install: add --disable-compressed-changelog option

Add option to control if ChangeLog documentation file should be
installed compressed or not. Useful for installation on Gentoo where
compression is handled by distribution mechanisms.

Fixes #592

Signed-off-by: Xavier Delaruelle <xavier.delaruelle@cea.fr>

.codespellrc

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ ignore-words-list = ans,ot,ue,fo,haa,varius,tthe,tbe,nin,desig,matchin,compre,in
 #   lib/autom4te.cache/*
 # skip retrieved content: icdiff, lib/tcl.m4, tcl8.3.5, spack, miniconda3, OpenFOAM-dev
 # skip pdf papers: doc/paper/*.pdf
-skip = .git,ChangeLog.gz,modulecmd*.tcl,*doc/build,icdiff,*lib/tcl.m4,tcl8.3.5,spack,miniconda3,OpenFOAM-dev,modules.sum,modules.log,*lib/config.sub,*lib/config.guess,*lib/config.status,*lib/configure,*lib/autom4te.cache/*,*doc/paper/*.pdf
+skip = .git,ChangeLog*,modulecmd*.tcl,*doc/build,icdiff,*lib/tcl.m4,tcl8.3.5,spack,miniconda3,OpenFOAM-dev,modules.sum,modules.log,*lib/config.sub,*lib/config.guess,*lib/config.status,*lib/configure,*lib/autom4te.cache/*,*doc/paper/*.pdf

.github/workflows/linux_tests.yaml

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
   tcl85-2:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      CONFIGURE_OPTS: --with-tclsh=tclsh8.5 --prefix=/tmp/modules --with-tcl=/usr/local/lib --enable-quarantine-support --enable-silent-shell-debug-support --enable-modulespath --with-pager=more --with-dark-background-colors=hi --with-locked-configs=implicit_default --enable-wa-277 --enable-advanced-version-spec --disable-ml --disable-implicit-requirement --enable-set-shell-startup --enable-path-entry-reorder
+      CONFIGURE_OPTS: --with-tclsh=tclsh8.5 --prefix=/tmp/modules --with-tcl=/usr/local/lib --enable-quarantine-support --enable-silent-shell-debug-support --enable-modulespath --with-pager=more --with-dark-background-colors=hi --with-locked-configs=implicit_default --enable-wa-277 --enable-advanced-version-spec --disable-ml --disable-implicit-requirement --enable-set-shell-startup --enable-path-entry-reorder --disable-compressed-changelog
       COVERAGE: y
       EXTRA_SCRIPT_PRETEST: make install-testinitrc-1 install-testetcrc install-testmodspath
       EXTRA_SCRIPT_POSTTEST: make uninstall-testconfig

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /modulecmd.tcl
-/ChangeLog.gz
+/ChangeLog*
 /README
 /Makefile.inc
 /version.inc

INSTALL.rst

@@ -554,6 +554,15 @@ instance :instopt:`--disable-set-manpath<--enable-set-manpath>`):
     .. versionchanged:: 5.0
        Configuration option default set to ``yes``
 
+.. instopt:: --enable-compressed-changelog
+
+ Control if ``ChangeLog`` documentation file should be installed in a
+ compressed format or not. (default=yes)
+
+ .. only:: html or latex
+
+    .. versionadded:: 5.7
+
 .. instopt:: --enable-conflict-unload
 
  Apply automated unload of conflicting modulefiles when loading a module.

Makefile

@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard Makefile.inc),Makefile.inc)
 endif
 include Makefile.inc
 
-INSTALL_PREREQ := modulecmd.tcl ChangeLog.gz README script/add.modules \
+ifeq ($(compressedchangelog),y)
+CHANGELOG := ChangeLog.gz
+else
+CHANGELOG := ChangeLog
+endif
+
+INSTALL_PREREQ := modulecmd.tcl $(CHANGELOG) README script/add.modules \
 	script/modulecmd
 TEST_PREREQ := $(MODULECMD)
 ifeq ($(COVERAGE),y)
@@ -580,17 +586,19 @@ modulecmd.tcl: tcl/cache.tcl tcl/coll.tcl tcl/envmngt.tcl tcl/init.tcl \
 
