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diff --git a/manual.en.html b/manual.en.html index 4d1c780..17f213a 100755 --- a/manual.en.html +++ b/manual.en.html @@ -594,6 +594,29 @@ be added as prerequisites.</p></dd> <dd><p>This preprocesses files that need to be preprocessed before projects are built.</p></dd> +<dt><var>postinstall</var></dt> +<dd><p>You may add a recipe to <var>postinstall</var> if there are commands +that need to be run on the target system after the files have been installed. +This will typically be commands that modify existing files on the target +system. Normally “<samp>make install</samp>” runs <var>postinstall</var> after +installing the files when <var>DESTDIR</var> is empty, but skips it when a +directory is specified in <var>DESTDIR</var>, because such commands need to be +run on the target system, not on a build server. Installing users can override +this default behaviour by setting <var>do_postinstall</var> to +“<samp>true</samp>” or “<samp>false</samp>”.</p></dd> + +<dt><var>preinstall</var></dt> +<dd><p>This is like <var>postinstall</var> except that it's run before the +files are installed, not after. Installing users can control it with +<var>do_preinstall</var>.</p></dd> + +<dt><var>install_files</var></dt> +<dd><p>You may add a recipe to <var>install_files</var> if any files have to be +written, deleted or moved after the staged directory tree has been copied. +Avoid using this if possible. It's better to stage all the files correctly +under the staging directory in the build phase, but this hook exists if you +really need it for some workaround.</p></dd> + <dt><var>configure</var></dt> <dd><p>“<samp>make configure</samp>” is used to set values in the <a href="#configuration">persistent configuration</a> and to set up a |