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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/Makefile8
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml55
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/images/Makefile2
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
index 4ae7ca2be7b..16fff83de2b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/Makefile
@@ -41,11 +41,15 @@ endif
XMLINCLUDE = --path .
-ifndef XMLLINT
+ifdef XMLLINT
+XMLLINT := $(XMLLINT) --nonet
+else
XMLLINT = $(missing) xmllint
endif
-ifndef XSLTPROC
+ifdef XSLTPROC
+XSLTPROC := $(XSLTPROC) --nonet
+else
XSLTPROC = $(missing) xsltproc
endif
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
index e1bac68604f..55ef6417749 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>
This is a program for converting, among other things, XML to PDF.
+ It is needed only if you want to build the documentation in PDF format.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -151,25 +152,13 @@
here.
</para>
- <para>
- You can get away with not installing DocBook XML and the DocBook XSLT
- stylesheets locally, because the required files will be downloaded from the
- Internet and cached locally. This may in fact be the preferred solution if
- your operating system packages provide only an old version of these files,
- or if no packages are available at all.
- If you want to prevent any attempt to access the Internet while building
- the documentation, you need to pass the <option>--nonet</option> option
- to <command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command>; see below
- for an example.
- </para>
-
<sect2>
<title>Installation on Fedora, RHEL, and Derivatives</title>
<para>
To install the required packages, use:
<programlisting>
-yum install docbook-dtds docbook-style-xsl fop libxslt
+yum install docbook-dtds docbook-style-xsl libxslt fop
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -180,7 +169,7 @@ yum install docbook-dtds docbook-style-xsl fop libxslt
<para>
To install the required packages with <command>pkg</command>, use:
<programlisting>
-pkg install docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop libxslt
+pkg install docbook-xml docbook-xsl libxslt fop
</programlisting>
</para>
@@ -199,7 +188,7 @@ pkg install docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop libxslt
available for <productname>Debian GNU/Linux</productname>.
To install, simply use:
<programlisting>
-apt-get install docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop libxml2-utils xsltproc
+apt-get install docbook-xml docbook-xsl libxml2-utils xsltproc fop
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -208,21 +197,37 @@ apt-get install docbook-xml docbook-xsl fop libxml2-utils xsltproc
<title>macOS</title>
<para>
- On macOS, you can build the HTML and man documentation without installing
- anything extra. If you want to build PDFs or want to install a local copy
- of DocBook, you can get those from your preferred package manager.
+ If you use MacPorts, the following will get you set up:
+<programlisting>
+sudo port install docbook-xml docbook-xsl-nons libxslt fop
+</programlisting>
+ If you use Homebrew, use this:
+<programlisting>
+brew install docbook docbook-xsl libxslt fop
+</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
- If you use MacPorts, the following will get you set up:
+ The Homebrew-supplied programs require the following environment variable
+ to be set:
<programlisting>
-sudo port install docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xsl fop
+export XML_CATALOG_FILES=/usr/local/etc/xml/catalog
</programlisting>
- If you use Homebrew, use this:
+ Without it, <command>xsltproc</command> will throw errors like this:
<programlisting>
-brew install docbook docbook-xsl fop
+I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd
+postgres.sgml:21: warning: failed to load external entity "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"
+...
</programlisting>
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ While it is possible to use the Apple-provided versions
+ of <command>xmllint</command> and <command>xsltproc</command>
+ instead of those from MacPorts or Homebrew, you'll still need
+ to install the DocBook DTD and stylesheets, and set up a catalog
+ file that points to them.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="docguide-toolsets-configure">
@@ -254,12 +259,6 @@ checking for dbtoepub... dbtoepub
<screen>
./configure ... XMLLINT=/opt/local/bin/xmllint ...
</screen>
- Also, if you want to ensure that <filename>xmllint</filename>
- and <filename>xsltproc</filename> will not perform any network access,
- you can do something like
-<screen>
-./configure ... XMLLINT="xmllint --nonet" XSLTPROC="xsltproc --nonet" ...
-</screen>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/images/Makefile b/doc/src/sgml/images/Makefile
index f9e356348b2..645519095d0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/images/Makefile
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/images/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ALL_IMAGES = \
DITAA = ditaa
DOT = dot
-XSLTPROC = xsltproc
+XSLTPROC = xsltproc --nonet
all: $(ALL_IMAGES)