 # generate an empty changelog file if not working from git repository
 ifeq ($(wildcard .git),.git)
-ChangeLog.gz: script/gitlog2changelog.py
+ChangeLog: script/gitlog2changelog.py
 	$(ECHO_GEN)
 	script/gitlog2changelog.py
-	gzip -f -9 ChangeLog
 else
-ChangeLog.gz:
+ChangeLog:
 	$(ECHO_GEN)
-	echo "Please refer to the NEWS document to learn about main changes" >ChangeLog
-	gzip -f -9 ChangeLog
+	echo "Please refer to the NEWS document to learn about main changes" >$@
 endif
 
+ChangeLog.gz: ChangeLog
+	$(ECHO_GEN)
+	gzip --keep --force -9 $<
+
 README:
 	$(ECHO_GEN)
 	sed -e '181,187d' -e '1,10d' -e 's|\[\(.*\?\)\]\[[0-9]\]|\1|' $@.md > $@
@@ -723,7 +731,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(docinstall),y)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) COPYING.GPLv2 '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/'
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ChangeLog.gz '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(CHANGELOG) '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) README '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/'
 endif
 ifeq ($(vimaddons),y)
@@ -800,7 +808,7 @@ ifeq ($(nagelfaraddons),y)
 	-rmdir -p '$(DESTDIR)$(nagelfardatadir)'
 endif
 ifeq ($(docinstall),y)
-	rm -f $(foreach docfile,ChangeLog.gz README COPYING.GPLv2,'$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/$(docfile)')
+	rm -f $(foreach docfile,$(CHANGELOG) README COPYING.GPLv2,'$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)/$(docfile)')
 ifeq ($(builddoc),n)
 	rmdir '$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)'
 endif
@@ -827,12 +835,12 @@ endif
 
 # include pre-generated documents not to require documentation build
 # tools when installing from dist tarball
-dist-tar: ChangeLog.gz share/rpm/environment-modules.spec pkgdoc
+dist-tar: $(CHANGELOG) share/rpm/environment-modules.spec pkgdoc
 	$(ECHO_GEN2) $(DIST_PREFIX).tar
 	git archive --prefix=$(DIST_PREFIX)/ --worktree-attributes \
 		-o $(DIST_PREFIX).tar HEAD
 	tar -rf $(DIST_PREFIX).tar --transform 's,^,$(DIST_PREFIX)/,' \
-		lib/configure lib/config.h.in $(DIST_AUTORECONF_EXTRA) ChangeLog.gz \
+		lib/configure lib/config.h.in $(DIST_AUTORECONF_EXTRA) $(CHANGELOG) \
 		doc/build/MIGRATING.txt doc/build/changes.txt doc/build/INSTALL.txt \
 		doc/build/INSTALL-win.txt doc/build/NEWS.txt doc/build/CONTRIBUTING.txt \
 		doc/build/module.1.in doc/build/ml.1 doc/build/envml.1 \
@@ -850,7 +858,7 @@ dist-bzip2: dist-tar
 dist: dist-gzip
 
