nixpkgs/pkgs/tools/text/groff/default.nix
Peter Simons a2680cdc48 groff: explicitly disable X11 support in configure to avoid impure builds
Without this flag, the configure script will find /usr/X11 on host system and
assume that it can build with X11 support.
2013-06-11 12:14:49 +02:00

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{ stdenv, fetchurl, ghostscript, perl, groff }:
stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
name = "groff-1.22.2";
src = fetchurl {
url = "mirror://gnu/groff/${name}.tar.gz";
sha256 = "0xi07nhj5vdgax37rj25mwxzdmsz1ifx50hjgc6hqbkpqkd6821q";
};
buildInputs = [ ghostscript ];
nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
# Builds running without a chroot environment may detect the presence
# of /usr/X11 in the host system, leading to an impure build of the
# package. To avoid this issue, X11 support is explicitly disabled.
# Note: If we ever want to *enable* X11 support, then we'll probably
# have to pass "--with-appresdir", too.
configureFlags = "--without-x";
doCheck = true;
crossAttrs = {
# Trick to get the build system find the proper 'native' groff
# http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-groff@gnu.org/msg01335.html
preBuild = ''
makeFlags="GROFF_BIN_PATH=${groff}/bin GROFFBIN=${groff}/bin/groff"
'';
};
meta = {
homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/";
description = "GNU Troff, a typesetting package that reads plain text and produces formatted output";
license = "GPLv3+";
platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
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.
'';
};
}