X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shushe/blobdiff_plain/ccef2f2a2243cf086b165562cb73defa14f34f62..dc9d0a5796562d876c30b8766fd9d544bfaf7b63:/README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 5457ce7..e99255b 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -21,9 +21,21 @@ It makes things easier by :⁠— - Enabling easy inclusion of source files within each other. It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already - installed on your computer. -(On Linux machines, you may need to install `libxml2-utils` to get the - commandline programs from `libxml2`.) + installed on your computer†. + +† The only non‐Posix programs‡ required are those provided by `libxml2` + and `libxslt` (which most operating systems provide), but on Linux + machines the commandline utilities may need to be installed + separately as **`libxml2-utils`** and **`xsltproc`**. +Additionally, not all Linux distributions bundle all necessary Posix + programs; on Debian (for example) you may need to separately install + **`sharutils`** for `uudecode` and `uuencode` and **`pax`** for + archiving. + +‡ This make·file also currently depends on non‐Posix `stat` but + attempts to handle both the G·N·U and B·S·D variants. +It expects `xargs` to accept a `-0` option, which, while widely + supported, is not a part of the Posix standard. **Note:** ⛩️📰 书社 requires functionality present in G·N·U Make 3.81 (or later) @@ -123,9 +135,9 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the - `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable) - `grep` - `ln` -- `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`) +- `mkdir` - `mv` -- `od` (requires support for `-t x1`) +- `od` - `pax` (only when generating archives) - `printf` - `rm` @@ -134,9 +146,9 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the - `stat` (BSD *or* GNU) - `test` - `touch` -- `tr` (requires support for `-d`) -- `uuencode` (requires support for `-m` and `-r`) -- `uudecode` (requires support for `-m` and `-r`) +- `tr` +- `uuencode` +- `uudecode` - `xargs` (requires support for `-0`) - `xmlcatalog` (provided by `libxml2`) - `xmllint` (provided by `libxml2`)