 # dist zip ball for Windows platform with all pre-generated relevant files
-dist-win: modulecmd.tcl ChangeLog.gz README pkgdoc
+dist-win: modulecmd.tcl $(CHANGELOG) README pkgdoc
 	$(ECHO_GEN2) $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX).zip
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/libexec
@@ -861,7 +869,7 @@ dist-win: modulecmd.tcl ChangeLog.gz README pkgdoc
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) script/envml.cmd $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/bin/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) COPYING.GPLv2 $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) ChangeLog.gz $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(CHANGELOG) $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) README $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) doc/build/MIGRATING.txt $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) doc/build/INSTALL-win.txt $(DIST_WIN_PREFIX)/doc/
@@ -892,7 +900,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf coverage
 # do not clean generated docs if not in git repository
 ifeq ($(wildcard .git),.git)
-	rm -f ChangeLog.gz
+	rm -f ChangeLog*
 endif
 	rm -f README
 	rm -f modulecmd.tcl
@@ -1138,7 +1146,7 @@ $(V).SILENT: initdir pkgdoc doc version.inc share/rpm/environment-modules.spec \
 	tcl/cache.tcl_i tcl/coll.tcl_i tcl/envmngt.tcl_i tcl/init.tcl_i tcl/interp.tcl_i \
 	tcl/main.tcl_i tcl/mfcmd.tcl_i tcl/modfind.tcl_i tcl/modeval.tcl_i \
 	tcl/modscan.tcl_i tcl/modspec.tcl_i tcl/report.tcl_i tcl/subcmd.tcl_i \
-	tcl/util.tcl_i ChangeLog.gz README script/add.modules \
+	tcl/util.tcl_i ChangeLog ChangeLog.gz README script/add.modules \
 	script/gitlog2changelog.py script/modulecmd \
 	lib/libtclenvmodules$(SHLIB_SUFFIX) lib/libtestutil-closedir$(SHLIB_SUFFIX) \
 	lib/libtestutil-getpwuid$(SHLIB_SUFFIX) lib/libtestutil-getgroups$(SHLIB_SUFFIX) \

Makefile.inc.in

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ initconfin := @initconfin@
 builddoc := @builddoc@
 # able to use manpath cmd to get currently set manpath
 usemanpath := @usemanpath@
+# compress ChangeLog file
+compressedchangelog := @compressedchangelog@
 
 # logger setup
 loggedevents := @loggedevents@

NEWS.rst

@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Modules 5.7.0 (not yet released)
 * Doc: add manual page for :ref:`modulecmd(1)` command.
 * Make :mfcmd:`getenv` modulefile command available from module rc file
   evaluation context. (fix issue #588)
+* Install: add installation option
+  :instopt:`--disable-compressed-changelog<--enable-compressed-changelog>` to
+  cope with packaging process handling documentation file compression at their
+  level. (fix issue #592)
 
 
 .. _5.6 release notes:

configure

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ listterseoutput editor variantshortcut bashcompletiondir fishcompletiondir \
 zshcompletiondir tcllinter tcllinteropts nagelfardatadir nagelfaraddons \
 stickypurge uniquenameloaded abortonerror sourcecache logger loggeropts \
 loggedevents conflictunload spideroutput spiderterseoutput spiderindepth \
-emacsdatadir emacsaddons requirevia"
+emacsdatadir emacsaddons requirevia compressedchangelog"
 libarglist=()
 
 # flags to know if argument has been specified on command-line
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ PYTHON=python
 SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
 builddoc=y
 usemanpath=y
+compressedchangelog=y
 PS='ps'
 BASENAME='basename'
 RMDIR_IGN_NON_EMPTY='rmdir'
@@ -251,6 +252,9 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-color          control colored output. \`yes' equals to the \`auto'
                           color mode. \`no' equals to the \`never' color mode
                           [yes]
+  --enable-compressed-changelog
+                          install \`ChangeLog' file in a compressed format
+                          [yes]
   --enable-conflict-unload
                           set modulecmd.tcl to automatically unload modules
                           that conflict with modules to load and the dependent
@@ -735,6 +739,9 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
    --enable-doc-install*|--disable-doc-install)
       # shellcheck disable=SC2034
       docinstall=$(get_feature_value "$arg") ;;
+   --enable-compressed-changelog*|--disable-compressed-changelog)
+      # shellcheck disable=SC2034
+      compressedchangelog=$(get_feature_value "$arg") ;;
    --enable-vim-addons*|--disable-vim-addons)
       # shellcheck disable=SC2034
       vimaddons=$(get_feature_value "$arg") ;;
@@ -1086,7 +1093,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # gzip is mandatory if installing from git repository to build ChangeLog.gz
-if [ $work_from_git_repo -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ "$compressedchangelog" = 'y' ] && [ $work_from_git_repo -eq 0 ]; then
    check_requirement gzip
 fi