3.9. Software Collection MANPATH Support
To allow the
man
command on the system to display manual pages from the enabled Software Collection, update the MANPATH
environment variable with the paths to the manual pages that are associated with the Software Collection.
To update the
MANPATH
environment variable, add the following to the %install
section of the Software Collection spec file:
%install cat >> %{buildroot}%{_scl_scripts}/enable << EOF export MANPATH=%{_mandir}:\${MANPATH} EOF
This configures the
enable
scriptlet to update the MANPATH
environment variable. The manual pages associated with the Software Collection are then not visible as long as the Software Collection is not enabled.
The Software Collection can provide a wrapper script that is visible to the system to enable the Software Collection, for example in the
/usr/bin/
directory. In this case, ensure that the manual pages are visible to the system even if the Software Collection is disabled.
To allow the
man
command on the system to display manual pages from the disabled Software Collection, update the MANPATH
environment variable with the paths to the manual pages associated with the Software Collection.
Procedure 3.7. Updating the MANPATH environment variable for the disabled Software Collection
- To update the
MANPATH
environment variable, create a custom script/etc/profile.d/name.sh
. The script is preloaded when a shell is started on the system.For example, create the following file:%{?scl_prefix}manpage.sh
- Use the
manpage.sh
short script that modifies theMANPATH
variable to refer to your man path directory:export MANPATH=/opt/provider/software_collection/path/to/your/man_pages:${MANPATH}
- Add the file to your Software Collection package's spec file:
SOURCE2: %{?scl_prefix}manpage.sh
- Install this file into the system
/etc/profile.d/
directory by adjusting the%install
section of the Software Collection package's spec file:%install install -p -c -m 644 %{SOURCE2} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{?scl:%_root_sysconfdir}%{!?scl:%_sysconfdir}/profile.d/