[Openswan Users] Question on the Docs

[Nick Howitt]

[Posting a second time, but replying to all]

On 10/10/2009 23:59, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009, Nick Howitt wrote:
>
>> I've tried a fresh install of 2.6.23 and in /usr/share/doc/openswan
>> all I get is:
>
> [html files]
>
> We should probably phase those out and just have the man files and put
> the
> html files on the web.
>
That would be good. I have found an updated copy 
http://www.linuxcertif.com/man/5/ipsec.conf/. Many of the other copies 
out in the wild are out of date.
>> If I download 2.6.26, un-tar it and make programs,  in
>
> 2.6.23 I guess?
>
Yes, typo!
>> openswan-2.6.23\OBJ.linux.i386\programs\_confread I can see
>> ipsec.conf.5. If I then make install,  in
>> openswan-2.6.23\programs\_confread I can see ipsec.conf.5.xml but I
>> cannot find the files post-install.
>
> but the xml file is only converted to man files if you have "xmlto"
> installed.
> If you don't have xmlto, the pre-existing man files are installed.
> They might
> be out of date but should not be out of date.
>
I have xmlto installed. I deleted the folder /usr/share/doc/openswan 
before I reinstalled. All the other files I listed installed correctly. 
It is just the ipsec.conf file which did not. Something is odd.
>> If I do  make install > /usr/src/makeinstalllog, I see three lines in
>> the console which, presumably, are errors:
>> Writing ipsec_pluto.8 for refentry(pluto8)
>> Writing ipsec.secrets.5 for refentry
>> Writing ipsec.conf.5 for refentry
>
> No that's fine.
>
> Paul