macros, the enhanced
version gxditview of the X11 xditview previewer, and an
implementation of the -mm macros.
'';
};
}