Re: [chrony-dev] Documentation patch

[Bill Unruh <unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, Bill Unruh wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Rune Magnussen wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > When trying to install chrony from source, I found out that the README
> > refered to INSTALL which does not exist. Also asciidoctor is needed
> > during install. here is a patch to fix the docs.
>
> Not at all sure where you are getting your source for chrony. Version 1.31.2 
> certainly has an INSTALL file. And I have no idea what
> "asciidoctor" is and I certainly do not need it.

And in chrony 2.4 INSTALL is also there. It does seem that asciidoctor  is used,
according to the Makefile. Sorry for the misinformation.

> Which version of chrony are you refering to? And is this the source from some
> distribution?
>
>
>
>
> > Regards Rune
> >
> > diff --git a/README b/README
> > index 005cba1..af988f0 100644
> > --- a/README
> > +++ b/README
> > @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ certain system calls and the kernel on your target
> > system. How do I set it up?
> > ===================
> >
> > -The file INSTALL gives instructions.  On supported systems the
> > +The file doc/installation.adoc gives instructions.  On supported
> > systems the compilation process should be automatic.
> >
> > You will need an ANSI C compiler -- gcc is recommended.
> > diff --git a/doc/installation.adoc b/doc/installation.adoc
> > index 151674a..6269ddb 100644
> > --- a/doc/installation.adoc
> > +++ b/doc/installation.adoc
> > @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ superuser, and requires the following command to be
> > entered. make install
> > ----
> >
> > -This will install the binaries and man pages.
> > +This will install the binaries and man pages. The program asciidoctor
> > is +needed to generate the man pages. Without it, the install fails.
> >
> > To install the HTML version of the manual, enter the command
>
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