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man-db: symlink commands without 'g' prefix into libexec/bin #36769

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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions Formula/man-db.rb
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class ManDb < Formula
homepage "http://man-db.nongnu.org/"
url "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/man-db/man-db-2.8.5.tar.xz"
sha256 "b64d52747534f1fe873b2876eb7f01319985309d5d7da319d2bc52ba1e73f6c1"
revision 1

bottle do
sha256 "4d1631d07729c3bc4187b3cdd2d617719dc1c50dfb8b54c4327b31e4634064d0" => :mojave
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system "make", "CFLAGS=#{ENV.cflags}"
system "make", "install"

# Symlink commands without 'g' prefix into libexec/bin and
# man pages into libexec/man
%w[apropos catman lexgrog man mandb manpath whatis].each do |cmd|
(libexec/"bin").install_symlink bin/"g#{cmd}" => cmd
end
(libexec/"sbin").install_symlink sbin/"gaccessdb" => "accessdb"
%w[apropos lexgrog man manconv manpath whatis zsoelim].each do |cmd|
(libexec/"man"/"man1").install_symlink man1/"g#{cmd}.1" => "#{cmd}.1"
end
(libexec/"man"/"man5").install_symlink man5/"gmanpath.5" => "manpath.5"
%w[accessdb catman mandb].each do |cmd|
(libexec/"man"/"man8").install_symlink man8/"g#{cmd}.8" => "#{cmd}.8"
end

# Symlink non-conflicting binaries and man pages
%w[catman lexgrog mandb].each do |cmd|
bin.install_symlink "g#{cmd}" => cmd
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man1.install_symlink "glexgrog.1" => "lexgrog.1"
end

def caveats; <<~EOS
Commands also provided by macOS have been installed with the prefix "g".
If you need to use these commands with their normal names, you
can add a "bin" directory to your PATH from your bashrc like:
PATH="#{opt_libexec}/bin:$PATH"
EOS
end

test do
ENV["PAGER"] = "cat"
output = shell_output("#{bin}/gman true")
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